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RECORDS 


MASSACHUSETTS. 


VOL.   I. 


1628-1641. 


RECORDS 


OF 


THE    GOVERNOR    AND    COMPANY 


OF    THE 


MASSACHUSETTS    BAY 


IN 


NEW  ENGLAND. 

PRINTED  BY  ORDER  OF  THE  LEGISLATURE. 
EDITED  BY 

NATHANIEL  B.  SHURTLEFF,  M.D., 

MEMBER    OP  THE    MASSACHUSETTS     HISTORICAL    SOCIETY,    TELLOW    OF    THE     AMERICAN' 

ACADEMY    OF    ARTS    AND    SCIENCES,   AND    MEMBER    OF    THE 

AMERICAN     ANTIQUARIAN    SOCIETY. 


YOL.  I. 

1628-1041. 


BOSTON: 

FROM    THE    PRESS    OF    WILLIAM    "VYHITE, 

PRINTER  TO  THE  CO.M.MO.WVEALTH. 

1853. 


Secretary's  Office, 

Boston,  June  1,  1853. 
May  it  please  your  Excellency: 

In  compliance  with  a  Eesolve  of  the  Legislature,  passed  on  the  second  day  of  May 
last,  authorizing  the  printing  of  the  first  two  volumes  of  the  General  Court  Records,  I 
have,  this  day,  appointed  Dr.  Nathaniel  B.  Siiurtleff,  of  Boston,  to  prepare  said 
volumes  for  the  press,  and  to  take  charge  of  the  work  to  its  completion. 

Before  making  this  appointment,  the  undersigned  consulted  with  those  whose  views 
upon  an  undertaking  of  this  kind  are  entitled  to  great  respect,  and  it  was  tlie  concurrent 
opinion  of  gentlemen  particularly  interested  in  historical  and  anticpiarian  pursuits,  that  the 
above  named  is  eminently  qualified  to  execute  the  trust  in  a  manner  creditable  to  the 
Commonwealth. 

For  many  years  Dr.  ShurtlefT  has  taken  a  deep  interest  in  the  preservation  of  our 
Colonial  Records,  and  in  collecting  a  variety  of  materials  tending  to  illustrate  and  to  per- 
petuate the  early  history  of  Massachusetts  ;  and  he  being  familiar  with  the  peculiar  styles 
of  writing  and  language  of  the  several  Secretaries  who  recorded  the  doings  of  the  Courts 
at  this  early  period,  and  having  alsoa  good  reputation,  both  at  home  and  abroad,  for  the 
accuracy  which  marks  all  his  researches  in  this  department  of  literature,  it  gives  me  great 
pleasure  to  announce  to  your  Excellency  that  his  services  have  been  secured  in  carrying 
out  this  interesting  provision  of  legislative  enactment. 

Respectfully, 

EPIIRAIM   M.   WRIGHT, 

Secretary  of  the  Commomccall/t, 
To  His  Excellency, 

JOHN   H.    CLIFFORD. 


INTRODUCTOEY  REMARKS. 


IN  executing  the  trust  of  editiug  the  two  oldest  volumes  of  the 
Colony  Records  of  Massachusetts,  which  have  been  preserved 
more  than  two  centuries  in  the  archives  of  this  Commonwealth,  it  has 
been  an  earnest  endeavor  that  the  printed  copies  should  be,  as  nearly 
as  practicable,  reproductions  of  the  ancient  volumes ;  and  also  that 
their  contents,  of  great  historical  value,  should  appear  in  a  form  easily 
accessible  to  all  who  may  desire  to  examine  them,  and  of  such  endur- 
ance as  to  be  beyond,  it  is  hoped,  the  probal>ility  of  prospective  loss. 

To  those  unacquainted  with  the  old  Eecords  of  Massachusetts,  and 
with  their  present  condition,  a  brief  description  of  these  venerable  relics 
may  not  seem  out  of  place  in  this  connection ;  and  by  all  who  feel  an 
interest  in  their  preservation  in  the  present  printed  form,  it  may  be 
considered  equally  proper  that  a  short  account  should  be  here  given  of 
the  manner  in  which  the  duty  has  been  performed. 

The  Colony  Records,  as  they  are  commonly  called,  but  w^hich,  in 
strict  phraseology,  should  be  designated  the  "Records  of  the  Gov- 
ernor and  Company  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  England,"  are 
preserved  in  five  manuscript  folio  volumes.  The  first  of  these  contains 
the  records  of  the  Company  previous  to  the  removal  of  the  letters 
patent  and  the  "government  to  America,  under  conduct  of  Governor 
AVinthrop,  in  the  summer  of  1630 ;  and  also  the  records  of  the  same 
Company,  commencing  at  the  first  Court  of  Assistants,  held  in  Charles- 
town  on  the  twenty-third  of  August,  1630,  and  ending  with  the  minutes 

(V) 


Vi  IMTRODUCTORY    REMARKS. 

of  the  Court  held  on  tlie  tenth  of  December,  1G4.1.  The  first  page  of 
this  volume,  supposed  to  be  in  the  handwiiting  of  Mr.  Washborne,  who 
acted  iis  the  first  Secretary  of  the  Company,  contains  memorandums 
evidently  relating  to  the  early  outfitting  of  vessels  destined  for  this 
country,  and  which  l:iear  no  date  of  the  time  when  they  were  written. 
Unfortunately  a  few  w'ords  of  the  writing  at  the  commencement  of  this 
page  have  been  lost  by  trimming  the  volume  too  closely  in  rebinding. 

The  second  volume  commences  in  1642,  and  is  continued  to  the 
close  of  the  year  1649.  The  first  portion  of  it  is  lost,  containing  prob- 
ably the  first  part  of  the  record  of  the  proceedings  of  the  General 
Court  held  on  the  eighteenth  of  May,  1642.  The  first  eighteen  pages 
of  what  remains  are  very  much  worn  and  decayed,  and  are  for  the  most 
part  scarcely  legible ;  but  hj  the  aid  of  a  transcript  of  the  volume, 
made  more  than  a  century  ago,  when  it  was  in  somewhat  better  con- 
dition, and  by  a  duplicate  leaf  in  the  handwriting  of  Secretary  Nowell, 
who  wrote  the  volmne,  the  decayed  portions  have  been  very  nearly 
ascertained  and  restored  in  the  printed  copj-. 

For  the  running  titles  at  the  top  of  the  pages  of  the  American 
portion  of  these  records,  in  respect  to  common  usage,  the  words  "  The 
Eecords  of  the  Colony"  have  been  adopted,  in  contradistinction  to  the 
European  portion,  generally  known  as  the  Compan3"'s  Records. 

These  two  vohmies,  as  his  Excellency  coi-rectly  remarks,  in  a  mes- 
sage to  the  Legislature,  "  from  their  great  age,  their  frequent  inspection, 
and  the  corrosion  of  the  paper  by  the  ink  which  was  iised  by  the 
recording  officers,  are  in  such  a  state  of  dilapidation  and  decaA'  as  to  be 
in  many  places  totally  illegil)lc."  Besides  the  decayed  condition  of  tlie 
paper,  the  chirograpli}'  is  Axn'v  difficidt  for  readers  unaccustomed  to  the 
style  pecidiar  to  the  age  when  the  rccoi'ds  were  w'ritten.  The  first 
Secretary,  Mr.  Jolni  Washliorne,  was  a  very  liad  penman ;  and,  fortu- 
nateljr,  although  he  was  engaged  to  act  in  his  capacity  of  scribe  for  one 
Avhole  year,  he  was  superseded  in  the  office,  in  about  nine  weeks,  by 
Mr.  William  Burgis,  who,  by  a  free  election,  was  chosen  over  him  for  the 
year  ensuing.  The  last-named  gentleman,  ,wbo  was  remarkable  for  his 
fiuent  and  legible  style  of  writing,  acted  as  Secretary  of  the  Company 
until  the  subsequent  month  of  March,  when  the  records  appear  in  the 
handwritino-  of  Mr.  Simon  Bradstreet.      Mr.  Bradstreet.  who  took  a 


INTRODUCTOllY    REMARKS.  vii 

conspicuous  part  in  the  early  management  of  the  Colony,  and  who  was 
Governor  of  the  Colony  at  the  time  whoi  the  first  charter  Avas  super- 
seded )jy  the  provincial  charter  of  1(JU2,  being,  at  the  time  of  the 
removal  to  America,  one  of  the  Assistants,  performed  the  duty  of  Sec- 
retary until  1030,  Avhen  he  was  succeeded  by  Mr.  Increase  Nowell,  who 
completed  the  first  volume,  and  wrote  the  whole  of  the  second  volume, 
excepting  a  few  small  portions  which  appear  in  the  handwriting  of  J\Ir. 
Edward  Kawson. 

To  most  readers  the  style  of  penmanship  of  Secretaries  Bradstreet 
and  Nowell  w'ould  be  extremely  forbidding ;  but  to  one  familiar  with 
their  peculiar  styles,  which  they  carried  out  with  great  exactness,  the 
chirography  is  lar  from  being  disagreeable.  The  greatest  fault  of  Mr. 
Nowell  Avas  in  dropping  lettei's,  using  superior  letters  for  contraction.^, 
and  in  repeating  woi'ds,  and  sometimes  Avhole  sentences-  many  instances 
of  Avhich  Avill.be  observed  by  the  reader  of  the  printed  records.  The 
Avriting  of  each  Secretar}^  has  been  carefully  noted,  although  the  pecu- 
liarity of  spelling,  and  of  contractions,  as  Avell  as  of  phraseology,  Avould 
A^ery  Avell  have  indicated  the  same. 

The  Avriting  in  the  margin  of  these  volumes  is  by  many  different 
persons,  chiefly  by  Secretar}-  RaAvson,  Avhose  entries  are  far  from  being 
Avhat  they  should  have  been.  Many  entries  are  by  modem  hands,  Avho, 
Avith  a  mistaken  idea  that  thcA'  Avere  maki»o;  the  ancient  maro-inal 
AA'riting  more  intelligible,  haA^e  made  numerous  repetitions.  The  mod- 
ern entries,  not  being  part  of  the  records,  haA^e  not  been  printed  in  cases 
of  repetition. 

The  three  succeeding  volumes  are  in  various  stylos  of  Avriting,  and 
extend  to  the  time  Av^lien  the  colonial  government  of  Massachusetts  was 
superseded  by  the  Council  imder  President  Dudley  in  168G. 

The  first  portion  of  the  sixth  volume  contains  the  records  of  the 
Council  of  Safety,  and  of  the  gOA'crnment  subsequent  to  the .  expulsion 
of  Andi'os,  and  prcA'ious  to  the  establishment  •  of  the  proA'incial  gOA^ern- 
ment  in  May,  1692. 

For  the  period  extending  from  the  dissolution  of  the  colonial  gov- 
ernment to  its  temporary  restoration  in  1689,  no  public  records,  strictly 
so  called,  appertaining  to  Mas.sachusctts  legislation,  arc  preserved  in  the 
archives  of  this  Commonwealth.     A  large  part  of  this  hiatus,  Avhicli  has 


viii  INTRODUCTORY    REMARKS. 

existed  probably  more  than  one  hundred  and  lifty  years,  has  been 
recently  supplied  from  copies  preserved  in  the  State  Paper  Office  in 
London.  During  the  presidency  of  Dudle}^,  which  lasted  aljout  seven 
months,  and  which  ended  in  December,  1686,  and  for  the  first  year  dur- 
ing the  usurpation  of  Sir  Edmond  Andros,  the  records  have  thus  been 
restored.  But,  unfortunately,  there  are  none  from  the  twenty-ninth  of 
December,  1687,  to  the  final  overthrow  and  expulsion  of  the  latter. 

His  Excellency,  John  H.  Clifford,  Governor  of  the  Commonwealth, 
having  called  the  attention  of  the  Executive  Council  to  the  decayed 
and  perishing  condition  of  the  oldest  records,  and  having  charged  Hon- 
orable Stephen  M.  Weld  and  others  of  that  body  to  make  a  thorough 
examination  of  the  same,  on  their  report,  transmitted  to  the  Legislature, 
on  the  twelfth  of  February  last,  a  special  message,  wherein  he  recom- 
mended and  strongly  urged  the  printing  of  the  two  oldest  volumes. 
These  comprise  the  records  of  about  twenty  years  of  tli^  earliest  part 
of  our  political  existence,  commencing  with  the  minutes  kept  by  the 
Company  just  previous  to  their  obtaining  the  letters  patent  which  estab- 
lished the  company  that  colonized  a  large  portion  of  the  teriitory  now 
included  within  this  Commonwealth. 

With  praiseworthy  promptness,  the  Legislatvire  responded  to  the 
message  of  the  Governor  by  passing  a  resolve,  which  risceived  the  execu- 
tive sanction  on  the  secojid  of  May  last,  empowering  him  to  cause  the 
two  oldest  volumes  to  be  printed,  under  the  superintendence  of  the  Sec- 
retary of  State,  Honorable  Ephradi  M.  Wright.  That  gentleman  having 
delegated  his  trust  to  the  editor,  the  work  was  forthwith  commenced. 
The  copying  has  been  faithfully  perfonned  by  DA^^D  Pulsifer,  Esq.,  a 
person  well  qualified  for  the  purpose,  being  an  expert  in  reading  ancient 
chirography,  and  well  informed  in  the  early  history  of  Massachusetts. 
By  the  politeness  of  Samuel  F.  Ha\'EN,  Esq.,  librarian  of  the  American 
Antiquarian  Society,  the  first  volume  has  been  printed  from  a  copy  made 
some  time  since  for  that  society,  which  had  contemplated  its  publica- 
tion ;  that  design  having  been  deferred,  in  consequence  of  this  under- 
taking imder  the  sanction  of  the  Legislature,  the  prompt  appearance 
of  these  volumes  has  been  much  aided  by  this  use. 

Notwithstanding  the  great  care  bestowed  by  the  copyist,  the  editor 
considered  it  of  the  greatest  importance  that  the  proof  sheets  should  be 


INTRODUCTORY    REMARKS.  ix 

closely  collated  with  the  original  record,  and  consequently  has,  with  con- 
siderable labor,  compared  every  word  of  the  printed  copy  with  the 
original  manuscript,  and  has  also  revised  all  doubtful  words  and  passages 
with  the  same.  Therefore,  when  words  or  letters  are  omitted,  and  when 
passages  are  of  doubtful  import,  he  feels  obliged  to  charge  these  occur- 
rences to  those  who  wrote  the  original  records.  Each  Secretary  had  a 
peculiar  style  of  spelling  and  of  phraseology,  as  well  as  of  chirography ; 
and  in  the  days  when  the  records  were  written,  the  rules  of  grammar 
were  not  very  strictly  adhered  to  ;  nor  was  there  any  fixed  and  certain 
way  of  spelling  proper  names,  the  clerk  chiefly  depending  upon  his  ear 
in  determining  them,  and  thereby  often  making  mistakes  in  writing 
them,  which,  however,  are  very  easily  detected.  Whenever  and  wher- 
ever these  faults  occur  in  the  original,  they  will  be  found  in  the  printed 
copy,  as  it  has  been  an  aim  to  have  every  word  spelled  as  in  the  old 
record.  The  editor  has,  however,  taken  the  liberty  to  use  capitals  as 
they  are  used  by  the  best  modern  printers,  and  has  also,  for  the  assist- 
ance of  the  reader,  made  a  more  free  use  of  punctuation  than  is  to  be 
found  in  the  original  manuscript.  Nevertheless,  he  has  never  intention- 
ally altered  the  meaning  of  any  passage,  preferring  in  doubtful  cases  to 
let  the  original  punctuation  prevail. 

In  addition  to  the  records,  properly  so  called,  it  has  been  thought 
expedient  to  place  in  a  more  legible  and  enduring  form  the  letters  patent 
granted  to  Sir  Henry  Rosewell  and  his  associates.  This  instrument,  the 
political  guide  of  our  fathers,  has  been  generally  known  as  the  Colony 
Charter.  It  passed  the  seals  on  the  fourth  of  March,  1628-9,  and  is  the 
identical  instrument  which  Mr.  Matthew  Cradock,  the  first  Governor  of 
the  Company,  made  oath  to  observe  on  the  eighteenth  of  March  of  the 
same  year,  and  which  Governor  Winthrop,  his  immediate  successor, 
brought  fi'om  England  in  1630,  when  the  government  -vvas  transferred 
to  this  country.  This  is  printed  from  the  original  manuscript,  beautifully 
engrossed  on  fom'  sheets  of  parchment,  and  now  preserved  in  the 
archives  of  the  Commonwealth,  with  the  same  care  that  has  been 
bestowed  upon  the  records.  To  this  the  editor  has  supplied  a  marginal 
index  for  further  facilitating  its  use. 

In  arranging  the  records  for  printing,  several  pages  of  a  miscellane- 
ous character,  which,  by  the  mistake  of  the  person  who  rebound  the 

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X  INTRODUCTORY    REMx\RKS. 

first  volume,  had  been  misplaced,  and  inserted  in  the  midst  of  the  Com- 
pany's records,  have  been  printed  at  the  end  of  the  volmne.  The  lists 
of  freemen,  which,  in  the  first  volume,  were  recorded  without  due  regard 
to  the  times  of  admission,  have  been  collected  together,  and  printed 
hkewise  at  the  end  of  the  volumes,  for  the  greater  convenience  of  ref- 
erence. 

In  an  appendix,  the  early  letter  of  Governor  Cradock  to  Captain 
Eudicott,  which  has  been  preserved  many  years  in  the  oldest  volume  of 
records,  has  been  printed,  together  with  several  other  letters  of  much 
value,  emanating  from  the  Governor  and  Company  while  in  England, 
formerly  part  of  the  letter  book  of  the  Company,  and  now  forming  a 
portion  of  the  first  volume  of  records  in  SuffoUc  Registry  of  Deeds. 

Ornamenting  the  title-page  is  a  correctly-engraved  copy  of  an 
impression  of  the  silver  seal  used  for  official  acts  by  the  colonial  Gov- 
ernors, and  several  tunes  alluded  to  in  the  records  and  letters. 

In  the  perfonnance  of  his  duty,  the  editor  has  studiously  avoided 
making  comments  upon  the  subject  matter  of  the  records,  confining  his 
notes  entirely  to  a  description  of  the  Avi'itten  volumes,  with  such  expla- 
nations only  as  were  deemed  necessary  to  make  known  the  writers  of 
the  various  portions. 

Marginal  dates  have  been  introduced  throughout  the  volumes ;  and 
that  no  doubt  should  arise  as  to  what  year  each  month  belonged,  double 
dating  has  been  used  in  all  instances  from  the  first  of  Januarv  to  the 
twenty-fourth  of  March,  inclusive. 

It  is  necessary  that  the  reader  should  bear  in  mind  that  as  the 
colony  records  were  written  at  a  period  when  the  Julian  method  of 
computing  time  was  in  wse,  the  legal  year  commenced  on  Conception 
Day,  the  25th  of  March.  Therefore,  Avhen  double  dating  occurs,  the 
first  figure  indicates  the  legal  year,  and  the  last  the  historical  year,  which 
commenced  on  the  first  of  January.  By  the  same  calendar  the  months 
were  numbered,  as  well  as  named,  and  were  offen  expressed  by  these 
numbers  only ;  as,  — 

\ 

1.  March,  5.  July,  9.  November, 

2.  April,  6.  August,  10.  December, 

3.  May,  7.  September,  11.  Januar^^, 

4.  June,  8.  October,  12.  February. 


LNTRODLCTUKV    REMARKS.  xi 

The  days  of  the  week  were  likewise  numbered,  and  sometimes 
expressed  by  peculiar  symbols ;  as,  — 

1,  or  O,  Sunday,  4,  or  5  ,  Wednesday,         6,  or  9 ,  Friday, 

2,  or  5,  Monday,        5,  or  11,  Thursdiij-,  7,  or  h,  Saturday. 

3,  or  S,  Tuesday, 

The  paging  of  the  manuscript  volumes  has  been  retained  in  the 
printed  copy  by  placing  in  the  margin  the  number  of  the  original 
page,  enclosed  in  brackets,  and  by  denoting  the  place  where  each  page 
commences  in  the  text  by  a  star.  As  the  pages  of  the  first  part  of  the 
oldest  volume  were  not  numbered,  and  as  several  misplaced  pages,  Avhose 
true  places  have  been  determined  by  means  of  water  stains  and  other 
marks,  have  been  restored  to  their  proper  places,  it  became  necessary  to 
change  the  old  paging  in  a  few  instances,  and  to  number  the  pages 
w^hich  were  not  numljered.  Lest  any  confusion  should  arise  in  conse- 
quence of  these  changes,  where  citations  have  been  made  previous  to 
this  time,  the  following  list  of  alterations  is  here  given :  — 

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All  intended  obliterations  have  been  omitted  in  the  printed  copy, 
and  all  interlineations  caused  by  clerical  error  have  been  pi'inted  in 
their  proper  places. 

In  order  to  preserve  the  character  of  the  ancient  record,  various 
typographical  symbols,  representing  the  contractions  used  in  ancient 
chirography,  have  been  employed  wherever  such  contractions  occur  m 
the  manuscript.     A  list  of  these  -will  be  found  m  its  proper  place. 


xii  INTRODUCTORY    REMARKS. 

The  indexes  have  been  carefully  prepared  by  Francis  H.  Under- 
wood, Esq. ;  and  it  is  believed  they  will  prove  to  be  as  accurate  as  they 
are  minute.  The  names  of  such  persons  as  took  the  oath  of  freemen, 
have  been  entered  in  separate  indexes,  in  order  to  simplify  in  a  con- 
siderable deo-ree  the  o-eneral  indexes. 

The  editor  cannot  close  these  remarks  without  rendering  due 
acknowledgments  to  the  Honorable  Ephraim  M.  Wright,  Secretary  of 
the  Commonwealth,  for  his  personal  kindness  throughout  the  whole 
work,  and  for  the  facilities  which  he  aiForded  in  the  arduous  labor  of 
conducting  these  volumes  through  the  press,  and  without  which  it  is 
believed  the  work  could  not  have  been  accomplished,  except  with 
much  more  labor,  and  many  inevitable  errors. 

N.  B.  S. 

Boston,  November,  1853. 


MARKS  AND  CONTRACTIONS. 


A  Dash  "  (or  straight  line)  over  a  letter  indicates  the  omission  of  the  letter 
following  the  one  marked. 

A  Curved  Line  ~  indicates  the  omission  of  one  or  more  letters  next  follow- 
ing the  one  marked. 

A  Superior  Letter  indicates  the  omission  of  contiguous  letters,  either  pre- 
ceding or  following  it. 

A  Caret  ^  indicates  an  omission  in  the  oiiginal  record. 

A  Cross  X  indicates  a  lost  or  unintelligible  word. 

All  doubtful  words  supplied  by  the  editor  are  included  between  brack- 
ets, [     ]. 

Some  redundancies  in  the  original  record  are  printed  in  Italics. 

Some  interlineations,  that  occur  in  the  original  record,  are  put  between  par- 
allels,  II    II. 

Several  charactei's  have  special  significations,  namely  :  — 


@, 

—  annum,  anno. 

\ 

—  ber,  —  numb,   number  ;     Eobt, 

Robert. 

c, 

—  ci,  ti,  —  accon,  action. 

CO, 

—  tlo,  — jurisdiccSii,  jurisdiction. 

c\ 

—  ere,  cer,  —  a6s,  acres. 

e. 

—  Trer,  Treasurer. 

t'. 

—  committe,  committee. 

d, 

—  dd,  delivered. 

h, 

—  chr,  charter. 

i. 

—  ire,  letter. 

111, 

—  mm,  mn,  —  coiiiittee,  commit- 

tee. 

m, 

—  rccomdacon,  recommendation. 

in!, 

—  mer,  —  fonnlly,  formerly. 

A, 

—  month. 

n. 

—  nn,  —  Peii,  Penn  ;  aiio,  anno. 

n. 

—  Dili,  Domini. 

a. 

—  ner,  —  manfi,  manner. 

5, 

—  on,  —  mentis,  mention. 

o,  —  mo,  month. 

p,  —  par,  por,  —  pt,  part ;   ption,  por- 
tion. 

p,  —  per,  —  pson,  person. 

J),  —  pro,  —  pporcon,  proportion. 

P,  —  pre,  —  psent,  present. 

q,,  —  qstion,  question. 

S^, —  es^,  esquire. 

r,  —  Apr,  April. 

t,  —  capt,  captain. 

Q,  —  uer,  —  seflal,  seueral. 

9,  —  ver,  —  sc?al,  several. 

y%  the  ;  y",  them  ;  y°,  then  ;  y,  their ; 
y*,  this ;  y',  that. 

^,       —  es,  et,  —  statut^,  statutes. 

fS,     —  et  csetera. 

vizj,  —  videlicet,  namely. 

./        —  full  point. 

y,    used    by  Secretaiy    Nowell    before 
figures  for  a  pound  mark, 
(xiiij 


CONTENTS   OF  VOLUME  I. 


PAGE 

THE   COLONY   CHARTER, 1 

THE   COMPANY'S   RECORDS,    1628-  1630, 21 

THE   COLONY   RECORDS,    1630-  1641, 71 

MISCELLANEOUS   RECORDS, 347 

OATHS, 349 

JOHN   TRATT'S   ANSWER  TO   THE   COURT, 358 

COURT   ORDER,    30   Afril,   1629, 361 

COURT    ORDER,    21    May,    1629, 363 

FREEMEN   OF   THE   COLONY,    1631—1641, 366 

APPENDIX, 381 

LETTER  FROM   MATTHEW   CRADOCK, 383 

FIRST    GENERAL    LETTER    OF    INSTRUCTIONS    FROM 

THE   GOVERNOR  AND   COMPANY, 386 

SECOND  GENERAL   LETTER   OF  INSTRUCTIONS   FROM 

THE   GOVERNOR  AND   COMPANY, 398 

COMPANY'S   LETTER   TO   THE   MINISTERS, 407 

COMPANY'S   LETTER  TO   JOHN   ENDICOTT, 408 

GENERAL   INDEX, 411 

INDEX   OF   FREEMEN,       469 


THE    COLONY    CHARTER. 


1628-9. 


THE    CHARTER 


COLONY   OF   THE   MASSACHUSETTS   BAY 
IN    NEW   ENGLAND. 

1628-9. 


CHAPvLES,  BY   THE   GRACE    OF  GOD,  Kinge  of  England,  Scot- 
land, Fraunce,  and  Ireland,  Defender  of  the  Fayth,  ^<3,  To  all  to 
whome  theis  Present^  shall  come,  Greeting.     Whekeas   our  most 
deare  and  royall  father  Kinge  James,  of  blessed  memory,  by  his  Highness  Recital  of  a 
letters  patent^  beareing  date  at  Westminster  the  thii-d  day  of  November,  in  Kin"  James  i. 
the  eighteenth  yeare  of  his  raigne,  hath  given  and  sraunted  vnto  the  Coun-  *°  *"  Council 

_  .  established  at 

cell  established  at  Plymouth  in  the  "County  of  Devon,  for  the  planting,  ruling,  PijTnouth,  in 
ordering,  and  governing  of  Newe  England  in  America,  and  to  their  successors  noV.  1620.' 
and  assignes  for  ever  :  All  that  parte  of  America  lyeing  and  being  in  bredth 
from  forty  degrees  of  northerly  latitude  from  the  equinoctiall  lyne,  to  forty  That  part  of 
eight  degrees  of  the  saide  northerly  latitude  inclusively,  and  in  length  of  and  t„,ep„  40°  and 
within  all  the  breadth  aforesaid  throughout  the  maine  landes  from  sea  to  sea,  *^°  '^^  ^•'  ^'°^ 

sea  to  sea. 

together,  also,  with  all  the  firme  landes,  soyles,  groundes,  havens,  portes, 
rivers,  waters,  fishing,  mjTies,  and  myneralls,  aswell  royall  mynes  of  gould 
and  silver,  as  other  mynes  and  myneralls,  precious  stones,  quarries,  and  all 
and  singuler  other  coiuodities,  jurisdiccbns,  royalties,  priviledges,  franchesies, 
and  prehemynences,  both  within  the  said  tract  of  lande  vpon  the  mayne,  and 
also  within  the  islandes  and  seas  adioining  :  Provided  ahvayes.  That  the  saide 
islandes  or  any  the  premises  by  the  said  letters  patent^^  intended  and  meant  to 
be  graunted  were  not  then  actuallic  possessed  or  inhabited  by  any  other 
Christian  Prince  or  State,  nor  within  the  boundcs,  lymitt([^,  or  territoi-ies  of  the 
Southerne  Colony  then  before  gi'aunted  by  our  said  deare  father,  to  be  planted 
by  divers  of  his  loveing  subiect^  in  the  south  partes.     To  have  and  to  houldc.  To  hold  in  fee. 

3 


4  THE  CHARTER  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

possesse,  and  enioy  all  and  singuler  the  aforesaid  continent,  landes,  territories, 
■  islands,  hereditament^,  and  precinct^,  seas,  waters,  fisliing^,  with  all  and  all 
manner  their  coinodities,  royalties,  liberties,  prehemynences,  and  profitt^  that 
should  from  thenceforth  arise  from  thence,  with  all  and  singuler  their  appur- 
tenances, and  every  parte  and  parcell  thereof,  vnto  the  saide  Councell  and 
their  successors  and  assignes  for  ever,  To  the  sole  and  proper  vse,  benefitt, 
and  behoofe  of  them  the  saide  Councell  and  their  successors  and  assignes  for 
ever  :  To  be  houlden  of  our  saide  most  deare  and  royall  father,  his  heires,  and 
successors,  as  of  his  manner  of  Eastgreenewich,  in  the  County  of  Kent,  in 
Paying  one        free  and  coiuon  Soccage,  and  not  in  Capite  nor  by  Knight^  Service.      Yeild- 

fifth  part  of  all  .  ,  ^  .  ^      ^  __,  i  ■     i     •  i 

gold  and  silver  i^'GE  and  paying  therefore  to  the  saide  late  Kmge,  his  heu-es,  and  successors 
ores  found.  ^j^^  ££|.g  parte  of  the  oare  of  gould  and  silver  which  should,  from  tyme  to 
tyme,  and  at  all  tyraes  then  after,  happen  to  be  found,  gotten,  had,  and  ob- 
teyned  in,  att,  or  within  any  of  the  saide  landes,  l3^nytt^,  territories,  and  pre- 
cinct([^  or  in  or  within  any  parte  or  parcell  thereof,  for  or  in  respect  of  all  and 
all  manner  of  duties,  demaunds,  and  services  whatsoever  to  be  don,  made,  or 
paide  to  our  saide  dear  father,  the  late  Ivinge,  his  heires,  and  successors. 
As  in  and  by  the  saide  letters  patent^  (amongest  sundrie  other  clauses,  pow- 
ers, priviledges,  and  grauntes  therein  conteyned)  more  at  large  appeareth. 
That  the  Coun-  And  WHEREAS  the  saidc  Councell,  established  at  Plymouth,  ui  the  County  of 

cil  established  r^         ^  i        •  t.  t-  i  •  r  -kt  t'       t       j 

at  Plymouth,     Uevon,  for  the  plantmge,  ruling,  ordering,  and  governing  ot  JN  ewe  ±.ngland 
Co.  Devon,        ^^  America,  have,  by  their  deede,  indented  vnder  their  coinon  seale,  bearing 

granted  to  Sir  -^ 

Henry  Rose-  date  the  nyneteciith  day  of  jSIarch  last  past,  in  the  third  yeai-e  of  our  raigne, 
March,  1627-8.  given,  grauiited,  bargained,  soulde,  enfeoffed,  aliened,  and  confirmed  to  Sir 
Henry  Eosewell,  Sir  John  Young,  knightes,  Thomas  Southcott,  John  Hum- 
phrey, John  Endecott,  and  Synion  "Whetcombe,  their  heires  and  associate 
Bounds  of  the  for  ever,  All  that  parte  of  Newe  England  in  America  aforesaid  which  lyes 
En<»laud  grant-  ^^*^  extendes  betweeiie  a  greate  river  there  coiiionlie  called  Monomack,  alias 
^-  ISIerriemack,  and  a  certen  other  river  there  called  Charles  river^  being  in  the 

bottome  of  a  certajaie  bay  there  coiiionlie  called  ISIassachiisett^,  alias  jNIatta- 
chusett^,  alias  Massatusett^  bay,  and  also  all  and  singuler  those  landes  and 
hereditament^  whatsoever  lyeing  within  the  space  of  tluee  English  myles  on 
the  south  parte  of  the  saide  Charles  river,  or  of  any  or  everie  parte  thereof: 
And  also  all  and  singuler  the  landes  and  hereditament^  whatsoever,  lyeing 
and  being  within  the  space  of  three  English  myles  to  the  southwarde  of  the 
southermost  parte  of  the  saide  bay,  called  Massachusetts,  alias  Mattachuset^, 
alias  Massatuset^  bay  :  And  also  all  those  landes  and  hereditament^  whatsoever 
which  lye  and  be  witliin  the  space  of  three  English  myles  to  the  northward  of 
the  saide  river  called  Monomack,  alias  Merrymack,  or  to  the  northward  of  any 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  5 

and  every  parte  thereof:  And  all  landcs  and  heioditamoiil(^  ^\  hatsocvor,  lyelng 
within  the  lymj'tt^  aforesaide,  north  and  south,  in  latitude  and  brcdth,  and  in 
length  and  longitude,  of  and  within  all  the  brcdth  aforesaide,  throughout 
the  mayne  landes  there,  from  the  Atlantick  and  westcrne  sea  and  ocean  on 
the  east  parte,  to  the  south  sea  on  the  west  parte,  and  all  landes  and  groundes, 
place  and  places,  soyles,  woodes  and  wood  groundes,  havens,  portes,  rivers, 
waters,  fishing^,  and  hereditament^  whatsoever,  lyeing  within  the  said  boundes 
and  lyraytt^,  and  everie  parte  and  parcell  thereof:  And  also  all  islandes  lyeing 
in  America  aforesaide,  in  the  saide  seas,  or  cither  of  them,  on  the  westerne  or 
easterue  coastes  or  partes  of  the  saide  tractes  of  lande  by  the  saide  indenture 
mencbed  to  be  given,  graunted,  bargained,  sould,  enfeoffed,  aliened,  and  con- 
firmed, or  any  of  them  :  And  also  all  mynes  and  myneralls,  as  well  royall 
mynes  of  gould  and  silver,  as  other  mynes  and  myneralls  whatsoever  in  the 
saide  landes  and  premisses,  or  any  parte  thereof:  And  all  jurisdiccons,  right^, 
royalties,  liberties,  freedomes,  ymmunities,  priviledges,  franchises,  prehcmi- 
nences,  and  coiuodities  whatsoever,  which  they,  the  saide  Councell,  established 
at  Plymouth,  in  the  County  of  Devon,  for  the  planting,  ruling,  ordering,  and 
governing  of  Newe  England  in  America,  then  had  or  might  vse,  exercise,  or 
enioy  in  and  within  the  saide  landcs  and  premisses  by  the  saide  indenture 
mencocd  to  be  given,  graunted,  bargained,  sould,  enfooflcd,  and  confirmed,  or 
in  or  within  any  parte  or  parcell  thereof.  To  have  and  to  hould  the  saide  To  hold  in  fee. 
parte  of  Newe  England  in  America  which  lyes  and  extendes  and  is  abutted 
as  aforesaide,  and  every  parte  and  parcell  thereof :  And  all  the  saide  islandes, 
rivers,  portes,  havens,  waters,  fisliing^,  mynes  and  mineralls,  jurisdiccons, 
franchises,  royalties,  liberties,  priviledges,  coiuodities,  hereditament^,  and 
premisses  whatsoever,  with  the  appurtenances,  vnto  the  saide  Sir  Hemy  Names  ^f  those 
Rose'fl'ell,  Sir  John  Younge,  Thomas  Southcott,  John  Ilumfrev,  John  Ende-  ^""^'''^"J 

'  "    '  '  •"  the  sfaiit  from 

cott,  and  Simon  Whetcombe,  their  heires  and  assignes,  and  their  associatt^,  ti"^  Council  of 

Plymouth. 

to  the  onlie  proper  and  absolute  vse  and  behoofe  of  the  said  Sir  Henry  Eose- 
well.  Sir  John  Younge,  Thomas  Southcott,  John  Ilumfrey,  Jolm  Endecott, 
and  Symon  Whettcombe,  their  heires  and  assignes,  and  their  associatt^,  for 
evermore.  To  be  iioulden  of  vs,  our  heires  and  successors,  as  of  our  man- 
nor  of  Eastgrcenewich,  in  the  County  of  Kent,  in  fi-ee  and  comon  Socage,  and 
not  in  Capite,  nor  by  knightes  service,  Yeii,I)ing  and  payeing  therefore  vnto  YicUUnR  and 
vs,  our  heires  and  successors,  the  filte  parte  of  the  oare  of  gouldc  and  silver  *"  "  '" 

which  shall,  from  tjme  to  tpne, and  all  tymes  hereafter,  happen  to  be  founde, 
gotten,  had,  and  obtcyncd  in  any  of  the  saide  landes  witliin  the  saide  lymyttij^, 
or  in  or  within  any  parte  thereof,  for  and  in  satisfaccon  of  all  manner  du- 
ties, demaunds,  and  ser^'ices  M-hatsoever,  to  be  donn,  made,  or  paid  to  vs,  our 


6  THE  CHARTER  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

lieircs   or  successors,  as  in  and  by  the  saitl  recited  indenture  more  at  large 

maie  appeare.      Nowe  knowe  yee,  that  Tree,  at  the  humble  suite  and  peticon 

Confiimaiion     of  the  saide  Sir  Henry  Rosewell,  Sir  John  Younge,  Thomas  Southcott,  John 

R06CTV  ii"sf     Ilumfrey,   John   Eiidecott,   and   Simon  "V^Hietcomhe,   and   of  others   whome 

they  have  associated  vnto  them.  Have,  for  divers  good  causes  and  considera- 

cbns  vs  moveing,  graunted  and  confirmed,  And  by  theis  present^  of  our  espe- 

ciall  grace,  certen  knowledge,  and  meere  mocon,  doe  graunt  and  confirmo  vnto 

Associates  of    the   saide  Sir  Henry  Eosewell,  Sir   John  Younge,  Thomas   Southcott,  John 

Humfrey,  John  Endecott,   and   Simon  Wlietcombe,   and  to  their  associatt^ 

hereafter  named,  (videlicet,)  Sir  Richard  Saltonstall,  knight,  Isaack  Jolmson, 

Samuel  Aldersey,  Jolm  Ven,  Mathew  Cradock,  George   Harwood,  Increase 

Nowell,   Richard  Perry,   Richard  Bellingham,   Nathaniell  Wright,  Samuell 

Vassall,  Theoploilus   Eaton,  Thomas  GofFe,  Thomas   Adams,  John  Browne, 

Samuell  Browne,  Thomas  Hutchins,  "William  Vassall,  William  Pinchion,  and 

All  the  lands     Georgc  Foxcrofte,  their  heires   and  assignes.  All  the  saide   parte  of  Newe 

by  the  Council  England  in  America,  lyeing  and  extending  betweene  the  boundes  and  lymitt^ 

established  at    [j^    ^j-jg    ^^[f[   j-ecited  indenture  expressed,  and  all  landes  and  p-roundes,  place 

Plymouth.  i'  '  o  >  i 

and  places,  soyles,  woodes  and  wood  groundes,  havens,  portes,  rivers,  "Raters, 
mynes,  mineralls,  jurisdiccSns,  rightes,  royalties,  liberties,  freedomes,  immu- 
nities, priviledges,  franchises,  preheminences,  hereditament^,  and  coinodities 
whatsoever  to  them  the  saide  Sir  Henry  Rosewell,  Sir  John  Younge,  Thomas 
Southcott,  Jolin  Humfrey,  John  Endecott,  and  Simon  Whetcombe,  their  heires 
and  assignes,  and  to  their  associatt^,  by  the  saide  recited  indenture  given, 
graunted,  bargajnred,  solde,  enfeoffed,  aliened,  and  confirmed,  or  mencoed 
or  intended  thereby  to  be  given,  graunted,  bargayned,  sold,  enfeoffed,  aliened. 

To  hold  in  fee.  and  confirmed.  To  have  and  to  hould  the  saide  parte  of  Newe  England  in 
America,  and  other  the  premisses  hereby  mencoed  to  be  graunted  and  con- 
fiimed,  and  every  parte  and  parcell  thereof,  with  the  appm-tenances,  to  the 
saide  Sir  Henry  Rosewell,  Sir  John  Yonge,  Sir  Richard  Saltonstall,  Thomas 
Southcott,  Jolm  Humfrey,  John  Endecott,  Simon  Whetcombe,  Isaack  Johnson, 
Samuell  Aldersey,  Jolm  Ven,  Mathewe  Cradock,  George  Harwood,  Increase 
Nowell,  Richard  Pery,  Richard  Bellingham,  Nathaniell  Wright,  Samuell 
Vassall,  Theophilus  Eaton,  Thomas  Goffe,  Thomas  Adams,  John  Browne, 
Samuell  Bro-sATie,  Thomas  Hutchins,  William  Vassall,  "William  Pincliion,  and 
George  Eoxcrofte,  their  heires  and  assignes  for  ever,  to  their  onlie  jiropcr  and 
absolute  vse  and  behoofe  for  evermore.  To  be  lioldcn  of  vs,  our  heires  and 
successors,  as  of  our  mannor  of  Eastgrecnewich  aforesaid,  in  free  and  coiuon 
Socage,  and  not  in   C'apite   nor  l)y  knight^^  service,  and  also  yeii.ding  and 

Pajing,  &c.       paying  therefore  to  vs,  our  heires  and  successors,  the  fifte  parte  onlie  of  all 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  7 

oare  of  gquld  and  silver,  which,  fi.-om  tyme  to  tyme,  and  att  all  tymcs  here- 
after, shalbe  there  gotten,  had,  or  obtcyned,  for  all  services,  exaccous,  and 
demaunds  vi'hatsoever,  according  to  the  tenui'e  and  reservacon  m  the  said 
recited  indenture  expressed.  And  further  knowe  yee.  That,  of  our  more 
especiall  grace,  certen  knowledg,  and  nieere  mocon.  Wee  have  given  and 
graunted.  And  by  theis  present^  doe  for  vs,  our  heires  and  successors,  give 
and  graunt  vnto  the  said  Sii-  Henry  Rosewell,  Sir  John  Younge,  Sir  Richard  Patentees. 
Saltonstall,  Thomas  Southcott,  Jolui  Humfrey,  John  Endecott,  Synion  Whet- 
combe,  Isaack  Johnson,  Samuell  Aldersey,  John  Ven,  Mathewe  Ci'adock, 
George  Harwood,  Increase  Nowell,  Richard  Peiy,  Richard  Bellingham,  Na- 
thaniel Wright,  Samuell  Vassall,  Theopliilus  Eaton,  Thomas  Goffe,  Thomas 
Adams,  John  Bro-s^-ne,  Samuell  Browne,  Thomas  Hutchins,  William  Vassall, 
William  Piuchion,  and  George  Foxcrofte,  then-  heii-es  and  assignes.  All  that 
parte  of  Newe  England  hi  America  which  lyes  and  extendes  betweene  a  great 
river  there  coiiionlie  called  Monomack  river,  alias  Merrimack  river,  and  a  Bounds  of 
certen  other  river  there  called  Charles  river,  being  in  the  bottome  of  a  certen  '^"^"*' 
bay  there  coiiionlie  called  Massachusetts^,  alias  Mattachusett^,  alias  INIassa- 
tusett^  bay  :  And  also  all  and  singuler  those  landes  and  hereditament^  wliat- 
soever,  lyeing  within  the  space  of  three  Englishe  niyles  on  the  south  p<u-te  of 
the  saide  river  called  Charles  river,  or  of  any  or  eveiy  jsarte  thereof:  And 
also  all  and  singuler  the  landes  and  hereditament^  whatsoever  lyeing  and 
being  within  the  space  of  three  Englishe  myles  to  the  southward  of  the 
southermost  parte  of  the  said  baye  called  Massachusetts,  alias  Mattachusett^, 
alias  Massatuset^  bay  :  And  also  all  those  landes  and  hereditament^  wliatso- 
ever  which  lye  and  be  within  tlie  space  of  three  English  myles  to  the  north- 
wai'd  of  the  saide  river  called  Monomack,  alias  Merrymack,  or  to  tlie  uorwaid 
of  any  and  every  parte  thereof,  and  all  landes  and  hereditament^  whatsoever, 
lyeing  within  the  lymitt^  aforesaide,  north  and  south,  in  latitude  and  bredth, 
and  in  length  and  longitude,  of  and  witloin  all  the  bredth  aforesaide,  tln'ough- 
out  the  mayne  landes  there  from  the  Atlantick  and  westerne  sea  and  ocean  on 
the  east  parte,  to  the  south  sea  on  the  west  parte  :  And  all  landes  and  groundes,  Nature  of  the 
place  and  places,  soyles,  woodes  and  wood  groundes,  havens,  portes,  rivers,  S''""'- 
waters,  and  hereditament^  whatsoever,  lyeing  within  the  said  boundes  and 
lymytt^,  and  every  parte  and  i^arcell  thereof,  and  also  all  islandes  in  America 
aforesaide,  in  the  saide  seas,  or  either  of  them,  on  the  westerne  or  easterne 
coastes,  or  partes  of  the  saide  tract^  of  landes  hereby  mencoed  to  be  given  and 
graunted,  or  any  of  them,  and  all  mynes  and  myneraUs,  aswell  royall  mjaies  of 
goidd  and  silver  as  other  mj-nes  and  myneralls  whatsoever,  in  the  said  landes 
and  premisses,  or  any  parte  thereof,  and  free  libertie  of  fishing  in  or  within  any 


S  THE  CHARTER  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

the  rivers  or  ■n-aters  ■witliin  the  boundes  and  lymyttC^  aforesaid,  and  the  seas 
therevnto  adioining  :  And  all  fishes,  royal  fishes,  whales,  balan,  stm-gions,  and 
other  fishes,  of  Avhat  kinde  or  nature  soever  that  shall  at  any  tyme  hereafter 
be  taken  in  or  witliin  the  saide  seas  or  waters,  or  any  of  them,  by  the  said 
Sir  Henry  Rose  well,  Sir  Jolm  Younge,  Sir  Richard  Saltonstall,  Thomas 
Southcott,  John  Humfrey,  John  Endecott,  Simon  Whetcombe,  Isaack  Jolmson, 
Samuell  Aldersey,  John  Ven,  Mathewe  Cradock,  George  Harwood,  Increase 
Noell,  Richard  Pery,  Richard  Bellingham,  Nathaniell  "Wright,  Samuell  Vas- 
sall,  TheopliUus  Eaton,  Thomas  GofFe,  Thomas  Adams,  John  Browne,  Samuell 
Browne,  Thomas  llutcliins,  William  Vassall,  William  Pincliion,  and  George 
Foxcrofte,  their  heires  and  assignes,  or  by  any  other  person  or  persons  what- 
soever there  inhabiting,  by  them,  or  any  of  them,  to  be  appointed  to  fishe 
Provided  there  therein.  PROVIDED,  alwayes,  that  yf  the  said  landes,  islandes,  or  any  other 
ence  with  ^^^  premisses  herein  before  niencoed,  and  by  theis  present^  intended  and 
others  holding  jj^gant  to  be  graiuited,  were,  at  the  tpne  of  the  graunting  of  the  saide  former 

possession  be- 
fore the  grant    letters  patent^,  dated  the  thii'd  day  of  November,  in  the  eighteenth  yeare  of 

of  Plymouth  °^^  ^^^  deare  fathers  raigne  aforesaide,  actuallie  possessed  or  inhabited  by 
any  other  Cluistian  Prince  or  State,  or  were  witliin  the  boundes,  IjTiiytt^  or 
territories  of  that  Southerne  Colony  then  before  grauntcd  by  our  said  late 
father  to  be  planted  by  divers  of  his  loveing  subiect^  in  the  south  partes  of 
America,  That  then  this  present  graunt  shall  not  extend  to  any  such  partes  or 
parcells  thereof,  soe  formerly  inhabited  or  lyeing  witliin  the  boundes  of  the 
southerne  plantacon  as  aforesaide,  but  as  to  those  partes  or  parcells  soe  pos- 
sessed or  inliabited  by  such  Christian  Prince  or  State,  or  being  within  the 
bounders  aforesaid,  shalbe  vtterly  voyd,  theis  present^  or  any  tliinge  therein 

To  hold  in  fee.  conteyned  to  the  contrarie  notwithstanding.  To  have  and  to  hould,  pos- 
sesse  and  enioy  the  saide  partes  of  Newe  England  in  America,  which  lye, 
extend,  and  are  abutted  as  aforesaide,  and  every  parte  and  parcell  thereof: 
And  all  the  islandes,  rivers,  portes,  havens,  waters,  fishing^,  fishes,  mynes, 
myneraUs,  jiu-isdiccons,  francliises,  royalties,  liberties,  priviledges,  coiiiodities, 
and  premisses  whatsoever,  with  the  appvu'tenances,  vnto  the  said  Sir  Hemy 
Rosewell,  Sir  John  Younge,  Sir  Richard  Saltonstall,  Thomas  Southcott,  John 
Humfrey,  John  Endecott,  Simon  Wlietcombc,  Isaack  Johnson,  Samuell  Alder- 
sey, John  Ven,  Mathewe  Cradock,  George  Harwood,  Increase  Nowell,  Richard 
Perry,  Richard  Bellingham,  Nathaniell  Wright,  Samuell  Vassall,  Thcophilus 
Eaton,  Thomas  Gofie,  Thomas  Adams,  John  Browne,  Samuell  Browne,  Thomas 
Hutchins,  William  Vassall,  William  Pinchion,  and  George  Foxcroft,  their 
heires  and  assignes  forever,  to  the  onlie  proper  and  absolute  vse  and  behoufe 
of  the  said  Sir  Henry  Rosewell,  Sir  John  Younge,  Sir  Richard  Saltonstall, 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  9 

Thomas  Southcott,  John  Humfrey,  John  Endecott,  Simon  Whetcombe,  Isaac 
Johnson,  Samuell  Aldersey,  John  Ven,  Mathewe  Cradocke,  George  Harwood, 
Increase  Nowell,  Elchard  Pery,  Richard  Bellingham,  Nathaniell  Wright, 
Samuell  Vassall,  Theophilus  Eaton,  Thomas  GofFe,  Thomas  Adams,  John. 
Browne,  Samuell  Bro^vne,  Thomas  HutclxLns,  William  Vassall,  William 
Pinchion,  and  George  Foxcroft,  their  heires  and  assignes  forevermore.  To 
BE  HOLDEN  of  vs,  o\u-  heires  and  successors,  as  of  our  mannor  of  Eastgreene- 
wich,  in  our  Coimtie  of  Kent,  within  our  realme  of  England,  in  free  and 
coinon  soccage,  and  not  in  Capita  nor  by  knight^  service,  and  also  yeild- 
ing  and  paying  therefore  to  vs,  our  heires  and  successors,  the  fifte  parte  Paying  one 
onlie  of  all  oare  of  gould  and  silver  wliich,  from  tyme  to  tyme,  and  at  and  silver  ores. 
all  tymes  hereafter,  shalbe  there  gotten,  had,  or  obtejTied  for  all  services, 
exaccons,  and  demaundes  whatsoever.  Pko^ided  alwaies,  and  our  expresse 
■will  and  meaninge  is.  That  onlie  one  fifte  parte  of  the  gould  and  silver 
oare  abovemencoed  in  the  whole,  and  noe  more,  be  reserved  or  payeable 
vnto  vs,  our  heires  and  successors,  by  collour  or  vertue  of  theis  present^. 
The  double  reservacbns  or  recitalls  aforesaid,  or  any  thinge  herein  conte}Tied, 
notvi^thstanding.  And  fokasmuch  as  the  good  and  prosperous  successe  of 
the  plantacSn  of  the  saide  partes  of  Newe  England  aforesaide  intended  by  the 
said  Sir  Hemy  Eosewell,  Sir  Jolin  Younge,  Sir  Richard  Saltonstall,  Thomas 
Southcott,  John  Humfrey,  John  Endecott,  Simon  Whetcombe,  Isaack  John- 
son, Samuell  Aldersey,  John  Ven,  Mathewe  Cradock,  George  Harwood,  In- 
crease Noell,  Richard  Pery,  Richard  Belluigham,  Nathaniell  Wright,  Sam- 
uell Vassall,  Theophilus  Eaton,  Thomas  Goffe,  Thomas  Adams,  John  Browne, 
Samuell  Browne,  Thomas  Hutcliins,  William  Vassall,  William  Pincliion,  and 
George  Poxcrofte,  to  be  speedily  sett  vpon,  cannot  but  cheifly  depend,  next 
vuder  the  blessing  of  Almightie  God  and  the  support  of  our  royall  aiithoritie, 
vpon  the  good  government  of  the  same,  To  the  ende  that  the  affaires  and  buyssi- 
nesses  wliich,  from  tyme  to  tyme,  shall  happen  and  arise  concerning  the  saide 
landes  and  the  plantation  of  the  same,  male  be  the  better  mannagcd  and  ordered. 
Wee  have  further  hereby,  of  our  especiall  grace,  certen  knowledge,  and 
meere  moc6n,  given,  graunted,  and  confirmed.  And  for  vs,  our  heires  and 
successors,  doe  give,  graunt,  and  confirme  vnto  our  saide  trustie  and  welbe- 
loved  subiect^.  Sir  Hemy  Rosewell,  Su'  John  Younge,  Sir  Richard  Salton- 
stall, Thomas  Southcott,  John  Humfrey,  John  Endicott,  Simon  "Whetcombe, 
Isaack  Johnson,  Samuell  Aldersey,  John  Ven,  Mathewe  Cradock,  George 
Harwood,  Increase  Nowell,  Richai-d  Pery,  Richard  Bellingham,  Nathaniell 
Wright,  Samuell  Vassall,  Theophilus  Eaton,  Thomas  Goffe,  Thomas  Adams, 
John  Browne,  Samuell  Browne,  Thomas  Hutcliins,  William  Vassall,  William 

VOL.  I.  2 


10 


THE  CHARTER  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


A  body  politic 
and  coi"porate, 
by  the  name  of 
the  Governor 
and  Company 
of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Bay  in 
New  England. 


May  acquire 
lands,  &c. 


May  have  a 
conmion  seal. 


There  shall  be 
one  Governor, 
one  Deputy 
Governor,  and 
eighteen  As- 
sistants to  be 
chosen  out  of 
the  freemen. 


Pinchion,  and  George  Foxcrofte  :  And  for  vs,  oiu-  lieii-es  and  successors,  wee 
will  and  ordeyne.  That  the  saide  Sii-  Henry  Eosewell,  Sir  John  Yong,  Sir 
Eichard  Saltonstall,  Thomas  Southcott,  John  Humfrey,  Jolm  Endicott,  Symon 
"Wlretcombe,  Isaack  Joliuson,  Samuell  Aldersey,  Jolm  Ven,  Mathewe  Cra- 
dock,  George  Harwood,  Increase  Noell,  Richard  Pery,  Eichard  Bcllingham, 
Nathaniell  "Wright,  Samuell  Vassall,  Theophilus  Eaton,  Thomas  GofFe,  Thomas 
Adams,  Jolm  Bro'mic,  Samuell  Browne,  Thomas  Hutchins,  William  Vassall, 
"WilUam  Pincliion,  and  George  Foxcrofte,  and  all  sucli  others  as  shall  here- 
after be  admitted  and  made  free  of  the  Company  and  Society  hereafter  men- 
cBed,  shall,  from  tyme  to  tyme,  and  at  all  tymes  for  ever  hereafter,  be,  by 
vertue  of  theis  present^,  one  body  corporate  and  politique  in  fact  and  name, 
by  the  name  of  the  Governor  and  Company  of  the  INIattachusett^  Bay  in  Newe 
England  :  And  them  by  the  name  of  the  Governor  and  Company  of  the  Mat- 
tachusett^  Bay  in  Newe  England,  one  bodie  politique  and  corporate  in  deede, 
fact,  and  name.  Wee  doe  for  vs,  our  heiies  and  successors,  make,  ordeyne, 
constitute,  and  confii-me  by  theis  present^,  and  that  by  that  name  they  shall 
have  perpetuall  succession  :  And  that  by  the  same  name  they  and  their  suc- 
cessors shall,  and  maie  be  capeable  and  enabled,  aswell  to  implead  and  to  be 
impleaded,  and  to  prosecute,  demaund,  and  aunswere,  and  be  aunsweared  vnto, 
ill  all  and  siuguler  suites,  causes,  quarrells,  and  accbns  of  what  kinde  or 
natiu-e  soever.  And  also  to  have,  take,  possesse,  acquire,  and  purchase  any 
landes,  tenement^,  or  hereditament^,  or  any  goodes  or  chattells.  And  the  same 
to  lease,  graimt,  demise,  alien,  bargaine,  sell,  and  dispose  of  as  other  our  liege 
people  of  tMs  our  realme  of  England,  or  any  other  corporacon  or  body  poli- 
tique of  the  same  maie  lawfullie  doe  :  And,  furthee,  that  the  said  Governor 
and  Companye  and  their  successors  maie  have  for  ever  one  coinon  seale,  to  be 
vsed  in  all  causes  and  occasions  of  the  said  Company,  and  the  same  seale  maie 
alter,  chaunge,  breake,  and  newe  make,  from  tyme  to  tyme,  at  their  pleasures. 
And  our  will  and  pleasm-e  is.  And  wee  doe  hereby  for  vs,  ota-  heires  and 
successors,  ordejTie  and  graunte.  That,  from  henceforth  for  ever,  there  shalbe 
one  Governor,  one  Deputy  Governor,  and  eighteene  Assistant^  of  the  same 
Company,  to  be  from  tyme  to  tyme  constituted,  elected,  and  chosen  out  of  the 
freemen  of  the  saide  Company,  for  the  tyme  being,  in  such  mamier  and  forme 
as  hereafter  in  theis  present^  is  expressed.  Which  said  officers  shall  apjilie 
themselves  to  take  care  for  the  best  disposeing  and  ordering  of  the  generall 
buysines  and  affaires  of,  for,  and  concerning  the  saide  landes  and  premisses 
hereby  mencoed  to  be  graunted,  and  the  plantacion  thereof,  and  the  govern- 
ment of  the  people  there.  And  for  the  better  execucon  of  our  royall  pleas- 
ure and  graunte  in  tliis  behalf,  wee  doe,  by  theis  present^,,  for  vs,  ovu-  heires 


THE   MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  H 

and  successors,  nominate,  ordeyne,  make,  ^  constitute  our  welbeloved  the  saide  Matthew  Cra- 
Matliewe  Cradocke  to  be  the  first  and  present  Governor  of  the  said  Company,  ^^^^ 
and  the  saide  Thomas  Gofie  to  be  Deputy  Governor  of  the  saide  Company,  Thomas  Goffe, 
and  the  saide  Sir  Eichard  SaUonstall,  Isaack  Johnson,  Samuell  Aldersey,  John  ^^^^^ 
Ven,  Jolm   Humfrey,   John  Endecott,   Simon  ^Yhetcombe,   Increase   Noell,  Names  of  the 
Richard  Pery,  Nathaniell  Wright,  Samuell  Vassall,  Theophilus  Eaton,  Thomas 
Adams,  Thomas  Ilutchins,  John  Browne,  George  Foxcrofte,  William  Vassall, 
and  William  Pincliion  to  be  the  present  Assistant^  of  the  saide  Company,  to 
continue  in  the  saide  severall  offices  respectivelie  for  such  tyme  and  in  such 
manner  as  in  and  by  theis  present^  is  hereafter  declared  and  appointed.     Axd, 
FURTHER,  wee  will,  and  by  theis  present^  for  vs,  our  heires  and  successors,  doe  Governor  to 
ordeyne  and  graunt.  That  the  Governor  of  the  saide  Company,  for  the  tyme  the  assembling 
being,  or  in  his  absence,  by  occasion  of  sicknes  or   otherwise,  the  Deputie  °^  '^^  Compa- 
Governor,  for  the  tyme  being,  shall  have  authoritie,  fi'om  tyme  to  tyme,  vpon 
all  occasions,  to  give  order  for  the  assembling  of  the  saide  Company,  and  call- 
ing them  together  to  consult  and  advise  of  the  businesses  and  afiixircs  of  the 
saide  Company.     And  that  the  said  Governor,  Deputie  Governor,  and  Assist- 
ant^ of  the  saide   Company,  for  the  tyme  being,  shall  or  maie  once  every  Courts  may  ba 
moneth,  or  oftener  at  their  pleasures,  assemble,  and  houlde,  and  keepe  a  Courte  j^jo^t^  ^r 
or  Assemblie  of  themselves,  for  the  better  ordering  and  directing  of  their  oftener. 
affiures.     And  that  any  seaven  or  more  persons  of  the  Assistant^,  togither  with  Of  what  a  suf- 
the  Governor  or  Deputie  Governor,  see  assembled,  shalbe  saide,  taken,  held,  ^^^-^  consist 
and  reputed  to  be,  and  shalbe,  a  full  and  sufficient  Courte  or  Assemblie  of  the 
saide  Company  for  the  handling,  ordering,  and  dispatching  of  all  such  buysi- 
nesses  and  occurrent^  as  shall,  from  tyme  to  tyme,  happen  touching  or  con- 
cerning the  said  Company  or  plantacSn,  and  that  there  shall  or  mule  be  held 
and  kept  by  the  Governor  or  Deputie  Governor  of  the  said  Company,  and 
seaven  or  more  of  the  said  Assistant^,  for  the  tyme  being,  vpon  every  last  Four  Great  and 
Wednesday  in  Hillary,  Easter,  Trinity,  and  Michas  termes  respectivelie  for  ever,  ^f  t^e  Compa- 
one  greate,  generall,  and  solempe  Assemblie,  which  foure  Generall  Assemblies  °^ '° 
shalbe  stiled  and  called  the  Foure  Greate  and  Generall  Court^  of  the  saide 
Company  :  In  all  and  eveiy  or  any  of  which  saide  Greate  and  Generall  Court^ 
soe  assembled.  Wee  doe,  for  vs,  our  heires  and  successors,  give  and  graunte  to 
the  said  Governor  and  Comj)any,  and  their  successors,  That  the  Governor,  or,  in  When  freemen 
his  absence,  the  Deputie  Governor,  of  the  saide  Company  for  the  tyme  being,  ^^^ 
and  such  of  the  Assistant^  and  freemen  of  the  saide  Company  as  shalbe  pres- 
ent, or  the  greater  nomber  of  them  soe  assembled,  whereof  the  Governor  or 
Deputie  Governor  and  six  of  the  Assistant^,  at  the  least  to  be  seaven,  shall 
have  full  power  and  authoritie  to  choose,  nominate,  and  appointe  such  and  soe 


12 


THE  CHARTEE  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


When  officers 
may  be  chosen. 

When  laws, 
&c.,  may  be 
made. 


The  Governor 
and  other 
officers  to  be 
chosen  yearly, 
on  the  last 
Wednesday  of 
Easter  Term. 


Provision  in 
case  of  death 
or  removal  of 
officers. 


Power  of  for- 
mer officers 
shall  cease  on 
the  election  of 
new  officers. 


Oaths  shall  be 
administered 
to  officers. 


many  others  as  they  shall  thinke  fitt,  and  that  shall  be  willing  to  accept  the 
same,  to  be  free  of  the  said  Company  and  Body,  and  them  into  the  same  to 
admitt,  and  to  elect  and  constitute  such  officers  as  they  shall  thinke  fitt  and 
requisite  for  the  ordering,  mannaging,  and  dispatching  of  the  affaires  of  the 
saide  Governor  and  Company  and  theu*  successors.  And  to  make  laves  and 
ordinnces  for  the  good  and  welfare  of  the  saide  Company,  and  for  the  govern- 
ment and  ordering  of  the  saide  landes  and  plantacon,  and  the  people  inhabiting 
and  to  inhabite  the  same,  as  to  them  from  tyme  to  tyme  shalbe  thought  meete. 
Soe  as  such  lawes  and  ordinances  be  not  contrarie  or  repugnant  to  the  lawes 
and  statut^  of  this  our  realme  of  England.  And  our  will  and  pleasure  is. 
And  wee  doe  hereby  for  vs,  our  heires  and  successoi's,  establish  and  ordeyne. 
That  yearely  once  in  the  yeare  for  ever  hereafter,  namely,  the  last  Wednesday 
in  Easter  tearme  yearely,  the  Governor,  Deputy  Governor,  and  Assistant^  of 
the  said  Company,  and  all  other  officers  of  the  saide  Company,  shalbe,  in  the 
Generall  Court  or  Assembly  to  be  held  for  that  day  or  tyme,  newly  chosen 
for  the  yeare  ensueing  by  such  greater  parte  of  the  said  Company  for  the 
tyme  being,  then  and  there  present,  as  is  aforesaide.  And  yf  it  shall  happen 
the  j)resent  Governor,  Deputy  Governor,  and  Assistant^  by  theis  present^ 
appointed,  or  such  as  shall  hereafter  be  newly  chosen  into  their  roomes,  or 
any  of  them,  or  any  other  of  the  officers  to  be  appointed  for  the  said  Com- 
pany, to  dye  or  to  be  removed  from  his  or  their  severall  offices  or  places 
before  the  saide  generall  day  of  eleccon,  (whome  wee  doe  hereby  declare  for 
any  misdemeanor  or  defect  to  be  removeable  by  the  Governor,  Deputie  Gov- 
ernor, Assistant^,  and  Company,  or  such  greater  parte  of  them  in  any  of  the 
publique  Couitf^  to  be  assembled  as  is  aforesaid,)  That  then,  and  in  every 
such  case,  it  shall  and  male  be  lawfull  to  and  for  the  Governor,  Deputie  Gov- 
ernor, Assistant^,  and  Company  aforesaide,  or  such  greater  parte  of  them  soe 
to  be  assembled  as  is  aforesaide,  in  any  of  their  assemblies,  to  proceade  to  a 
newe  eleccSn  of  one  or  more  others  of  their  Companj'^  in  the  roomc  or  place, 
roomes  or  places,  of  such  officer  or  officers  soe  dyeing  or  removed,  according 
to  their  discrecSns.  And  yiiiediatly  vpon  and  after  such  elcccbn  and  elec- 
cons  made  of  such  Governor,  Deputie  Governor,  Assistant  or  Assistant^,  or 
any  other  officer  of  the  saide  Company  in  manner  and  forme  aforesaid,  the 
authoritie,  office,  and  power  before  given  to  the  former  Governor,  Deputie 
Governor,  or  other  officer  and  officers  soe  removed,  in  M'hose  steede  and  place 
newe  shalbe  soe  chosen,  shall,  as  to  him,  and  them,  and  everie  of  them,  cease 
and  determine.  PRO^^DED,  also,  and  our  will  and  pleasure  is.  That  aswell 
such  as  are  by  theis  present^  appointed  to  be  the  present  Governor,  Deputie 
Governor,  and  Assistant^  of  the  said  Company  as   those  that  shall  succeed 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  13 

them,  and  all  other  officers  to  be  appointed  and  chosen  as  aforesaid,  shall, 

before  they  vndertake  the  execucbn  of  their  saide  offices  and  places,  rcspec- 

tivelie  take  their   corjDorall  oathes  for  the  due  and  faithfuU  performance  of 

theu"  duties  in  their  severall  offices  and  places,  before  such  person  or  persons 

as   are  by  theis  present^  herevnder  appointed  to  take  and  receive  the  same  ; 

That  is  to   saie,  the   saide  Mathewe  Cradock,  whoe  is  hereby  nominated  and  Oath  to  Cra- 

appointed  the  present  Governor  of  the  saide  Company,  shall  take  the  saide    ,   .  "^  "^  . 

oathes  before  one  or  more  of  the  Masters  of  our  Courte  of  Chaiincery  for  the  ^y  ^  Master  of 

,  P1/-N  ^^^  Chancery. 

tyme  being,  vnto  which  JNlaster  or  jSIasters  of  the  Chauncery  Wee  doe,  by 

theis  present^,  give  full  power  and  authoritie  to  take  and  administer  the  said 

oatlie  to  the  said  Governor  accordinglie.     And  after  the  saide  Governor  shalbe  Oath  to  Deputy 

soe  sworne,  then  the  said  Deputy  Governor  and  Assistant^,  before  by  theis  j^°sista"t  ^" 

present^  nominated  and  appointed,  shall  take  the  said  severall  oathes  to  their  nominated  in 

charter  to  be 

offices  and  places  respectivelie  belonging  before  the  said  Mathew  Cradock,  the  administered 
present  Governor,  soe  formerlie  sworne  as  aforesaide.     And  every  such  per-  J  /^^"^ 
sou  as  shallbe,  at  the  tyme  of  the  aiinuall  eleccon,  or  othenvise  vpon  death  or  How  oaths  to 
removeall,  be  appointed  to  be  the  newe  Governor  of  the  said  Company,  shall  officers  shall  be 
take  the  oathes  to  that  place  belonging  before  the  Deputy  Governor  or  two  adnunistered. 
of  the  Assistant^  of  the  said  Company,  at  the  least,  for  the  tyine  being.     And 
the  newe  elected  Deputie  Governor  and  Assistant^,  and  all  other  officers  to 
be  hereafter  chosen  as   aforesaide,  from   tyme   to  tyme,  to  take   the   oathes 
to  their  places  respectivelie  belonging  before  the  Governor  of  the  said  Com- 
pany for  the   tyme  being.     Vnto  which  said  Governor,  Deputie  Governor, 
^  Assistant^,  AV"ee  doe  by  theis  presents  give  full  power  and  authoritie  to 
give    and   administer   the    said   oathes    respectively,   according   to    our   true 
meaning  herein  before   declared,  without  any  coinission  or  further  warrant 
to  be  had  and  obteyned  of  vs,  our  heires  or  successors  in  that  behalf.     And 
WEE  DOE   FURTHER,  of  our   especiall  grace,  certen  knowledge,  and  meere 
mocbn,  for  vs,  our  heires  and  successors,  give  and  graunte  to  the  said  Gov- 
ernor and  Company,  and  their  successors  for  ever,  by  theis  present(_.  That  it  Power  to  trans- 
shalbe  lawfull  and  free  for  them  and  their  assignes,  at  all  and  every  tyme  and  ^nd  thi^T* 
tymes  hereafter,  out  of  any  our  realmes  or  domynion*  whatsoever,  to  take,  without  paying 

custom  for 

leade,  carry,  and  transport  for  and  into  their  voyages,  and  for  and  towardes  seven  years. 
the  said  plantacon  in  Newe  England,  a,ll  such  and  soe  many  of  our  loving 
subiect^,  or  any  other  strangers  that  will  become  our  loving  subiect^,  and 
live  vnder  our  allegiance,  as  shall  wilHnglie  accompany  them  in  the  same 
voyages  and  plantacbn,  and  also  shipping,  armour,  weapons,  ordinance,  muni- 
con,  powder,  shott,  corne,  victualls,  and  all  manner  of  clothing,  implement^, 
furnitm-e,  beastes,  cattle,  horses,  mares,  maixhandizes,  and  all  other  tliinges 


14 


THE    CIIARTER    OF    THE    COLONY    OF 


Except  such  as 
are  restrained. 


Company  freed 
from  all  taxes 
in  New  Eng- 
land for  seven 
years,  and  for 
tTventy-one* 
years  on  im- 
ports and  ex- 
ports, except- 
ing five  per 
centum  after 
seven  years. 

One  half  of 
customs  to  be 
paid  in  six 
months. 


necessarie  for  the  saide  plantacSn,  and  for  tlieir  vse  and  defence,  and  for  trade 
■with  the  people  there,  and  in  passing  and  returning  to  and  fro,  any  lawe  or 
statute  to  the  contrarie  hereof  in  any  wise  notwithstanding,  and  without 
payeing  or  yeilding  any  custome  or  subsedie  eitlier  inwai'd  or  outward  to  vs, 
our  heires  or  successors,  for  the  same,  by  the  space  of  seaven  yeai'es  from  the 
day  of  the  date  of  theis  present^.  Provided,  that  none  of  the  saide  persons 
be  sucli  as  shalbe  hereafter  by  especiall  name  restrayned  by  vs,  om-  heires  or 
successors.  And  for  their  further  encom-agement,  Of  our  especiall  grace  and 
favor,  wee  doe  by  theis  present^  for  vs,  our  heires  and  successors,  yeild  and 
graunt  to  the  saide  Governor  and  Company,  and  then-  successors,  and  every  of 
them,  their  factors  and  assignes,  That  they  and  every  of  them  shalbe  free  and 
quitt  from  all  taxes,  subsidies,  and  customes  in  Newe  England  for  the  hke 
space  of  seaven  yeares,  and  from  all  taxes  and  imposicons  for  the  space  of 
twenty  and  one  yeares  vpon  all  goodes  and  merchandises  at  any  tjone  or  tymes 
hereafter,  either  vpon  importacon  tliither,  or  exportaoon  from  thence  into  oiu' 
realme  of  England,  or  into  any  other  oiu-  domJ^lions,  by  the  said  Governor 
and  Company,  and  theh  successors,  their  deputies,  factors,  and  assignes,  or  any 
of  them,  EXCEPT  onhe  the  five  poundes  per  centum  due  for  custome  vpon  all 
such  goodes  and  merchandizes,  as  after  the  saide  seaven  j^eares  shalbe  expired 
shalbe  brought  or  imported  into  our  reahne  of  England,  or  any  other  of  oiu- 
dominions,  according  to  the  auncient  trade  of  merchant^,  wHch  five  poundes 
per  centum  onlie  being  paide,  it  shall  be  thenceforth  lawfuU  and  free  for  the 
said  adventui'ers  the  same  goodes  and  merchandizes  to  export  and  cai-ry  out  of 
our  said  domynions  into  forraine  partes,  without  any  custome,  tax,  or  other 
dutle  to  be  paid  to  vs,  our  heires  or  successors,  or  to  any  other  ofiicers  or  min- 
isters of  vs,  our  heires  and  successors.  Provided,  that  the  said  goodes  and 
merchandizes  be  shipped  out  witliin  thirteene  monethes  after  their  first  landing 
witliin  any  parte  of  the  saide  domynions.  And  wee  doe  for  vs,  our  hekes  and 
successors,  give  and  graunte  vnto  the  saide  Governor  and  Company  and  their 
successors.  That  whensoever,  or  soe  often  as  any  custome  or  subsedie  shall 
growe  due  or  payeable  vnto  vs,  our  heires  or  successors,  according  to  the 
lymittacon  and  appointment  aforesaide,  by  reason  of  any  goodes,  wares,  or  mer- 
chandizes to  be  shipped  out,  or  any  retorne  to  be  made  of  any  goodes,  wares, 
or  merchandize,  vnto  or  from  the  said  partes  of  Newe  England  hereby  men- 
coed  to  be  graimted  as  aforesaide,  or  any  the  landes  or  territories  aforesaide. 
That  then  and  soe  often  and  in  such  case  the  farmers,  customers,  and  officers 
of  oiu'  customes  of  England  and  Ireland,  and  eyerie  of  them  for  the  tyme 
being,  vpon  request  made  to  them  by  the  saide  Governor  and  Company,  or 
their  successors,  factors,  or  assignes,  and  vpon  convenient  security  to  be  given 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  15 

in  that  behalf,  shall  give  and  allowe  vuto  the  said  Governor  and  Company,  and 
their  successors,  and  to  all  and  everie  person  and  persons  free  of  that  com- 
pany as  aforesaide,  six  monethes  tyme  for  the  paycment  of  the  one  halfe  of  all 
such  custome  and  subsidy  as  shalbe  due  and  paycable  vnto  vs,  our  heires  and 
successors,  for  the  same.  For  wliich  theis  om-  letters  patent^,  or  the  duplicate 
or  the  inrolleni'  thereof,  shalbe  vuto  our  saide  officers  a  sufficient  warrant  and  Provision  in 
discharge.     Netektheles,  oiu-  will  and  pleasure  is.  That  vf  anv  of  the  saide  •  '^^'' "    »'^."" 

'-'  X  ■>  ^  ^  m  exporting 

goodes,  wares,  and  merchandize  wliich  be  or   shalbe  at  any  tyme  hereafter  g<""^'*  *° ''  '''"■• 

eign  country, 

landed  or  exported  out  of  any  of  our  reahnes  aforesaide,  and  shalbe  sHjjped  under  pretence 
with  a  pui'pose  not  to  be  carried  to  the  partes  of  Newe  England  aforesaide,  th-'^T'Ti^' 
but  to  some  other  place.  That  then  such  payment,  dutie,  custome,  imposicon,  plantation. 
or  forfeyture  shalbe  jiaid  or  bclonge  to  vs,  our  heires  and  successors,  for  the 
said  goodes,  waives,  and    merchandize  soe  fraudulently  sought  to  be  trans- 
ported, as  yf  this  our  graunte  had  not  benn  made  nor  graunted.     AxD  wee 
DOE  fiu-ther  will.  And  by  theis  present^  for  vs,  our  heires  and  successors,  firme- 
ly  enioine  and  cofaaunde  as  well  the  Treasorer,  Chauncellor,  and  Barons  of  the 
Exchequer  of  vs,  our  heires  and  successors,  as  also  all  and  singuler  the  cus- 
tomers, farmers,  and  collectors  of  the  customes,  subsidies,  and  impost(|^,  and 
other  the  officers  and  ministers  of  vs,  our  heires  and  successors,  whatsoever, 
for  the  tyme  being.  That  they  and  every  of  them,  vpon  the  shewing  forth  vnto  Tiae  letters 
them  of  theis  letters  patent^,  or  the  duphcate  or  exemphficacon  of  the  same,  ^j^j^  orcxem- 
without  any  other  writt  or  warrant  whatsoever  from  vs,  oiu-  heires  or  succes-  pl'fication,  to 

be  sufficient 

sors,  to  be  obtcyned  or  sued  forth,  doe  and  shall  mahe  full,  whole,  entire,  and  evidence  for 
due  allowance  and  cleare  discharge  vnto  the  saide  Governor  and  Company,  and  charge  of  cus- 
their  successors,  of  all  customes,  subsicUes,  imposicons,  taxes,  and  duties  what-  °'"^' 
soever  that  shall  or  male  be  claymed  by  vs,  oiu-  heires  and  successors,  of  or 
from  the  said  Governor  and  Company  and  their  successors,  for  or  by  reason  of 
the  said  goodes,  chattels,  wares,  merchandizes,  and  premises  to  be  exported  out 
of  our  saide  domynions,  or  any  of  them,  into  any  parte  of  the  saide  landes  or 
premises  hereby  mencoed  to  be  given,  graunted,  and  confirmed,  or  for  or  by 
reason  of  any  of  the  saide  goodes,  chattells,  wares,  or  merchandizes  to  be  im- 
ported from  the  said  landes  and  premises  hereby  mencoed  to  be  given,  graunt- 
ed, and  confirmed,  into  any  of  our  saide  dominions  or  any  parte  thereof,  as 
aforesaide,  excepting  onlie  the  saide  five  poundes  per  centum  hereby  reserved 
and  payeable  after  the  expiracon  of  the  saide  terme  of  seaven  yeares,  as  afore- 
said, and  not  before.  And  theis  our  letters  patent^,  or  the  inrollment,  dupli- 
cate, or  exempUficactin  of  the  same  shalbe  for  ever  hereafter  from  time  to 
tyme,  as  well  to  the  Treasorer,  Chauncellor,  and  Barons  of  the  Exchequer  of 
vs,  oiu-  heires  and  successors,  as  to  all  and  singider  the  customers,  farmers,  and 


16  THE  CHARTER  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

collectors  of  the  customes,  subsidies,  and  impost^  of  vs,  our  heires  and  succes- 
sors, and  all  searcliers  and  other  the  officers  and  ministers  whatsoever  of  vs, 
our  heires  and  successors  for  the  time  being,  a  sufficient  warrant  and  dischai'ge 
All  subjects      in  this  behalf.     And  furthee,  our  will  and  pleasiue  is.  And  wee  doe  hereby, 
lands  granted    ^°^  ^^>  °^^'  heires  and  successors,  ordeyne,  declare,  and  graunte  to  the  saide 
and  their  chii-   Governor  and  Company,  and  then*  successors.  That  all  and  eveiy  the  subiect^ 

dren  which 

shall  be  born  of  VS,  oiu"  heires  Or  successors,  wliich  shall  goe  to  and  inhabite  within  the 
plantation  saide  landes  and  premisses  hereby  mencoed  to  be  graunted,  and  every  of  their 
shall  enjoy  the  cliildren  wliich  shall  happen  to  be  borne  there,  or  on  the  seas  in  goeing  thither 

liberty  of  nat-  ^^  '  a  o 

ural  subjects,     or  retorning  from  thence,  shall  have  and  enioy  all  liberties  and  immunities  of 

free  and  naturall  subiect^  witlrin  any  of  the  domynious  of  vs,  our  heues  or 

successors,  to  all  intent^,  construccons,  and  pui-poses  whatsoever,  as  yf  they 

and  everie  of  them  were  borne  within  the  realme  of  England.     And  that  the 

Governor  and  Deputie  Governor  of  the  said  Company  for  the  tpne  being,  or 

either  of  them,  and  any  two  or  more  of  such  of  the  saide  Assistant^  as  shalbe 

How  oaths  of    tlierevuto  appointed  by  the  saide  Governor  and  Company,  at  any  of  their  coiut^ 

allegiance  shall  °^"  assemblies  to  be  held  as  aforesaide,  shall  and  maie  att  all  tymes,  and  from 

be  admmis-       tyme  to  tyine  hereafter,  have  fidl  power  and  authoritie  to  muiister  and  give 

the  oathe  and  oathes  of  supremacie  and  allegiance,  or  either  of  them,  to  all 

and  everie  person  and  persons  wliich  shall  at  any  tyme  or  tymes  hereafter  goe 

or  passe  to  the  landes  and  premisses  hereby  mencoed  to  be  graunted  to  inhab- 

•  ite  in  the  same.     And  wee  doe,  of  oiu-  further  grace,  certen  knowledg  and 

Laws,  orders,    meere  mocon,  give  and  graimt  to  the  saide  Governor  and  Company,  and  their 

established  for  successors,  That  it  shall  and  maie  be  lawfuU  to  and  for  the  Governor  or  Depu- 

the  govern-       ^^g  Governor  and  such  of  the  Assistant^  and  Freemen  of  the  said  Company  for 

meut  of  the  "^ 

plantation.  the  tyme  bemg  as  shalbe  assembled  in  any  of  their  Generall  Court^  afore- 
saide, or  in  any  other  Courtes  to  be  specially  suriioned  and  assembled  for  that 
pm-pose,  or  the  greater  parte  of  them,  (whereof  the  Governor  or  Deputie 
Governor  and  six  of  the  Assistant^,  to  be  alwaies  seaven,)  from  tyme  to  tyme 
to  make,  ordeiue,  and  establishe  all  manner  of  wholesome  and  reasonable  orders, 
lawes,  statutes,  and  ordiunces,  direccons,  and  instruccons  not  contrarie  to  the 
lawes  of  this  our  realme  of  England,  aswell  for  sethng  of  the  formes  and 

AU  sorts  of       ceremonies  of  governm*  and  magistracy  fitt  and  necessary  for  the  said  plantacon 

cers  may       ^^^^  ^-^^  inhabitant^  there,  and  for  nameing  and  stiUng  of  all  sortes  of  officers, 

their  duties,  both  superior  and  inferior,  which  they  shall  finde  needefull  for  that  governe- 
&c.,  set  forth. 

ment  and  plantacon,  and  the  distinguishing  and  setting  forth  of  the  severall  du- 
ties, powers,  and  lymytt^  of  every  such  office  and  place,  and  the  formes  of  such 
oathes  warrantable  by  the  lawes  and  statutes  of  tliis  our  realme  of  England  as 
shalbe  respcctivelie  ministred  vnto  them,  for  the  execucon  of  the  said  severall 


TUE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  17 

offices  and  places,  as  also  for  the  disposing  and  ordering  of  the  clcccons  of  such 

of  the  said  officers  as  shalbe  annuall,  and  of  such  others  as  slialbe  to  succeeds 

in  case  of  death  or  removeall,  and  ministring  the  said  oathes  to  the  newe 

elected  officers,  and  for  imposic8us  of  lawful!  fynes,  mulcts,  imprisonment,  or  Fines,  mulcts, 

other  hn\-fuU  correccSn,  according  to  the  course  of  other  corporac6ns  in  tliis  ""i'"*""' 

'  o  r  mcnts,  lVc. 

our  realme  of  England,  and  for  the  directing,  ruling,  and  disposeing  of  all  other 
matters  and  tliinges  -whereby  our  said  people,  inhabitant^  there,  maie  be  soe  People  to  be 
religiously,  peaceablie,  and  civilly  governed,  as  their  good  life  and  ordcrhe  con-  fo^„^™tiie'^'nu- 
versacon  maie  ^\■ynn  and  incite  the  natives  of  country  to  the  knowledg  and  ^'■'"^ '"  "'"^ 

Christian  faitli, 

obedience  of  the  onlie  true  God  and  Savior  of  mankindc,  and  the  Chiistian  which  is  the 
fayth,  wliich,  in  our  royall  intencon  and  the  adventurers  fi'ee  profession,  is  the    f't^''^  "^ ',. 
principall  ende  of  this  plantacSn.     Willing,  coinaunding,  and  requiring,  and  ''"°- 
by  theis  present^  for  vs,  our  heires  and  successors,  ordeyning  and  appointing, 
That  all  such  orders,  lawes,  statut^,  and  ordinnces,  instruccons,  and  dii'eccons, 
as  shalbe  soe  made  by  the  Governor  or  Deputie  Governor  of  the  said  Com- 
pany, and  such  of  the  Assistant^  and  Freemen  as  aforesaide,  and  published  in 
>vriting  vnder  their  comon  scale,  shalbe  carefullie  and  dulie  observed,  kept, 
pformed,  and  putt  in  execucSn,  according  to  the  true  intent  and  meaning  of 
the  same.     And  theis  our  letters  patentf^,  or  the  duplicate  or  exemplificacbn  The  letters 
thereof,  shalbe  to  all  and  everie  such  officers,  superior  and  inferior,  from  tyme  emniification 
to  tyme,  for  the  putting  of  the  same  orders,  lawes,  statutes,  and  ordinnces,  in-  *"  '"^  ^  **"*" 

cient  warrant 

struccons,  and  du-eccons  in  due  execucon  against  vs,  our  hekes  and  successors,  a  and  discharge 
sufficient  warrant  and  discharge.     And  wee  doe  further,  for  vs,  our  heires  and  ^j.  ^^ 
successors,  give  and  graunt  to  the  said  Governor  and  Company,  and  their  suc- 
cessors, by  theis  present^,  That  all  and  everie  such  cheife  coinaunders,  cap-  All  chief  com- 

t'i  «»  ,..  ,,  '11  1  manders,  cap- 

tames,  governors,  and  other  oincers  and  ministers,  as  by  the  said  orders,  lawcs,  ^^^^^^  govcm- 
statutf  ,  orcUiinces,  instru.ccSns,  or  dii-ecc8ns  of  the  said  Governor  and  Companv  °"^'*'  ''"'*  '"'""^' 

^  J.       «    olhcers,  and 

for  the  tyme  being,  shalbe  from  tyme  to  tjnne  hereafter  ymploied  either  in  the  ministers  as 
government  of  the  saide  inhabitant^  and  plantacSn,  or  in  the  waye  by  sea  pioyed  by  tiie 
tliither  or  from  thence,  according  to  the  natures  and  Ivmyttf  of  their  offices  '"■''''■■^'  *<^-  "^ 

the  Governor 

and  places  respectively,  shall  from  tyme  to  tjnne  hereafter  for  ever  within  the  and  Company, 

.  ,  ,^11  it'"  '"'^'^  certain 

precinct^  and  partes  oi  JNewe  i^ngiand  hereby  mencoed  to  be  graunted  and  powers. 
confirmed,  or  in  the  waie  by  sea  thither,  or  from  thence,  have  full  and  abso- 
lute power  and  autlioritie  to  correct,  pmiishc,  pardon,  govcrne,  and  rule  all 
such  the  subiect^  of  vs,  our  heires  and  successors,  as  shall  from  t)"me  to  tyme 
adventure  themselves  in  any  voyadge  thither  or  from  thence,  or  that  shall  at 
any  tyme  hereafter  inhabitc  within  the  precinct^  and  partes  of  Newc  England 
aforesaid,  according  to  the  orders,  lawes,  ordinnces,  instruccons,  and  direcCSns 
aforesaid,  not  being  repugnant  to  the  lawes  and  statutes  of  our  realme  of  Eng- 
voi,.   T.  3 


18  THE   CHAllTEK   OF  THE   COLONY   OF 

Officers,  &-C.,  to  land,  as  aforesaid.  And  wee  doe  further,  for  vs,  our  heires  and  successors, 
Bcives  agahist  gi^c  and  graunte  to  the  said  Governor  and  Company  and  their  successors,  by 
others.  thcis  present^.  That  it  shall  and  maie  be  lawfull  to  and  for  the  cheife  coiiiaund- 

ers,  governors,  and  officers  of  the  said  company  for  the  time  being,  "who  shalbe 
resident  in  the  said  parte  of  Newe  England  in  America,  by  theis  present^ 
graunted,  and  others  there  inhabiting,  by  their  appointment  and  direccon  from 
tyme  to  tyme,  and  at  all  tymes  hereafter,  for  their  speciall  defence  and  safety, 
to  incounter,  expulse,  repell,  and  resist  by  force  of  armes,  aswell  by  sea  as  by 
lande,  and  by  all  fitting  waies  and  meanes  whatsoever,  all  such  person  and 
persons  as  shall  at  any  tyme  hereafter  attempt  or  enterprise  the  destruccon, 
invasion,  detriment,  or  annoyaunce  to  the  said  plantation  or  inhabitant^:  And 
to  take  and  surprise,  by  all  waies  and  meanes  whatsoever,  all  and  every  such 
person  and  persons,  with  their  shippes,  armour,  municon,  and  other  goodes, 
as  shall  in  hostile  manner  invade  or  attempt  the  defeating  of  the  said  plan- 
Restitution,  tacbn,  or  the  hurt  of  the  said  Company  and  inhabitant^.  Nevertheles,  our 
if'^the"  lanters  ^^^^^  ^^^^  pleasure  is.  And  wee  doe  hereby  declare  to  all  Christian  Kinges, 
rob  or  spoil.  Princes,  and  States,  That  yf  any  person  or  persoias  wliich  shall  hereafter  be  of 
the  said  Company  or  plantacSn,  or  any  other,  by  lycense  or  appointment  of  the 
said  Governor  and  Company  for  the  tyme  being,  shall  at  any  tyme  or  tymes 
hereafter,  robb  or  spoyle  by  sea  or  by  land,  or  doe  any  hurt,  violence,  or  vn- 
lawfull  hostility  to  any  of  the  subiect^  of  vs,  our  heires  or  successors,  or  any 
of  the  subiect^  of  any  Prince  or  State  being  then  in  league  and  amytie  with  vs, 
oiu-  heires  and  successors,  and  that  vpon  such  iniiuy  don,  and  vpon  iust  com- 
plaint of  such  Prince  or  State,  or  their  subiect^,  Wee,  our  heires  or  succes- 
sors, shall  make  open  proclamacon  "within  any  of  the  pai'tes  within  our  realme 
of  England  coinodious  for  that  purpose.  That  the  person  or  persons  haveing 
coiiiitted  any  such  roberie  or  spoyle,  shall  within  the  terme  lymytted  by  such  a 
proclamacSn  make  full  restitucbn  or  satisfaccon  of  all  such  iniuries  don,  soe  as 
the  said  Princes  or  others  soe  complayning  maie  hould  themselves  fullie  satis- 
fied and  contented.  And  that  yf  the  said  person  or  persons  having  coiiiitted 
such  robbery  or  spoile  shall  not  make  or  cause  to  be  made  satisfaccon  accord- 
inglie  within  such  time  soe  to  be  Ij^myttcd,  That  then  it  shalbe  lawfull  for  vs, 
our  heu'cs  and  successors,  to  putt  the  said  pson  or  psons  out  of  our  allegiance 
and  proteccon :  And  that  it  shalbe  lawfull  and  free  for  all  Princes  to  prosecute 
with  hostilitie  the  said  oflcndors  and  every  of  them,  their  and  every  of  their 
These  presents  procurers,  ayders,  abettors,  and  comforters  in  that  behalf.  Pro"\'ided  also,  and 
the  trade"  f"  °^'^'  cxpresse  will  and  pleasiue  is.  And  wee  doe  by  thcis  present{^,  for  vs,  our 
fishing,  &c.,  on  heircs  and  successors,  ordeyne  and  appoint,  That  theis  present^  shall  not  in  any 

the  coast  of  '  i  •     i  p  i       • 

New  England,   manner   cnvre,  or   be   taken   to   abridge,  barr,  or   hinder  any  ot    our  lovnig 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    15AY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  |9 

subiect^ -whatsoever  to  vse  and  exercise  the  trade  of  fisliing  vpoii  that  coast  of 
New  England  in  America  by  theis  preseut^^  mencoed  to  be  graunted :  But  that 
they  and  every  or  any  of  them  shall  have  full  and  free  power  and  liberty  to 
continue  and  vse  their  said  trade  of  fishmg  vpon  the  said  coast  in  any  the  seas 
therevnto  adioyning,  or  any  amies  of  the  seas  or  saltwater  rivers  where  they 
have  byn  wont  to  fishe,  and  to  build  and  sett  vp  vpon  the  landes  by  theis  pres- 
ent^ graunted  such  wharfes,  stages,  and  workehouses  as  shalbe  necessarie  for 
the  salting,  drying,  keeping,  and  packing  vp  of  their  fish,  to  be  taken  or  gotten 
vpon  that  coast :  And  to  cutt  dowiie  and  take  such  trees  and  other  materialls 
there  groweing,  or  being,  or  shalbe  needefull  for  that  purpose,  and  for  all  othei- 
necessarie  easement^,  helpes,  and  advantage  concerning  theii-  said  trade  of  fish- 
ing there,  in  such  manner  and  forme  as  they  have  byn  heretofore  at  any  tyme 
accustomed  to  doe,  without  making  any  wilfuU  waste  or  spoyle.  Any  tiling  in 
theis  present^  conteyned  to  the  contraiic  notwithstanding.  And  wee  doe  fur- 
ther, for  vs,  our  heiies  and  successors,  ordeyne  and  graunte  to  the  said  Gov- 
ernor and  Company,  and  their  successors,  by  theis  present^.  That  theis  our  let- 
ters patent^  shalbe  firme,  good,  efiectuall,  and  availeable  in  all  thinges,  and  to 
all  intent^  and  construccons  of  lawe,  according  to  our  true  meaning  herein  be- 
fore declared,  and  shalbe  construed,  reputed,  and  achudged  in  all  cases  most  fa- 
vom-abhe  on  the  behalf  and  for  the  benefitt  and  behoofe  of  the  saide  Governor 
and  Company  and  their  successors.  Although  expresse  niencbn  of  the  true 
yearely  value  or  certenty  of  the  premisses,  or  of  any  of  them,  or  of  any  other 
gvuftes  or  grauntes  by  vs  or  any  of  cm-  progenitors  or  predecessors  to  the 
foresaid  Governor  or  Company  before  this  time  made,  in  theis  present^  is  not 
made.  Or  any  statute,  acte,  ordiSnce,  provision,  proclamacon,  or  restrainte  to  the 
contrarie  thereof  heretofore  had,  made,  published,  ordeyned,  or  provided,  or 
any  other  matter,  cause,  or  thinge  whatsoever  to  the  contrarie  thereof  in  any 
wise  notmthstanding.  In  witnes  whereof,  wee  have  caused  theis  our  letters  Passed  the 
to  be  made  patent'^.  Witnes  ourself  at  Westminster,  the  foiu'tli  day  of  jg^g'lg  '"'^  ' 
Mai'ch,  in  the  fourth  yeaie  of  our  raigne. 


Per  Breve  de  Private  Sigillo. 


WOLSELEY. 


PREDICTS*  MatthfEus  Cradocke  Jm-atus  est  de  Fide  et  Obedientia  Eeo;! 
et  Successoribus  suis,  et  de  Deblta  Exequutione  Officij  Gubernatoris  iuxta 
Tenorem  P''sentium,  18°  Maitij,  1628.  Coram  me,  Carolo  Caesare,  ]\Iilite,  in 
CancellariS.  Mfo. 

[In  his  hnml.]  .  CHAR.    C^SAR. 


20  THE    CHARTER    OF    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY. 

[Affixed  to  the  above  letters  patent,  by  party-colored  strings  of  braided  silk,  is  the  broad  seal  of 
Charles  I.,  and  inscribed  on  the  back  of  one  of  the  four  sheets  of  parchment  on  which  the  instrument  is 
beautifully  engrossed  (the  initial  letter  containing  a  well-executed  representation  of  the  king)  is  the 
following ;  — ] 

A  perpetuity  graunted  to  Sir  Henry  Kosewell  &  others,  of  parte  of 
Newe  England  in  America. 

Pn  his  hand.]  WOLSELEY. 


THE   COMPANY'S   RECORDS. 


1628-1630. 


MASSACHUSETTS    RECORDS. 


THE   RECORDS   OF   THE   GOVERNOR  AND   COMPANY   OF 
THE   MASSACHUSETTS   BAY   IN   NEW   ENGLAND. 

[The  first  page,  supposed  to  be  in  the  hand^vriting  of  John  "Washbome,  and  before  his  appointment 
to  the  office  of  Secretary  of  the  Company  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  England,  evidently  relates 
to  the  early  outfitting  of  vessels  destined  for  New  England,  and  bears  no  date  of  the  year  in  which  it 
was  written.  The  ten  succeeding  pages  of  the  manuscript  are  apparently  in  the  same  handwriting,  with 
the  exception,  perhaps,  of  part  of  the  record  of  the  I'th  of  March,  the  whole  of  those  of  the  19th  and 
23d  of  March.  1628-9,  and  of  the  11th  of  May,  1629,  and  also  portions  of  the  record  of  the  13th  of  May 
following,  which  are  in  an  unrecognized  hand.  The  second  paragraph  of  that  of  the  30th  of  April, 
1629,  is  a  subsequent  entry,  in  the  well-known  chirography  of  Mr.  William  Burgis,  the  second  Secretary.] 

*    X       X       X       X       X     cast  in  the  ballast  of  the  shippe,  &  2  lode  of  chalke, 
10  thousand  of  bricks  ;  &  5  chaulcb'on  of  sea  coales. 

Naieles ;  Iron,  1  tun ;  Fr :  Johnson. 

Steele.  Steele,  2  ffagotts ;  Raphe  White,  at  corner 

X  d  lead.  .   • 

X  avies.  Lead,  1  ffodder  ;  of  Philpot  Lane,  for 

Salt. 

Sayie  cloth.  Read  lead,  1  barrlll ;  aquavite. 

App'. 

Jlpparell  ffor  100  men :  — 
400  peare  of  shewes  ; 

300  peare  of  stockings,  w'-of  200  peare  Irish,  about  ||11''||  IS*  a  pr,  M-"  Dep'J', 
100  peare  of  knit  stockings,  about  2"  i**  a  pr,  M''  Trer. ; 
10  dussen  peare  of  Norwich  garters,  about  5^  a  dussen  pr ; 
400  shirts  ; 
100  sutes  doubJ.ctt  and  hose,  of  leather,  lyncd  w"'  olid  skyn  leather,  y°  hose 

&  dublet  w"'  hookes  &  eyes  ; 
100  sutes  of  Nordcn  dussens,  or  Hampsheere  kerseis,  lyned,  the  hose  w"" 
skins,  the  dublets  w*  lynen  ; 
^     of  Gilford  or  Gedlyman  kersyes,  2'  10'*  to  3"  a  yard,  4i  to  5  y'"'  a  sute ; 
400  bands,  300  playne  filling  bands,  at  the  George  in  Southwarke ; 

100     X     band     x      : 


24 


RECORDS    OF    THE    GOVERNOR    ^VND    COMPANY    OF 


100  ■w'astcoates  of  greene  cotton,  bound  about  w'''  red  tape ; 
100  letter  girdles  ; 

100  Munmouth  capps,  about  2^  a  peece ; 
100  black  hatts,  lyned  in  the  browe  w""  lether  ; 
500  redd  knitt  capps,  milled,  about  5'^  a  peece ; 

200  dussen  hookes  and  eyes,  &  small  hookes  &  eyes  for  mandillions ; 
16  dussen  of   gloues,  w'of  13  dussen  of   calfs    lether,  &    2  dussen  tand 

sheepes  lether,  &  2  dussen  kyd  ; 
^  ells  sleice  lynnen  ffor  handkerchers  ; 
^  a  deker  of  lether,  of  the  best  bend  lether  ; 
50  matts  to  lye  vnder  50  bedds  aboard  shippe ; 
50  ruggs ; 

50  peare  of  blanketts  of  Welsh  cotton  ; 
100  peare  of  sheetes  ; 
50  bedtykes  &  bolsters,  w""  wool,  to  put  them  in  Skotsh  ticking ; 
lynnen  ffor  towells  &  tableclothes  &  napkins  ; 
sea  chests  ; 
3  C.  poppering  hopps,  &  1  C.  pticuler. 


16  March. 


IM"'  Vassall. 


16  jSIarch.      Agreed   the    apparell    to    bee,    100    mandillions 
lyned  w*"*  w'  cotton,    12'*   a  y*,  breeches  &  wastcote  j  & 
100  lether  sutes,  dubletts  &  breeches  of  oyled  lether. 
100  p"^  breeches   of  lether,  to  serue  to  weare  w^''  boeth 

there  other  sutes. 


X  at  [Sher]brooke  by  tomorro 
in  y  aftemoone. 


X  ticon  to  hinder  ye 

X  ting  guns  and  gun])oWder, 

X  member  if  cattell. 

X  blud  X  to  helpe  y™ 

X  sea. 


Men  skylfnll  in  making 

of  pitch, 

of  salt. 
Vyne  Planters. 


To  prouide  to  send  for  JYeioc  England :  — 

Ministers  ; 

Pattent  vnder  seale  ; 

A  seale ; 

Wheate,  rye,  barly,  Gates,  a  hhed  of  ech  in  the  eare ; 
benes,  pease  ; 

Stones  of  all  sorts  of  fnutes,  as  peaAies,  plums,  fil- 
berts, cherries ; 

Peare,  aple,  quince  kernells,  pomegranats ; 

Woad  seed ; 

Saffron  heads ; 

Liquorice  seed,  rootes  sent  &  madder  rootes ; 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLiySTD.  25 

Potatoes ;  \{i2  8-9. 

Hoprootes ; 

Hempseecle ; 
i>^  Flaxe  scede,  agenst  wynter  ; 

Connys ; 

Currant  plants ; 
1^  Tame  turkeys ; 

Sliewes ; 

Lynneu  cloth ; 

Woollen  cloth ; 

Pewter  botlcs,  of  pyntes  &  qrts  ; 

Brass  ladells  &  spoones  ; 

Copp  kettells,  of  y«  F[ren]ch  making,  w"'out  barrs  of 
iron  about  them ; 

Oyled  skjames  of  lether  ; 
*^  Madder  seede. 


*23  February,  1628.  ^,^^_^ 

THIS  day  dd  a  warrant  to  M'  George  Harwood,  Thier,  to  pay  M"'  Barnard 
■'  _  '  '        1    J  23  February. 

^Ilchell  cue  hundred  pounds,  in  ptc  of  the  ffreight  of  the     ^     ,  Heueri 

TLTr  Micn.pl 

Gawden  M"^,  from  Waimouth  to  Nahumkeke,  the  goods  shljjt  x  x  of  lading 
dated  20  June  last,  becing  p  bill  of  ladlnge  46}  tuns  of  x  ,  bcsyds  y" 
chardge  of  Capten  John  Endecctt,  liis  wiife  and  ^  psons  x  his  company, 
theire  passage  &  dyett. 

26."'.    W™  Sherman  hath  liberty  for  14  dales  to  fech  liis  keynes  in  North-    26  February. 
ampt,  neare     x     terry. 


26  February,  1628. 

JVecessaries  conscaued  mcete  for  o""  intended  voiadge  for  JVewe 
England  to  bee  prepared  forihw"'. 

FOR  our  5  peeces  of  ordnance,  longe  sence  bowght  and  payd  ffor,  John  M'  Humphry. 
Humphry  is  intreated  &  doeth  pmiss  foorthw"'  to  cause     x     to  bee  de- 
lyuered  to   Sumuell  Sharpe,  who  is  to  take  cai'e     x     having  fj'tt  cariadges 
made  for  them. 

VOL.    1.  4 


26 


KEC0RD3    OF    THE    GOVERNOR    AND    COMPANY    OF 


16  28-9. 


26  February. 


2  Marche. 


Armes  ffor  100  men  :  — 

3  drums,  to  ech  2  pere  of  Ledds ; 
2  ensignes ; 

2  partizans,  for  cajjteu  &  lieftenant ; 

3  halberts,  for  3  sariaiits  ; 

80  bastard  muskettSj  w^^  snaphances,  4  ffoote  in  the  barrlll,  w^'out  rests  ; 
06  longe  ffowlinge  peeces  w"'  muskett  boare,  6  foote  longe,  i  ; 

4  longe  ffowlinge  peeces,  w"'  bastard  muskett  boare,  5i  footc  longe  ; 
10  ffuU  musketts,  4  foote  barrill,  w"^  matchcocks  and  rests ; 

90  bandelceres,  for  the  musketts,  ech  w^^  a  buUett  bag ; 
10  home  fflaskes,  for  the  longe  fowling  peeces,  to  hoidd  a  i  a  peece ;  & 
100  SAVOordes     x     and  belts ; 
60  cosletts,  &  60  pikes  ;  30  halffe  pikes ; 
13  lills  powder,  8  barrills  for  the  forte, 
4  ffor  small  shott ; 
shott,  1*  to  a  bandeleere  ; 
8  peecs  of  land  ordnance  for  the  forte,  w'of  5  alreddy  puided  j 
nameley,  2  demie  culuerings,  30  C.  weight  a  peece, 

3  sackers,  ech  weinge  35  C.  w' ;  • 

1  whole  cvilueringe,  as  long  as  may  bee, 
small  peecs,  iron  drakes  ; 
For  great  shott,  a  ffitt  preporcon  to  the  ordnance ; 
A  sayne,  beeing  a  nett  to  fEsh  w"^. 


to 


(  1 

puide  J  ^ 


For  the  Talhut,  if  100  passingers,  Sc  85  maryners,  3  monthes, 
y°  maryners  accounted  doble :  — 

45  tun  beere,  w'of  6  tun  4^  f  beere  ;  Mallega  and  Canari  caske  16"  a  tun  ; 
39  tun  6'  } 

6  tuns  of  water  ; 
12  m  of  bread,  after  |  C.  to  a  man ; 
33  hheds  of  biefFe  ; 

40  bushells  peas,  a  peck  a  man  y*  voyadg ; 
30  bushells  oatmeal  e  ; 
14  C.  haberdpic,  62  cople  ech  C,  ech  cople  makes  pi,  p|  a  p"*  a  man  p  day  ; 

8  dussen  pounds  of  candeles  ; 

3  terces  of  beere  vyneger  ; 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGL.\^\D. 

14-  bushells  mustard  seede  ; 
20  gallons  oyle,  Gallipoly  or  INIayorke,  a  q,rt  a  man ; 

2  fFerkins  of  soape  ; 

2  runlett  Spanish  'w^Tie,  10  galls  a  p  ; 

4  tlioAvsand  of  billets  ; 
10  fii-kins  of  butter  ; 
10  C.  of  cheese  ; 
20  gallons  aqua-\dte. 


*26  Fchnumj,  1628. 

AGREED  w"'  Jn"  Hewson  to  make  8  pere  of  welt  neates  leather  slieues, 
c[losed]  on  the  out  sydes  w*  a  seame,  to  bee  substanciall,  good  ouer  leath- 
er, of  the  best,  and  2  soles,  the  inner  soale  of  good  neates  leather,  &  the  owter 
sole  of  tallowed  backs,  to  bee  2  p''  of  10  inches,  2  p''  11  inches,  2  p''  of  12 
inches,  &  2  p'  of  13  inches  size. 

The  preporcous  wee  intend  is,  1  of  10  inches," 

3  of  11  inches, 

3  of  12  inches, 

•  1  of  13  inches, 

2  of    8  inches,  ]  ~  ■*"'  "^^^  '^"^^  to  refer  it 
>       to  y*  Comp*  wheth"'   to 
2  of    9  inches,  j       j^i^;^  p  ^  j,^j,.  ,^^,.g 


[♦3\] 


^2  7* 


P^SENT, 


2  Marche,  1628. 


M'  Gou : 
M'  Depty, 
M'  Wright, 
]\I'  Vassall, 
M'  Harwood, 
M"'  Coulson, 


M'  Adams, 
M'  Newel, 
M"'  "Wlietcombe, 
M^  Perry, 
M'  Huson. 


THIS  day  James  Edmonds,  a  savior,  ffisher,  and  a  coup'',  was  pre- 
pounded  to  serue  the  Comp ;  as  also  Sydrach  ISIiller,  a  coup  and  a  cleuer  ; 
who  demanding  45*  for  him  &  his  man  the  first  yeere,  50'  a  yeere  the 
second  and  thii'd  yeere,  &  Edmonds  demands  being  10*  the  first  yeere, 
15'  the  second,  &  20*  the  tliird  yeere,  boeth  hold  to  daere  for  the  Comp 
to  be  at  charts  M-"'all. 


2  March. 


2  M^-ch. 
M'  Malbon 


28  RECORDS    OF    THE    GOVERNOR    AND    COMPANY    OP 

16  2  8-9.  Also,  for  M''  Malbon,  it  -was  ppounded,  lie  hauing  skyll  in  iron  works, 

&  willing  to  put  in  25*  in  stocke,  it  should  bee  accepted'  as  50*,  &  his 
chargs  to  bee  bore  out  &  home  for  Newe  England ;  &  vppon  Iris  retiu'ne, 
&  report  what  may  bee  done  about  iron  works,  consyderacon  to  be  had  of 
pceeding  therein  accordingly,  and  ffurder  recompcnce,  if  there  be  cause  to 
intertayne  lum. 

Towching  making  of  salt,  it  was  conseaued  fFytt  that  coiiioddetty  should 
bee  reserued  for  the  generall  stocks  benefitt ;  yeet  w"*  this  puiso,  that  aney 
planter  or  brother  of  the  Comp  should  haue  as  much  as  he  might  aney  way 
haue  occasyou  to  make  vsse  of,  at  as  cheape  rate  as  themselues  cowld  make 
it ;  puided,  if  the  Comp  bee  not  sufficiently  puided  for  themselfFs,  then 
pticuler  men  may  haue  liberty  to  make  for  there  owne  cxpcnce  &  vsse 
aney  way,  but  not  to  transporte  nor  sell. 

Towching  Jn"  Oldam,  the  Gouerfi  was  ordered  to  conferr  w"'  him  vppon 
aney  indifferent  course  that  might  not  bee  preiudiciall  to  the  Comp. 
Boston  men.  Also,  it  beeing  prepounded  by  IM"'  Conej-,  in  the  behalfe  of  the  Eostori 

men,  (whereof  dyuers  had  pmised,  though  not  in  our  booke  vndcrwritten, 
to  aduenture  400*  for  the  joint  stock,)  that  now  there  desire  was  that  10 
psons  of  them  might  vnderwritc  25*  a  man  in  the  joint  stock,  they  ■w"'all 
pmisinge  w'''  theise  shippes  to  aduenture  in  there  pticuler  aboue  250*  more, 
and  to  puide  abell  men  to  send  oner  for  manadging  the  buissines  ;  w'^'^  though 
it  bee  preiudiciall  to  the  generall  stock,  by  the  abatement  of  so  much  money 
thereout,  yeet  appealing  realley  to  conduce  more  to  the  good  of  the  planta- 
con,  w'^''  is  most  desired,  it  was  condiscended  vnto. 


3  March. 


3  Marche,  1628. 

P^SENT,    M''  GoQn),  W  Nowel, 

M."  Dep'y,  M'  Sharpe. 

M-^  AVright, 

IT  was  at  present  debated  howe  some  good  course  might  bee  settclcd  for  the 
deuision  of  the  lands,  and  tliat  all  men  intcndinge  to  goe  in  pson  or  to 
send  oner,  might  vnderwrite  &  scale  some  instrument  to  bee  made,  xl^ereby 
euery  man  to  bee  tyed  to  such  orders  as  shalbce  agreed  vppon  here ;  and 
that  a  coppey  of  this  agreement  bee  sent  to  Dorchester,  fFor  all  men  to  vnder- 
write and  seale,  that  intend  to  take  theire  passage  in  the  Lyons  "Whelpe,  or 
ells  order  to  bee  taken  that  tlie  f^hippe  pceede  wl"'out  [them.] 


THE    MASSAOnUrfETTrf    BAY    IN    NEW    EN(JLAND. 


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3  March. 

[*4^] 

M'  Sharpe. 


•M'  Samuell  Sharpc,  w"'  wlioine   tlieie  hath  becnc  an  agrceyment  made    J  g  2  8-9. 

in  behalffe  of  the   Comp  to  geeue  him  ten  j)ouuds  p     x     for  tlircc  yecres,    ' y ' 

to  haue  the  oueifight  of  the  ordnance  to  bee  planted  in  the  ifort  to  bee 
built  vppon  the  plantacon,  &  what  ells  may  concerne  artillery  bisi- 
nes  to  geeue  his  aduize  in.  But  ffor  all  other  implyments  was  left  to  bee 
intertayned  by  aney  pticular  brethren  of  the  Companie,  who  for  other  occa- 
sions had  interfayned  x  alreddy,  and  held  not  f^'tt  to  bee  at  furder. 
chardge  in  that  kynd ;  x  x  the  sayd  Sharpe  is  also  intertayned  to 
ouersey  the  x  and  implyments  of  certen  pticuler  men  of  the  Comp.  But 
for  the  generall  presented  a  bill  ffor  three  drums  and  other  pticulers, 
araountinge  to  fyue  pounds,  xix' ;  w*  the  Trer  hath  order  to  paye. 


The  5  Marche,  1628. 


6  March. 


Present, 


The  GoQ, 

ISI"^  Dcp''', 

]\P  Threr, 

S''  Rich :  Saltonstal, 

Cap?  Vcn, 


M'  Wright, 
M"^  Nowel, 
M--  White, 
M'^  Whetcombe, 
IM"^  Wliitchcombe. 


AXEWE  pposicon  beeinge  made  in  the  bchalfe  of  il''  Oldum  to  bee  inter- 
tayned    X     tliis  Comp,  it  was  deferred  to  furder  consideracon. 

Also,  Jn"  Washborne  beeinge  ppounded  for  Secretaiy  to  the  Comp,  it  was 
conseaiied  fytt  to  intertable  him,  but  deferred  till  another     x 

A  proposicon  bccing  made  by  S''  W™  Bruerten  to  the  GoQ,  of  a  p  x 
graunted  him  of  lands  in  the  Massachuscts  Bay  by  M'  Jn°  G[orges],  &  that  if 
this  Comp  would  make  liim  a  pmisse,  so  as  he  con  x  to  vnderwrite  w"'  this 
Comp,  it  might  not  bee  prciudi  x  to  his  pattent ;  it  was  resolued  tliis 
answere  should  [bee]  geeucn  him,  namclcy  :  That  if  he  pleased  to  vnderwrite 
w"»  vs  w'-''out  aney  condioon  whatsoeuer,  but  to  come  in  [as]  all  other  aduen- 
turers  doe,  he  should  bee  welcome  vppon  the  same  condicons  that  wee  haue. 

A  proposicon  beeinge  made  to  intertayne  a  surgeon  for  x  plantacbn.  Surgeon. 
T\I''  ^  Pratt  was  ppounded  as  an  abell  man  vppon  thcis  condicons,  nameley  : 
That  40*  should  bee  allowed  him,  vizt',  for  his  chist,  25*,  the  rest  [for]  his 
owne  salleiy  for  the  first  yeere  ;  puided,  if  he  con  x  3  yeeres,  the  Comp  to  bee 
at  charge  of  transporting  his  wiife  &  a  yo  x  ,  x  haue  20*  a  yeere  for  the 
other  2  yeeres,  &  to  build  him  a  house  [at]  the  Comp  chardge,  &  to 
allott  him  100  aS  of  ground ;  but  if  he  stay  but  one  yeere,  then  the  Comp 


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1  fi  2  8-1). 


5  March. 

Surgeon. 
Eob't  Morley. 


[*5^] 


M'  Graues. 


M'  Malbon. 


to  be  at  chardge  of  liis  bringing  back  for  England,  &  he  to  leauc  liis  s'"u[ant] 
and  the  chist  for  the  Comp  seruice. 

Agreed  w*''  Eobert  Morley,  s'^uant  to  M"^  Andi'ewe  Mathewes,  late  barber 
surgeon,  to  s''ue  the  Comp  in  Newe  England  for  three  yeeres  ;  the  fust  yeere 
to  haue  20  nobles,  the  second  yeere  x  x  ,  x  x  yeere  20  markes,  to 
serue  as  a  barber  &  a  surgeon,  x  x  occasyons-  belonging  to  his  calling, 
to  aney  of  this  x  that  are  planters,  or  there  seruants  ;  and  for  his  [chist,] 
and  all  in  it,  whereof  he  hath  geeuen  an  inuentory,  x  x  x  sight  of  it,  it 
bee  ajjprooued,  ffyve  pounds  is  x  x  x  and  pay''  to  him  ffbr  it,  &  the  same 
to  bee  fo[rrhwith  payd]. 

*Tlie  buissines  concerning  the  deuission  of  the  lands,  ppounded  the  3d  of 
this  monthe,  was  agayne  taken  into  consideracon,  &  it  was  resolued  that 
Capten  "Waller,  Cap?  Ven,  M"^  Eat'on  &  M""  Addams,  M''  Whetcombe,  IM"" 
Wright,  M""  Vassall,  M''  Threr,  w*  the  Goilno''  and  Dep'^,  shall  consyder 
seriously  of  the  buissines,  calling  to  there  assistance  JM''  Graues,  M''  Sharpe, 
or  aney  other,  &  to  sett  downe  in  writinge  what  course  they  conseaue  fytt  to 
bee  held  herein,  whereby  an  equallcty  may  boo  held,  to  avoyd  all  contention 
twixt  the  aduenturers  ;  &  Tuesday  morning  apoyntcd  for  thiese  Coiiiittees  to 
mcete  about  this  buissines. 

This  Court  also,  M'  Thoiiis  Graues  was  ppounded  to  goe  ouer  w"" 
the  shippes  nowe  bound  for  Newe  England,  to  haue  his  chargs  borne  out  & 
home ;  &  bceinge  a  man  experienced  in  iron  workcs,  in  salt  workes,  in 
measuring  &  surveyinge  of  lands,  &  in  fortifhcacbns,  in  lead,  copp,  &  allam 
mynes,  etfi,  hauinge  a  chardge  of  Aviffc,  5  cliildren,  a  man  &  mayd  s^'uant ; 
after  some  conference  w"'  him,  he  tendring  his  implyment  to  goe  and  re- 
turne  w"-*"  one  of  o'  shyps,  to  the  comp  discression  ffor  liis  sallery  in  that 
tyme,  it  was  thought  fytt  that  he  should  consyder  twixt  this  &  tomorrow 
what  to  demand  in  case  he  did  returne  p'ntly  w"'  the  shippe  he  should 
take  his  passage  in ;  &  what  his  demands  would  bee  if  the  Comp  should 
contyneue  him  there,  &  bee  at  chardges  of  the  transportacon  of  liis  wiffe  and 
ffanieley  thether  in  theire  next  shipi^es,  if  he  take  lykiiig  to  contyneue  in 
Newe  England. 

M'  Jn°  Malbon  beeing  also  desyred  to  bee  lieere,  after  conference  had 
w"'  him  touching  the  pposicon  made  in  his  behalffe  the  2  of  this  monthe, 
he  was  wished  to  consyder  what  further  ^posicon  he  would  make,  that  the 
Comp  might  take  it  into  consyderacon. 


TUE    MASSACHUrfETTrf    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  31 

The  6  Marche,  1628.  1 G  2  8-9. 

V— Y _»• 

AGREED  w"'   M'^  Thomas  Steeuens,  ai-morer  in  Buttolph  Lane,  for  20      g  March, 
armcs,  vizj,  coslett,  brest,  back,  culet,  gorgett,  tases,  &  lied  peece  to  Armesbowght 
ech,  varnished  all  black,  w"*  Icthcrs  &  buckles,  at  17^  ech  armour,  excepting 
4,  yr"^  are  to  bee  w*"^  close  head  peeces,  &  theis  4  armours  at  24,  a  peece, 
to  bee  id  all  by  the  20tli  of  this  monthe ;  w^'of  1  left  nowe  for  a  sample. 
Agreed  w"'  Jn"  Wise,  shoemaker  in  Marke  Lane,  ffor 
1  dussen  pere  sheucs  of  tens, "" 
3  dussen    "  "       of  11, 

3  dussen    "  «       of  12, 

1  dussen  pere       "       of  13, 

1  dussen  pere       "       of     8,  1       ^    _ , 

)•  at  2'  5'^  a  pere  ; 
1  dvissen  pere       "       of     9,  j 

10  dussen  pere  to  bee  dd  by  the  20*  of  tliis  monthe.  120  p'  shewes. 


>  at  2'  7''  a  pere  ; 


The  9  Marche,  1628.  9M""-h. 

THIS  day  John  Washborne  is  intertayned  for  Secretary  for  one  whole 
yeere,  to  enter  the  Courts,  to  keepe  the  Companys  accounts,  to  make  war- 
rants for  all  moneys  to  bee  browght  in  or  payd  out,  &  to  geeue  nottice  at  euery 
meeting  of  such  as  are  backward  in  payment  of  there  subscriptions,  as  also  for 
all  puission  to  bee  made  reddy,  to  call  vppon  such  as  haue  j-<=  chardge 
thereof,  w''by  the  shippes  nowe  bound  ffor  Newe  England  may  bee  dispatched 
by  the  25  of  this  month  at  ffurdest ;  his  sallery  ifor  this  yeere  is  te  x  x  , 
he  in  the  premisses,  &  the  office  of  a  Secretary,  to  pf  [orme]  ffaithfull,  dilli- 
gent,  &  tr[eue  ijndeuours  whervnto  he  doeth  fulley     x     &  agree. 

[An  autograph  in  the  original.]  JN°     "WASirBORNE. 

[*6».] 

*    1    GREED  w""  John  Gace,  of  London,  turner,  ffor  40  bandeleers,  x     x     x  4"  bandoleers. 

/%  ^      ^  D''a^varrant 

JTjL.  neates  lether,  broad  girdles,  ech  w"'  12  charg%  Wof  one  a  priming  b  x  ,  for  isj,  March 
X     of  wood,  couered  w"'  black  lether,  at  2^  a  peece,  to  bee  dd  next  [weeke] ; 
the  boxes  to  bee  foi*  bastard  muskett  sise,  excepting  10  for  full  mus[ketts,]  and 
these  t*  be  marked  M.,  the  other  for  has'  musketts  B. 

More,  agreed  w""  him  for  ten  dozen  of  shouels  and  spades,  at  eyghten  j,^  shouells 
sh'  the  dozen,  of  three  seuerall  sises,  wherof  the  smalest  proporeon  to  be  ^^^  spades. 
of  y*  smallest  sises ;  and  three  spads  and  thre  shouels  left  hecr  for  sa[niples]. 


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9  March. 


M'  Thomas  Hewson, 


16  2  8-9.  T\us   clay  tlieise  things  were  ordered  to  bee  puided  by  theise  men  ;   120 

men's  puissions. 

120  fflitches  bacon, 

120  gallons  sweetc  oyle  ; 

150  qrtrs  of  meale, 
30  ci.rtrs  of  pease,  at  26', 
SP  Dep''',<|      15  c|.rtrs  of  greats,  at  4%  full  diyed, 
20  fferkms  of  butter,  17% 
60  c^rtrs  of  malt,  17«  G-i, 
30  C.  of  cheese. 


10  March. 


T 


IHIS  10"*  ]\Iarch,  1628,  I,  Thomas  Graues,  of  Grauesend,  in  the  County 
of  Kent,  gent,  and  by  my  pffession  skillfull  &  experienced  in  the  discouery 
and  finding  out  of  iron  mynes,  as  also  of  lead,  copp,  minerall  salt  &  [allam], 
in  ffortifficacons  of  all  sorts,  according  to  the  nature  of  the  plase,  in  surveying  of 
buildings  &  of  lands,  &  in  measuringe  of  land,  in  describing  a  country  by  mapj)e, 
in  leading  of  water  x  to  pp  vsses  for  milles  or  other  vsses,  in  fj'nding  out 
[all]  sorts  of  lymcstones  &  materials  for  buildings,  in  manufacturing,  {d.,- 
haue  this  present  day  agreed  to  serue  the  Newe  England  Comp,  and  in  there 
ymplyment  to  take  my  passage  for  Newe  England  in  such  shippe  as  thei 
shall  appoynt  niee ;  and  during  my  stay  there,  according  to  the  condicons 
heereafter  expressed,  to  doe  my  true  aud  vttermost  indeuour,  in  all  or  ancy 
the  pticulers  abouemenooned,  for  the  most  good  and  bcnefitt  of  the  said  Compa- 
nie ;  aud  I  do  hecrcby  faithfullcy  pmisse  to  do  my  vttermost  indeuour  for  the 
discouery  of  owght  that  may  be  bencficiall  to  the  Companie,  and  not  to  con- 
ceale  owght  ffrom  them  whome  I  shalbee  inioynod  to  reueale  the  same  vnto, 
that  may  tend  or  conduce  to  the  good  and  pffit  of  the  sayd  Companey  : 
Neither  that  I  shall  or  x  disclose  owght  that  they  shall  iniopie  me  to 
keepe  secrett,  to  any  man  whomesoeuer ;  but  in  all  things  to  bend  my  vtter- 
most skyll  and  abillity  to  do  the  Companey  the  best,  trcuc,  &  ffaithfFull  scruice 
I  may  or  cane  pfFornie.  In  consyderacon  whereof,  the  said  Companey  are  to 
beare  all  my  chardgs  by  sea  into  Newe  England,  together  w""  my  charges 
duiinge  my  staie  in  there  implymcnts  in  Newe  England,  &  my  charges  at 
sea  in  my  returnc  home,  apparrell  only  excej)ted,  w''''  is  to  bee  allwaics  at 
my  owne  chargs  ;  and  it  is  [agreed]  moreouer,  that  from  the  tyme  of  my  fHrst 
landing  in  Newe  England,  to  the  tyme  of  the  returne  from  thence  for 
London  of  such  shippe  as  shalbee  sent  fl-om  London  next  after  IMichelmas 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  33 

next,  and  iu  wliicli  I  shall  take  my  passage  for   London,  that  there  shalbee    J  g  0  fi-Q 

allowed  [unto]  me  ffyve  pounds  for  cch  month  that  I  shall  contyneue  in  Newe    ' y ' 

[England]  as  afore  said,  for  my  sallery  or  wages,  but  notliinge  to  bee  allowed      10  March. 

[for]  my  charges  during  the  tymc  of  my  beeiug  at  sea,  outward  and     x     , 

Av"'  this  furder  puiso,  that  in  case  the  said  Comp,  [after  I]  shall  haue  con- 

tynewed  6  or  8  months  in  the  countrey     x  ,     shall  desyre  my  contynuance  in 

X     X     tln-ee  yeeres   from  the  tyme  of  my  f  x     x,     I  will  and   [doe  hereby] 

X     X     X     X     X     X    *there  intent  to  retayne  me  iu  there  seruicc  to  the  end  of       [*7-''.] 

three  yeeres,  doe  heereby  pmise  to  bee  at  the  chardge  of  the  transportacon 

into  Newe  England  of  my  wiSe,  ffyve  childi-en,  a  boy,  &   a  mayd  seruant, 

&  w^'all  to  build  mee  a  conuenient  house  for  my  selffe  and  my  sayd  ffam- 

eley,  at  there  chargs,  and  therto  to  assyne  me  one  hundi-ed  acres  of  land, 

and  to  haue  pte  thereof  planted  at  the  Companies  chardge  against  the  coming 

of  my  ffameley,  whereby  they  may  subsiste  till  I  shall  be  possessed  of  my 

fianieley  to  pfforme  the  same,  or  otherwise  to  alloue  me  some  competency  of 

necessaiy  victualls  for  the  subsistance  of  me  and  my  ifamelcy  till  the  next 

season  of  plantinge  &  reapinge  after  there  anyuall :  And  it  is  fiu'der  agreed, 

that  yf  I  contyneue  m  the  Companies  implyments  ffor  thi-ee  yeeres,  the  jjay- 

ment  of  Syve  pounds  p  month  ffor  my  sallery  is  to  bee  vtterly  voyde,  aud  my 

yeereley  allowance  in  money,  ffrom  the  tyme  of  my  ffirst  arriuall  in  Newe 

England  to  the  end  of  thi-ee  yeeres,  to  bee  after  the  rate  of  fij'ftey  pounds  by 

the  yeere,  prouided  alwayes  that  my  sayd  ffameley,  goinge  ouer  as  aforesaid, 

there  shalbee  such  a  preporcon  of  land  alloued  me  for  them  heereaftcr  as  if 

they  had  nowe  taken  there  passage  w""  me  in  the  slii^jpes  nowe  bound  for 

Newe    England;    and   ffor    fiu-der    recompence    for    my  treue    &    faithfull 

iudeauom-s  in  the  sayd  Companies  implyments,  vi"^  I  doe  pmisse  with  Gods 

assistance  to  pfforme  trulye  and  sincereley  to  the  best  of  my  abillity  and  vnder- 

standinge,  I  doe  and  shall  refferre  my  selffe  wholey  to  the   Compauies  dis- 

cression,   as   my   treue    indeuo'''  and    the   suckcesse    thereof,  through  Gods 

mercy,  shall  incorradge  them  to  doe.     In  -wy  ttness  of  all  the  premisses  I  haue 

heere-\aito  sett  my  hand  and  seale  this  present  x"'  daye  of  jNIarche,  Ann"  1628, 

in  London. 

THO:  GRAUES.     [Seal.] 
Wittness  heerevnto : 

George  Harwood, 

JoHX  Veiw. 

[The  above  agreement  of  Mr.  Thomas  Graves  was  undoubtedly  intended  to  be  an  original  instru- 
ment, as  well  as  a  record  of  the  transaction  ;  as  all  the  signatures  to  it  arc  autographs,  and  that  of  Mr. 
Graves  is  accompanied  with  an  impression  of  a  seal  in  wax.] 

vol,.  I.  5 


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KEC0RD3    OF    TIIE    GOVERNOR    AND    COMPANY    OF 


1 6  2  8-9. 


10  March. 


The  10th  Marche,  1628. 


To  M'  Sharpe. 


Dcuision  of 
Lands. 


Charges  for 
Tattent. 


Present,    The  GoQ, 
M'^  Dep'y, 
C'apt  Ven, 
M-^  Thi-er, 
M""  Vassall, 


M'  Eaton, 
]NP  Adams, 
M'  Whetcomb, 
W  Hutchins. 


APEOPOSICON  was  made  this  day  by  Samuell  Sharpe,  who  was  formerley 
intertayned  to  doe  liis  indeuour  in  the  Companies  implyments  concerning 
artillery  bissines,  as  appereth  thefod  of  this  monthe,  that  all  or  the  better  pt 
of  his  sallery  might  be  p*  him  nowe,  to  puide  him  apparell  w^'all ;  and  if  he 
should  happen  to  dye  before  he  had  des'"ued  it,  liis  s''-  apparell  should  satisfye 
it ;  vppon  debate  whereof,  it  was  thought  ffitt  that  twenty  pounds  should  bee 
p*  him ;  and  this  to  bee  the  Trer^  warrant  for  payment  thereof,  vppon  his 
sallery  of  10*  a  yeere,  ffor  thi-ee  yeeres  ;  I  say  twenty  pounds  to  be  p*  him 
presently. 

This  day  beeing  apoynted  to  take  into  consyderaoon  towelling  the  deuis- 
sion  of  the  lands  in  Newe  England,  where  our  first  plantacon  shalbee,  it  was, 
after  much  debate,  thowght  fiytt  to  referre  this  buissines  to  the  Gouernor,  and 
a  coniittee  to  bee  chosen  to  that  purpose  to  assist  him ;  and  whatsoeuer  thei 
shall  doe  heerein,  that  to  stand  ffor  good. 

This  day  order  was  geeuen  to  the  Thi-er  for  payment  of  twenty  pounds 
more  to  M""  Jn°  Humphry  towrds  chardges  of  oiu-  patteut ;  and  this  to  bee 
his  warrant  ffor  the  payment  thereof. 

Capten  Ven,  M'  Eaton,  M"^  Samuell  Vassall,  &  M'^  Nowel,  and  M"' 
Whetcombe,  [or  any]  tliree  [of]  them,  are  intreated  once  more  to  conferr  w* 
IVP  Jn°  Ouldam  x  x  x  coinodacon  may  bee  made  twixt  the  Comp  & 
him,  y'     X     X     X     coiuodated. 


[*8^] 

12  March. 


*112  Marche,  1628.'] 


Pkesent,    M"^  ■VVri[ght,] 

S'  Rich :  Saltonstal, 


M'  Threr, 
M'  Nowcl. 


JOHN  BROWNE,  gent.,  and  M'  Samuell  Browne,  of  Roxwell,  in  Essex, 
X  X  take  there  passage  in  the  Comp  shipps  ffor  Newe  England,  at  x 
chardge,  and  intending  to  plant  there,  it  is  agreed  by  theise  x  ,  that  for 
there  passage  and  dyett  they  shall  jiay  ffy ve  pounds  [each] ;  and  that  for  there 
incowragement  land  shalbee  allotted  to  them  [there],  as  if  they  had  subscribed 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  35 

fyty  pounds  in  the  generall  stock,  [with  such]  piyueledge  as  others  that  are  in    162  8-1). 
the  patteut  doe.  ' 

[IQ  their  OTvn  hands.]  JOHN   BROWNE,  12  March. 

SAMUELL  BROWNE. 


R 


ICHARD  CLAYTON,  aged  34  yeeres,  or  thereabouts,  carpenter,  who  of  Bcdfoidshir, 
beeing  desii-ous  to  transport  liimselife,  liis  -wiiFe,  one  daughter  [of]     x  pjLositton.    ' 


yeeres  ould,  his  sister  of  14  yeeres  ould,  his  brother  Barnaby  C  [lay don,]  aged 
23  yeeres,  and  his  brother  in  lawe  Thorns  Hanscombe,  ag  x  x  x  ,  for  Newe 
England,  in  the  Comp  shippes,  it  is  ]?mised  [this]  daye,  that  he  beeing  abel  to 
ifm-nish  40*  towr''s  the  chardge  of  him  &  liis,  Tphat  shalbee  wantinge  the  Comp 
will  [supply]  vppon  tliis  condicon,  that  vppon  theire  arryuall  [in  Ncwe]  Eng- 
land, what  he  shalbee  indebted  to  the  Comp  shalbee  [paid]  by  the  labor  of 
himselffe  and  his  2  seruants,  or  brothers  aforesaid,  allouing  them  all  three 
3^  the  day  for  so  long  tjTne  [until]  they  haue  p"*  tliis  debtt,  &  in  that  tyme 
fynding  [these]  3  psons  dyett  at  the  Comp  chardge,  &  whilest  x  x  earning 
out  tliis  dett  to  instruckt  auey  of  the  Comp  x  in  the  trade  of  a  ploue  wright ; 
&  there  is  land  to  bee  [allotted]  to  him  and  his,  as  is  vssuall,  by  the  Comp 
orders,  to  thx  that  transporte  themselues ;  written  this  13  March,  1628. 
Cannotte  goe  this  viodge.      [in  his  o™  hand.]    RICHARD  CLAYDON. 


B 


The  16  March,  1628.  ig  March. 

ESPOKEN  by  W  Durbridge,  at  2'  7d  a  p',  6  dussen  pere  of  shewes, 
to  bee  dd  this  weeke,  vizj,  1  dussen  pere  of  tens,  ^'  ^  ^^"^^^ 

2  dussen  jj''     of    11, 
2  of  12, 

1  dussen  p'     of    13  ;  4  p""  dd. 


B 


The  16"  of  Mch,  1628. 

ESPOKE  of  M--  Maio,  at  10i'»  p  yVl,  ffor  beds  &  boulsfs,  20  bed  tikes,  20  beds  & 

Scotch  tlkeing,  J  broad,  2xV  longj  &  li  y'ds  broad;  11  y''ds  each  bed 

and  boulster. 

Bespoke    the    day    abouesaid,    8    dussen  pair    neats    leath"'    shewes,   of  96p'sheues. 

RoVt  Harrct,         1  dussen  10,^    .     r.   «,  •  ,  i 

At  2^  7'*  p  pair,  to  bee  good 
3  dussen  11,  ,.  ,  ,      , 

V      uquored  neats  leath"",  ace" 
3  dussen  12,  , 

to  the  patfne. 
1  dussen  13,  j 


17  March. 


36  RECORDS    OF    THE    GOVERNOR    AND    COMPAJSTY    OF 

16  2  8-9.        Estlmat  of  100  men,  chardge   of  them    Sc   theire  phdssions, 

w"'  others  noted  ■•  — 

100  men,  there  chardge,  15*  a  man, 1500 

Freight  of  the  sliippe  Talbut,  5  monthes,  80*  p  A,        .     .  400  1 

Victualls  and  wages  32  men,  70*  a  monthe, 350  J 

The  Lyons  Wlielpe  sett  to  sea,          500 

20  cowes  &  bulls,  4*  a  peace, 80  ^ 

10  mares  &  horses,  6*  a  peece, 60  |>         610 

Charges  of  theis,       .     .     .     ., 470  J 


'^SGO 


0-: 


[*9^]  *[i/  March,  1628.] 

AGEEED  w"'  [Joseph]  Chui-chell  ffor  100  swoords  w*!*    x    blades,  at  4*  6* 
a  peece,  to  haue   all  chapes,  and  10  short  swoords,  at  2^  a  peece ;   and 
Polonia  hilts,  at  3^  4'^,  as  maney  as  wee  like,  to     ^     dd  w*''in  8  dayes. 
Bowght  of  Felix  Boreman,  dwelling  in  Fleete  Lane  : 
14  swoords,  at  4^  6''  a  peece,  1 
7     ditto,    at  3'  a  peece,      )>  4*  12  GO 
4     ditto,    at  2'  a  peece,      J 

25    swoords. 

Agreed  w"'  M"'  Raphe  White,  in  Plrilpot  Lane,  for  12  gallons  aquavite, 
2«  6'!  a  gaii. 

12  sydes  of  bacon  dd  by  Jn"  Gladwing,  at  M''  GofFs,  of  74  stone  i,  ech 
sT  8*,  at  2'  5*  a  stone. 


17  Marche,  1628. 

A  WARRANT  was  made  ffor  payment  of  120*  to  M'  Nathaniell  Wright, 
for  so  much  p*  by  liim  to  M'  Jarvis  Kerke,  M'  W"  Bai-kley,  &  M"^ 
Eot)rt  Chai-lton,  ffor  the  shippe. 
Also,  to  pay  ffor  iron  &  Steele. 
Also,  to  pay  ffor  burrs  to  make  milstones,  110,  2'  a  p,  bowght  of  Edward 

Casson,  of  L°,  m''chantayler, 1100 

14  C.  of  plaster  of  Parris,  IS'i  p  C 110 

12  1  0 

&  porti-idge,  weig  y*  plaster  &  casting  out  of  the  burrs,  12*  &  23^  3  0 

12  4  0 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NK\V    ENGLAND. 


37 


The  19"  of  March,  1628. 

A  WARRANT  was  made  fFor  payment  of  twelue  poiuids  and 
twelue  sliilliugs  vuto  il"^  Gaweu  Helme  and  Thomas  Brick- 
hed  ffor  two  coppers  for  the  Lyons  Whelpe.     I  saye  for,  12'  &  12'  00'' 


1628-91 


19  Maich. 


The  W"  of  March,  1628. 

A  WARRANT  was  mad  for  payment  of  eyghtene  pounds  vnto 
M''     ^     Browne,  and  is  for  one  bayle  of  French  cloth,  ffor 
the  Lyons  \\Tielpe.     I  saye. 


18* 


Tlie  W  of  March,  1628. 

A  WARRANT  was  made  for  payment  of  twenty -ffive  pounds, 
ffy-fftene  sliillings,  vnto  ]\I''  Jn"  Whitt,  of   Reddinge,  for 
thii'tye  quarters  of  maulte,  to  goe  in  y*  shipps.     I  say  25*  15^  00*, 

[The  £26  5s.,  originallj'  written  25"  15',  is  an  alteration  of  the  record.] 


26*  05« 


[2-3]  March,  1628. 


23  March. 


P'SENT,    The  GoQno--, 
■  Depvity, 
S'  Rich :  Saltonstall, 
M''  Davinport, 
Cap?  Venn, 


M--  Humffry, 
it  W""  Vassal], 
M"-  Whetcomb, 
M'  Nowell. 


AT  this  meeting  intimation  was  given  by  M"'  Nowell,.  by  letters  ffrom  M' 
Izake  Johnson,  that  one  il''  Higgeson,  of  Lester,  an  able  minister,  pffers 
to  goe  to  o'  plantation ;  who  being  approved  for  a  reverend,  grave  minis- 
ter, fitt  for  o"^  present  occations,  it  was  thought  by  thes  present  to  entreat  M' 
Jn"  Humfiy  to  ride  presently  to  Lester,  and,  if  51''  Higgeson  may  conve- 
niently be  had  to  goe  this  present  vioage,  that  he  should  deale  w*  him  j  ffirst, 
if  liis  remoove  from  thence  may  be  w"'out  scandall  to  that  people,  and 
approved  by  the  consent  of  some  of  the  best  affected  amonge  them,  w**"  the 
approbation  of  M''  Heldersham,  of  Asheby,  dallisouch ;  secondly,  that  in 
regard  of  the  shortnes  of  the  time,  the  Companye  conseave  it  woulde  be  best, 
if  hee  so  thought  good,  to  leave  his  wiffe  &  ffamily  till  towards  Bartholomew, 


38  RECORDS    OF    THE    GOVERNOR    AJSiB    COMPANY    OF 

16  2  8-9 .  for  tlier  better  accommodacon ;  yet  if  tliis  should  be  held  inconvenient,  [it] 
may  be  refFerred  to  liimselfe  to  take  [his  mfe  and  tw]o  childi-en  w"'  liim ; 
tliii'dly,  that  for  his  entertaynment  y^  Company      xxxxxxx./ 

[Here  appears  to  te  an  hiatus  in  the  manuscript.  The  record  of  the  23d  of  March,  1628-9,  is  incom- 
plete, and  the  first  portion  of  that  of  the  30th  of  April,  1G29,  is  wanting.  The  second  paragraph  of  the 
follo\ving  record  is  a  subsequent  entry  by  Mr  William  Burgis,  the  second  Secretary  of  the  Company.] 


23  March. 


Y 

30  April. 


[*10».]  *30  Jprill,  1629. 

16  2  9.  TT  is  ffurder  ordered  by  theise  present,  that  the  GoQno'',  Dep*y,  &  Coun- 
I  sell  afforesayd,  or  the  maior  p**  of  them,  shall  make  choice  of  a  Secre- 
tary, and  such  other  officers  as  shall  in  there  discressions  seeme  requesyte  & 
neydffull,  ffor  x  peasable  &  quyett  gouerment  of  the  plantacon ;  and  x 
frame  such  oethes,  and  to  administer  the  same  to  euery  of  them,  for  the 
cxecucon  of  his  plase  and  office  for  the  yeere  insuing  next  after  they  shall 
haue  taken  theii-  oethes,  as  they  in  there  discressions,  or  the  greter  number 
X     them,  shall  tliinke  good. 

And  it  is  ordered,  that  the  s*  GoQno'^,  Deputie,  Councell,  &  other 
officers  aforenamed,  shalbe  established  and  continue  in  their  s"!  seQall  places 
for  one  whole  yeare,  or  vntill  tliis  Com't  shall  tliinke  fitt  to  chuse  others  in 
the  place  or  places  of  them,  or  a^y  of  them  ;  &  in  case  of  death,  id. 

It  is  ffurder  ordered,  that  the  s*  GoQno"',  M"'  Endecott,  or  his  x  and 
the  s*  Counsell,  beeiug  chosen  as  afforesayd,  &  haiung  taken  x  oethes 
respectyuely  to  there  places,  or  the  greater  number,  whereof  the  GoQno"  or 
Dep'y  to  bee  always  one,  at  aney  there  meetings,  (w''''  the  sayd  Godno"^,  at  his 
discression,  or  in  his  absence  the  Dep'-'',  is  hereby  authorized  to  apojTit,  as 
oft  as  there  shalbee  occasyon,)  shall  haue  ffuU  power  and  authoritey,  x  x 
are  heereby  awthorized  by  power  deryued  from  Ms  x  letters  pattents,  to 
make,  ordeyne,  &  establish,  all  manner  of  wholsome  and  resonable  orders,  laues, 
statuts,  ordinances,  direc[tions]  and  instrucktyons,  not  contrary  to  the  laws 
of  the  realme  of  England,  ffor  the  present  gouerment  of  our  plantacon,  & 
the  inhabitants  residinge  w^'iu  y*'  lymitts  of  o'  plantacon  ;  a  coppy  of  all 
w'^''  orders  is  from  tyme  to  tyme  to  bee  sent  the  Comp  in  London. 

It  is  ordered  by  theise  presents,  that  a  coppye  of  the  acts  &  orders  made 
tliis  present  day  for  settelling  the  gouerment  in  the  plantacon  of  the  Mas- 
satchusetts  Bay  aforesayd,  shalbee  fayreley  ingrossed,  &  sent  vnder  the 
Companies  scale,  subscribed  by  the  GoQno'  &  Dep''',  by  the  speedyest  con- 
ueyance  for  Newe  England  that     x     bee  had.  [See  page  361.] 

All  this  conffirmed  by  erection  of  hands. 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND. 


istred  them  in  Newe  England. 


Thursday,  the  7  May,  1629. 


Pkesent, 


The  Gofl, 
M''  Dep*y, 
IM''  Ahlcrsey, 
JSI"^  Addams, 
M'  Hutchins, 


M'  Cowlson, 
W  Nowell, 
M'  Humpluy, 
M'-  Tho :  Pulyston. 


THE  last  Court  Avas  read  and  confirmed  by  these  present. 
A  ffornie  of  an  oeth  for  the  Gouerno''  beyond  the  seas,  [&]  of  an  oeth 
for    the  Counsell  there,  was  ch-awen  &  dd    to  M'   Humphry  to  sheue    to 
Counsell. 

Lrs  are  to  bee  written  about  lands  to  bee  allotted  to  ech   aduentui-er ; 
also  about  M'  Fra :  Webbs  buiseynes  for  a  niLlI,  etd. 

To  haue  those  punnished  beyond  seas  that  sell  guns. 
To  haue  some  mens  lands  layd  together. 


39 


M'  Walgraue,   jNP  Telham,   &   JP  Humphry,  &    W  Nowel,   arc    in-     10  2  9. 
treated  [to]  ffranie  the  forme    of  the  oeth    for  the    Goiiuo"',  M'  Endecott, 
also  for  his  Dep'y,  &  for  the  Counsell,  vr'^     x     x     x     sent  oQ  &  bee  admin- 


7  May. 


*The  nth  of  May e, 

1629. 

[*1K] 

11  May. 

Pkesent, 

M''  Deputy, 

M'  Humfi-yes, 

this  day. 

IsP  Tresui-er, 

M'W-Vassell, 

S'  Rich :  Saltinstall, 

M'^  Peeters, 

M''  Addams, 

M''  Pinchen, 

M'  Nowell, 

M'  [Foxjcrafte. 

M'^  Hutchens, 

THIS  daye  M'  Ouldum  propounded  vnto  M"  White,  that  he  woidd  liave 
his  patten  examined  ;  and  its  agred  by  the  Couite  not  to  haue  any  tre.atye 
w"*  him  about  it,  by  resone  its  thought  he  doth  it  not  out  of  louc,  but  out 
of  some  synister  respect. 

A  warrant  dd  vnto  M'  Seale  for  x  dozen  &  two  hats,  at  ij"  p  dozen, 


for  the  some  of 


20» 


uij" 


40  RECORDS    OF    THE    GOVERNOR    AND    COMPAJSIY    OE 

16  2  9.  The  13lh  of  Mayc,  1629. 

13  May.  PRESENT,    The  Goiienio'',  M'"  Pinchen, 

this  day,    M""  Dep'^,  M"'  Hutchens, 

M'  Tresm-er,  M'  Hewson, 

M'  Glouer,  M'  Backhouse, 

S"^  Eich :  Saltingstall,  M.''  Ballard, 

M'  Addams,  M'^  Crowther, 

M"^  Offeild,  M'  Whichcote, 

M'  Whetcombe,  M''  WMte, 

M"^  Foxcraft,  M'  Peeters, 

M'  "VV"  Vassall,  M'  Crane, 

M'^  Perry,  M'  Humphry, 

M"^^  Nowell,  M"-  [Sam  :  Vassjall. 

DD  a  warrant  vnto  Richard  Bowiy  lo''  twelue  pounds,  xij*,  as  |  pts  of  18*, 
the  other  -J  beeiag  to  bee  p"*  p  the  Goflno"",  &  is  for  liis  apprentice, 
Rofert  Seale,  his  tyme. 

M"'  Mathew  Cradocke  is  tliis  daye  chosen  by  the  consent  of  the  generalHty 
of  y*  Company  to  be  Governor  to  the  New  England  Companye  for  the  yeare 
•  followinge;  M''  Thomas  GofFe,  Deputy;  also,  M"' George  Harwood,  Tres- 
urer  to  the  said  Company. 

The  Assistants  beeing  this  day  to  bee  chosen,  2  of  the  former  Assistants, 
mencSned  in  the  pattent,  \iz^,  M"^  Jn°  Endecott  &  M"^  Jolm  Browne  bee- 
inge  out  of  the  land,  the  other  16  were  confj'rmed,  viz^,  S"^  Eich :  Saltonstall, 
M'  Izaack  Jonson,  M''  Samuell  Aldersey,  M''  Jolm  Ven,  M''  Jn°  Humphi-y, 
M''  Symon  "Wbetcombe,  Increase  Nowel,  Eich :  Perry,  Nathauiell  Wright, 
Sam :  Yassall,  Theojjhilus  Eaton,  Thomas  Addams,  The :  Hutchins,  George 
Foxcroft,  W™  Vassall,  &  W""  Piuchion ;  and  to  make  vp  the  nombr  of  18, 
M"^  John  Pocock  &  INI''  Clxr :  Cowlson  were  chosen  Assistants ;  and  of  theise 
all,  exceptuige  M""  Iz :  Jonson,  Sam :  Aldersey,  Jn°  Ven,  Nathaniel  Wright, 
Sam :  Vassal,  Theophilus  Eaton,  &  Clu- :  Cowlson,  tooke  there  oethes  ap- 
tajaimg. 

W™  Bwges,  Humplirey  Lewes,  Jn°  Washborue,  &  Lawrence  Eoe, 
beeing  all  putt  in  election  for  the  plase  of  Secretary,  by  a  free  election,  M' 
W™  Surges  was  chosen  Secretary  for  the  yeere  ensuinge. 

Humpluy  Seale  chosen  &  sworen  Beadle. 

It  is  this  day  ordered,  that  whensoeuer  any  Court  of  Assistants  shalbee 
sumoned,  whosocQ  of  the  Assistants  comes  not,  twixt  25  M'^''  &  29  of  Sep- 
temt,  before  eight  of  y*  clock  in  y"  morning,  &  from  29  7*"'  to  25  'M'^^,  befoi'e 
9  of  y"   clock  in  the    morning,  shall    forfeit  twelue  pence   for   cucry   such 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND. 


41 


offence ;  &  if  he  come  not  w"^in  toM'e  bowers  after  cither  of  the  s''  howrcs  1  G  2  9. 
respectyuelev,  then  towe  shillings  for  enery  clefalt ;  ech  man  to  fforffett  &  "  'i  "' 
pay,   &  for  want  of  payment  w^'in     ^     daies  after  demand    made  by  the  *^' 

officer  [of]   the    Comp,    tho    ffyne    doble,  to    bee    sett  vppon    liis    accomte ; 
allwayes     x     vppon     x     of  the  GoQno"'     x     no  ffull  ex     x     apjjrobacon     x 


[In  tliis  place,  in  the  midst  of  the  last  record  of  Secretary  Washborne,  several  pages  of  the  original 
volume,  containing  certain  records  of  a  miscellaneous  nature,  such  as  oaths,  orders,  &c.,  ■written  by 
difl'erent  persons,  chiefly  by  Secretaries  Burgis,  Bradstreet  and  Nowell,  have  been  erroneously  introduced, 
probably  when  the  manuscript  was  rebound.  In  order  that  the  records  may  be  continuous,  these  are 
transferred  to  the  latter  part  of  the  printed  volume.] 

*It  is  also  agreed,  that  for  aney  y'  shall  haue  pryuat  conference,  after  y'= 
Court  is  summoned,  by  the  GoQuo"',  or  liis  Dep'-^,  knocking  of  the  haiiier  thiice 
on  the  table  to  sitt  downe  &  attend  y''  Court,  that  six  pence  by  eueiy  pson 
for  euery  such  offence  shalbee  payd. 

It  is  agreed,  that  three  pounds  shalbee  p"*  Jn"  Washebourne  for  his 
paynes  as  Secretary  to  the  Companie  for  the  tyme  past. 

[Here  the  Records  cease  to  be  in  the  handwriting  of  Secretary  John  AVashbome  ;  and  the  subsequent 
pages  of  the  manuscript,  as  far  as  the  oith  page,  were  wiitten  by  Secretary  William  Burgis.] 


[*19] 


The  J\ames  of  the  GovJ'nor,  Deputie,  Treasorer,  and  Assistants, 
for  the  Yeare  1629,  Sf  other  Officers. 

M'  jNIatthew  Cradocke,  Goano' ; 

M--  Tho  :  Goffe,  Deputy  ; 

M"^  George  Harwood,  Treasorer  ; 


S''  Richard  Saltonstall, 
M''  Isack  Johnson, 
M'  Sam :  Aldersoy, 
M'  John  Venn, 
M'  John  Humfrey, 
M""  Symon  Whetcombe, 
JP  Increase  Nowell, 
IM''  Richard  Perry, 
M'  Nathaniel!  Wright, 

William 
Humphr 
VOL.    I.  6 


Assistants. 

W  Samuell  Vassal!, 
M"^  Thcophilus  Eaton, 
M"^  Tliomas  Adams, 
M'  Thomas  Hutclims, 
M'  Georg  Foxcroft, 
IM"-  Wiiim  Vassal!, 
M'  Wittm  Pinchion, 
M""  John  Pocock, 
^I"'  Chistopher  Cowlson ; 

Biu'gis,  Secretarie  ; 
ey  Scale,  Beadle./ 


Go'. 

Deput. 

Trer. 


Assistants. 


Sec: 
Beadle. 


42 


RECORDS   OF   THE   GOVERNOR   AND    COMPANY  OF 


16  2  9. 

18  May. 

[*20.] 


*At  a  Court  of  Assistants,  on  Miindaij,  the  18""  of  May,  1629. 


P-SENT,    M"'  Goduo^ 
M'  Deputie, 
S'  E, :  Soltonstall, 
M""  Geo:  Harwood,  Tier., 
M""  Jn" :  Humpluey, 


M''  Tho :  Adams, 
M''  Sym :  Whetcombe, 
M"^  Ri :  Perry, 
M'  Jo :  Pocock, 
INI'  Geo :  Foxcroft./ 


Officers  in 

N;  E. 


WILLIAINI  BURGIS,  chosen  by  the  last  Geflall  Court  to  bee  Secretarie 
for  the  yeare  ensuinge,  Tvas  now  admitted  &  sworne  accordingly ; 
vpon  the  salarie  of  xx  Marks  from  the  day  hee  was  chosen,  for  the  s'^  yeare./ 

The  Acts  made  at  a  Comt  the  SO*  of  Apr  last,  for  chusing  &  establish- 
ing a  Goiiuo'',  Deputie,  Councell,  &  other  officers  in  New  England,  was  now 
read  ;  and  this  Court  thought  fitt  to  add  therevnto,  that  they  slialbe  established 
in  their  s*  seQall  places  for  one  whole  yeare,  or  till  such  tyme  as  the  Com- 
pany heere  shall  thiuke  fitt  to  chuse  others  in  the  places  of  them,  or  any  of 
them ;  and  that  in  case  any  of  them  shall  dept  this  lyfe  before  th'xpiracon 
of  the  tyme  they  were  see  chosen  for,  that  the  Goilno'",  or  Deputie,  and 
Councell,  at  an  ample  Court  assembled,  shall  haue  power  to  nominate  &  chusc 
fitt  pson  or  psons  to  succed  him  'or  them  soe  deceased  in  the  said  place  or 
places  for  the  residue  of  the  tyme  vnexpired./ 

M'  Humphreys  &  M'  Addams  are  desired  to  meete  and  consider  what 
pvisions  are  fitt  to  bee  now  sent  over  to  Cap* :  Jo  :  Indicott  &  liis  fl!amylie,  and 
to  pvyde  the  same  accordingly./ 

The  names  of  all  the  adventiu'ers  to  bee  now  sent  over,  w"^  the 
,    ,     seQall  soines  by  them  vnderwritten  :  and  it  it  bee  ordered  that  the  Goiinor 

Names  of  the  ■' 

adventurers  to  and  Councell  there  shall  haue  power  to  allott  vnto  every  pticuler  adventurer 
that  shall  desire  the  same  by  himselfe  or  his  assignees,  200  acres  of  land  vpon 
the  soine  of  50'  adventure  in  the  geiiall  stock  in  this  first  devident,  & 
pj)ortionably  for  more  or  less  according  to  their  severall  adventiu-ers./ 

*And  W  GoQno'^,  Deputie,  M"^  "WTiyte,  &  M"^  Addams,  &  M"^  "VYhetcombe 
are  to  meete  at  M'  GoQno"  house  to  morrow  morning  at  six  of  the  clock, 
to  advise  &  conclude  of  tliis  business./ 


Pvisions   for 
M'  Endecott. 


bee  sent  over. 


200  ac. 


[*21.] 


19  May. 


The  m"  of  May,  1629. 


[Present,]    W  Goano"-, 
M'  Whyte, 


M''  "NVlietcombe, 
M'  Adams./ 


CONCERNING  the  allottm'  of  land  to  those  psons  as  are  adventiu-ers  in 
the  cofnon  stock,  it  is  thought  fitt  that  ires  bewritt  to  the  Goiino""  to  sett 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IX    NEW    ENGLAND.  43 

out  &  allott  viito  them  after  the  pporcon  of  200  a6  of  land  ffor  50'  aduenter,  1  G  2  9  . 
&  after  y'  rate  for  more  or  less,  to  the  intent  to  build  their  houses  &  to  improoiie  *  >  ' 
there  labors  therou  ;  and  if  w"'in  10  dayes  after  their  arrlvall,  &  demand  made  ''^' 

by  aney  pticuler  aduenterrer  in  y'^  coiiion  stock,  or  his  seruant  ffor  him,  the 
same  be  not  soe  allotted,  then  each  man,  being  an  adventurer,  is  heereby  Ailottm'»of 
pmittcd  ffrce  liberty  to  build  in  aney  plase  where  himselfe  shall  thinke  most 
convenient,  w""  reseruaciSn  not  to  build  or  manure  that  alreddy  built  on  or 
manured ;  puided,  y'  if  the  plott  of  ground  Avhereon  the  towne  is  intended  to 
bee  built  bee  sett  out,  y'  it  bee  publiqueley  knowne  to  bee  intended  for  that 
purpose,  that  then  noe  man  shall  presume  to  build  his  howse  aney  where  else, 
(vnless  it  bee  in  the  Slassachusctts  Bay,  and  there  according  to  such  direc- 
tions as  shalbee  thowght  meete  for  that  plase  ;)  but  in  case  his  allotment 
be  not  sett  out  w"'in  the  townc  '\A'here  he  shall  build,  &  hailing  [in]  his 
owne  name,  or  in  the  behalfe  of  his  master,  made  request  to  the  GoQnor  to 
haue  the  same  assigned  to  him,  if  it  bee  not  done  w^'in  10  dales  after  his  ar- 
ryuall,  it  shalbee  ffreey  ffor  aney  in  such  case,  beeing  an  adventre'  in  the 
coinon  stock,  to  build  his  howse  w"'in  the  fores''  plott  of  ground  sett  out  for 
the  towne  to  bee  built  on,  &  to  impale  to  his  oA^'ne  vsse  preporconable  to 
halffe  an  acre  of  ground  for  50'  advcntcr  in  y"  coinou  stock,  vnless  a  greter 
or  lesser  prcj)orc6n  be  formerley  determyned  of  by  the  GoQnor  &  Counsell ; 
in  w"^"*  case,  that  jjporcbn  is  to  bee  made  vse  of  &  appropriated  to  ech  man 
w'l'in  y*  liberties  of  y*  plott  sett  out  ffor  the  toAvne  to  bee  built  ;  and  it  is 
ordered,  that  conueyance  bee  made  in  y*  Companies  name,  w"*  llic  coiiion 
scale  of  the  Comp  to  it,  to  aney  y'  shall  desire  it,  for  ech  mans  pcasable 
inioymg  of  y"  land  he  holds,  at  the  chardge  of  the  Company./ 

*It  is  further  thought  fitt,  &  ordei'ed.  That  all  such  psons  as  goe  over  at       [*22.] 
their  owne  charge,  and  are  adventurers  in  the  comon  stock,  shall  haue  lands  AUottm'  of 

,       Lands. 

allotted  to  them  for  thcmselues  and  their  families  forthw"^,  50  acres  of  land 
for  each  pson  ;  but  being  noe  adventurers  in  the  coiuon  stock,  shall  have  50 
acres  of  land  for  the  M"'  of  the  familie,  &  such  a  pporcon  of  land  more, 
if  there  bee  carise,  as,  according  to  theu-  charge  &  quaUtie,  the  GoQuo''  & 
Councell  of  New  England  shall  tliinke  necessary  for  them,  Avhereby  their 
charge  may  bee  fully  &  amply  supported  ;  vnless  it  bee  to  any  w"^  whom 
the  Company  in  London  shall  make  any  other  pticuler  agreem* ;  to  w''''  rela- 
con  is  to  bee  had,  in  such  case./ 

And  for  such  as  transport  servants,  land  shalbe  allotted  for  each  servant, 
50  acres  to  the  m'' ;  w''*'  land  the  m''  is  to  dispose  of  at  his  discression,  in 
regard  the  servants  transportacon,  wages,  ^(5,  is  at  the  m"  charge. 


44  KECORDS    OP    THE    GOVERNOR    AND    COMPANY    OF 


16  2  9.  A  Court  of  Assistants,  on  Thursday,  the  21'"  of  May,  1629. 

21  May.  P^SENT,     jSI"'  GoQuo'.  M''  Bilson, 

M"^  GofF,  Deputie,  M"^  Th :  Huson, 

M"^  Harwoocl,  Tier,  M''  Inc  :  Nouell, 

M'  Addams,  M'^  Humplu-ey, 

W  AVliiclicoyte,  Capt :  Waller, 

M"^  Foxcroft,  M'  Hutcliius./ 
M'  Eaton, 


M' 


R  EATEN  tooke  the  oath  of  Assistant.  And  hee  is  desu-ed  to  accom- 
pany M"^  Humphrey  to  M"^  Whyte,  the  Conncello',  to  bee  satisfied  con- 
cerning the  administer°g  othes  to  the  Goflno''  &  Couucell  in  New  England. 
M''  Whetcombe  is  also  desired  to  bee  w*  them./ 

The  Court  of  the   18*  of  May  was  now  read,  as  also  the  order  con- 
ceived by  M"^  GoQno'',  and  others,  concerning  the  allottm'  of  lands,  &  a  pt 

£re  ^^  April,  of  the  letter  forMy  -vvritten  in  this  pticuler  was  confirmed ;  whervnto  tliis 
Court  thought  fitt  to  add,  if,  w^'in  10  dayes  after  ai'rivall  of  these  shipps,  & 
demand  made  by  any  pson,  adventurer  in  the  coiii  stock,  or  his  or  their  ser- 
vant, of  their  allottm'  of  land,  the  same  not  being  done,  that  in  a  convenyent 
place  not  foruJly  built  nor  manured,  then  each  pson  be  pmitted  to  seate  Mm- 
selfe,  and  build  liis  house,  &  incose  the  same  to  his  or  their  vse,  not  ex- 
ceeding the  one  halfe  of  that  pporcon  vf"^  by  the  foruJ  order  of  tliis  Court  is 
allowed  ;  and  when  the  devydent  is  made,  to  bee  free  to  make  liis  choice  w^'in 
the  said  allottm',  if  hee  dislike  that  hee  had  foriiJly  chosen./ 
[*23.]  *It  is  thought  fitt  that  the  Secretary  di-aw  out  at  large  the  orders  con- 

Ord"  to  bee  cerninge  the  establishm*  of  the  Godno""  &  Councell  in  New  England,  as  also 
the  order  made  concerning  the  allotmen*  of  lands  ;  and  M'^  GoQno'',  Mr 
Deputie,  M'  Trer,  W  Addams,  M''  Eaten,  W  Hutchins,  M'^  Nowell,  INI' 
Whetcombe,  M'  W"^  Vassal,  or  any  4  of  them,  wherof  the  Go""  or  Deputie 
to  bee  alwayes  one,  axe  desired  &  appointed  to  meete  and  resolixe  of  these 
orders,  &  to  affix  the  Companyes  scale  thervnto,  as  also  for  ^paring  ires  to 
bee  now  written,  &  to  resolue  &  determine  of  all  other  business  req^msita 
for  dispatch  of  these  sliipps./         [See  page  363.] 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND. 


45 


A  Meeting  at  the   GoiCno''s  House,  on  Friday,  the  22"'  of  May, 

1629. 


P-SEXT,     M""  Goiiiio^ 
Deputie, 


M''  Adams, 
M'^  Humplii'ey./ 


THE  orders  drawne  for  tU'stablishni'  of  the  GoQno'',  Deputie,  &  Coun- 
ccll,  &  other  officers  in  the  plantacbu  at  the  Mattuchusetts  Bay  in  New 
Enghind,  as  also  the  orders  for  the  devyding  &  allottm'  of  hmd  there  to 
the  adventurers  &  others,  were  now  read,  advised  on,  corrected,  and  con- 
cluded on,  iS,  togeather  w*  the  geiiall  ire  from  the  Company  heere  to  the 
GoQno''  &  Councell  there.  All  w''''  are  appointed  to  bee  fxirely  engrossed, 
and  the  said  orders  to  bee  sealed  w"'  the  conion  seale  of  the  Companie,  and 
sent  over  vpon  the  shipps  now  ready  to  dept  for  New  England./ 


Orders  for  es- 
tablishing of 
officers  in  N : 
E. 


A  Geii'-all  Court,  the  11"'  of  June,  1629. 


P"SENT,     M-^  Goano'-, 
M'  Deputie, 
M'  Harwood,  Trer, 
ISI""  Adams, 

'  M"'  Jo  :  Venn, 

M'  Backhouse, 


M"-  W"  Vassall, 
M'  Webb, 
M'  Humfrey, 
INI'  Crane, 
M'  Pulliston, 
M''  Foxcroft./ 


THIS  Court  was  apipointed  to  take  consideracon  of  raising  of  monyes  for 
paym'  of  divers  debts  &  bills  ;  and  thervpon  an  estimate  was  made  of 
what  was  owing,  p  seflalls  bills,  &  w'^''  are  of  necessitie  to  bee  jpsently  paid./ 

That  another  day  bee  appointed,  &  the  whole  Company  to  bee  sum- 
oned  by  ticketts,  w'^''  is  thought  fitt  to  bee  on  Wensday  next./ 

M'  Godden,  m''  of  the  sliipp  ^  ,  made  demand  of  ffraight  ]5tended  to 
bee  due  vnto  him  for  liis  last  voyage  ;  but  hee  not  expressing  a  certaine  soiue, 
tliis  assembly  tliinke  fitt  to  deferr  him  till  the  next  Court ;  and  in  the  meane 
tyme  hee  is  desired  to  bring  in  a  note  of  what  is  due,  as  also  to  giue  seciuitie 
to  the  Company  to  free  them  from  any  fm-ther  demands,  f[c,  and  thervpon  a 
fynall  conclusion  therof  to  bee  made./ 


[*24.] 

11  June. 


4fr 


RECORDS    OF    THE    GOVERNOR    AND    COMPANY    OF 


1  G  2  9 .  *A  Gen^'all  Court,  at  the  Deputycs  House,  on  Wensday,  the 

IT'"  of  June,  1629. 


17  June. 

[*25.] 

P-'SENT,    M'^  GoQuo--, 
M"  Deputie, 
S-^  R :  Saltonstall, 

M'  Cooke, 
M'  Clarke, 
M-^  Ballard, 

M""  Geo  :  Foxcroft, 

INI"'  Pulison, 

W  Ei  :  Perry, 

W  Walgraue, 

M-^  Adams, 

M''  Backhouse, 

M'  Wlutcombe, 

W  Dauis, 

M^'  Pococke, 
]\I''  Johnson, 
M'  Noell, 
]M'-  Harwood,  Trer, 

M"^  Edm :  Whyte, 
Cap?  Waller, 
Capt  Venn, 
M"^  Davis, 

M^  Whyte, 

M'  Tho  :  Andrewes, 

M'  Pelham, 

M'  AWsoy. 

M 


R  ^  Johnson  was  sworne  an  Assistant  of  this  Company,  being  chosen 
thervnto  at  a  Conrt,  the  13"^  of  May,  1629./ 

M"^  GoQno''  moved  that  a  course  might  bee  setled  for  bringing  in  of 
monyes  ;  and  M""  Trer  returned  a  note  concerning  the  Lecestershire  men.  It 
was  propounded,  — 

To  encrease  their  foriS  subscricons ; 

To  invyte  others  to  vnderwryte  ; 

To  borrow  mony  for  a  tyme,  to  supply  th'occasions  ; 

To  take  vpp  mony  at  interest./ 

That  those  heere  psent  doe  furnish  200  or  100  a  peece,  to  haue  alloAV- 
ance  for  it./ 

JYames  of  those  in   Court  that  vnderwritt  to  lend :  — 

S'  R :  Saltonstall,  .     .  100* 

M'Goano"-,  ....  150 

M"^  Deputie,       .     .     .  050 

Perrie, 025 

Addams, 050 

Increase  Noell,       .     .  25 


George  Harwood, 
Rich :  Whyte,    . 
M^  Clark,     .     . 


50 


25 


Sym :  Whetcomb,     . 

25 

Tho  :  Hutcliins,  .     . 

25 

Edw :  Cooke,       .     . 

50 

Dan :  Ballard,      .      . 

25 

Edm :  Whyte,      .     . 

20 

Joseph  Caron, 

25 

Aldersey,  .... 

50 

Tho :  Andrewes, 

25 

The  Court  taking  into  consideracon  the  nccessitie  of  a  psent  supply  of 
the  soine  of  ffifteenc  hundred  pounds,  for  discharging  of  debts  &  bills,  and 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND  47 

that  the  moiiyes  viider\vrittcii  by   the   acbenturcrs,  &   not  yctt  brought  in,     1  G  2  9 . 
nor  not  Ukely  to  bee  brought  in,  in  convenycnt  tynic  for  satisfaccon  of  those    "        '    ~~' 
debts  and  bills  w"^""  are  of  necessitic  to  bee  j?sently  paid  ;  vpon  seQal  pposicbns  "°'^' 

made,  it  [is]  desired  «&  concluded  on,  that  those  of  the  Company  heere 
^sent  would  each  of  them  voluntarilie  lend  such  a  soiiic  of  mony  as  hee 
shall  thinke  fitt,  for  advancing  the  soiiie  Avanting,  and  to  haue  the  coiuon 
seale  of  the  Companie  for  the  rei^aym'  therof,  according  to  the  tpne  for  w'^'^ 
hee  or  they  soe  lend  the  same  ;  and  also  that  the  Secretarie  bee  appointed,  to 
goe  to  such  others  of  the  Companie  not  ^sent  as  INI''  GoQno''  shall  name,  to 
intimate  the  same  vnto  them,  &  to  desire  them  to  vndcrwrytc  what  somes 
they  will  lend  for  this  occasion,  according  as  many  of  the  Comp  heere  ^sent 
haue  done./ 

And  it  is  ordered,  that  the  comon  seale  of  the  Company  bee  giuen  to 
them,  &  all  others  that  will  lend,  for  rej^aym'  therof  at  such  tyme  as  they 
shall  desire  the  same./ 

*Audito''s  appointed   for   auditing  the  accompts,  vizj,  M''  Syanon  Whet-       [*26.] 
combe,  W^  Nathauiell  AVright,  M''  Noell,  JNP  Perry,  M""  Crane,  M"^  Clarke,  Auciitcs 

appointed. 

M'  Eaton,  and  ]\P  Andrewcs ;  these  8,  or  any  4  or  more  of  them,  to  meete 
at  a  convenyent  tjone  &  place  to  audite  the  accompts./ 

A  coiTiittce  for  reducing  of  all  fonii!  orders   into  a  methode,  vizJ,  the  Coffiittec  to 
Goiino'^,  M''  ^\^lyte,  M'  Dauenport,  ]\I'  Johnson,  Capt  Waller,  Capt  Venn,  ^^l^^^  j^g  ^ 
M'  Aldersey,  ISI'  Adams,  M"^  Wright,  &  M"^  Darby,  they  or  any  4  of    ^,  methode. 
and  to  psent  the  same  to  the  next  Genlall  Couit,  to  bee  ratyfied  &  confii-med, 
in  pt  or  in  whole,  as  shalbe  then  thought  fitt ;  w"''  are  then  by  the  Secretary 
to  bee  entered  into  a  faire  booke  to  bee  kept  for  that  purpose,  according  to 
the  vsage  &  custome  of  other  Companyes./ 


*J1  Geifall  Court,  halden  for  the  Company  of  the  Mattachusetts  [*2T.] 
Bay,  in  JS'ew  England,  at  M'  Deputyes  House,  on  Tewsday,  the  ^sjuiy. 
28  of  My,  1629. 

P'SENT,     M''  Matt  :  Cradock,  Go'',  M'  Increase  Noell, 

M'  Thomas  GofF,  Dep?,  M""  Symon  Whetcombe, 

M'  George  Hai'wood,  Trer,  M'  John  Pococke, 

M''  Thomas  Adams,  M""  Colson, 

M''  Nathaniell  Wright,  M''  Hutchins, 

M""  Theophilus  Eaton,  M'  Willjam  Pinchon, 

M'  Kichard  Perry,  M'  Sam  :  Vassall,   Assistants./ 


48 


RECORDS    OP    THE    GOVERNOR    AND    COMPANY    OF 


Accompts  to 
bee  audited. 


Mocon  to  buy 
tlie  shipp 
Eagle. 


[*28.] 


Ere  from  Capt 
Endccott  read 


Proposicons  of 
John  Betts. 


M"^  Jos :  Bradshawe, 

M'  Biu-nell, 

M'  Rivet, 

M-^  Dan :  Ballard, 

M"'  Spurstowe, 


M'  Tho :  Hewson, 

M""  Woodgate, 

M'  Web, 

M""  Crane,   GeSalitie./ 


THE  business  treated  on  at  the  last  meeting  was  now  read  ;  and  tlier- 
vpon  the  accompts  of  'M.'  GoQno'",  M'^  Dej)utle,  and  M''  Trer,  being  now 
psented  to  tliis  Court,  the  Audito'^  formlly  appointed  for  auditing  the  Comp 
accompts,  were  now  desired  to  meete  &  puse  &  audite  these  accompts ;  w'^'' 
they  haue  agreed  to  doe  to  morrow  in  th'afternoone./ 

It  was  moved  by  M""  GoClno'',  that  a  shipp  of  400  tonn  &  of  good  force 
being  now  to  bee  sold,  should  bee  bought  for  the  Companyes  vse,  vpon  their 
gefilall  stock ;  or  that  some  pticuler  members  of  the  Comp  would  vndertake 
to  buy  the  said  shipp,  in  regard  the  Company  are  not  now  in  cash  ;  &  that 
the  Company  will  not  only  imploy  that  sliipp,  but  take  other  shipps  of  them 
of  less  defence,  for  transport  of  their  cattle  &  all  other  coniodities,  from 
tyme  to  tyme,  soe  long  as  they  shalbe  ■snlling  to  fui'nish  such  *shi232)ingc  ; 
whervpon  M''  GoQno""  declared  that  liee  was  willing  to  take  ^  pt  of  the  s"* 
shipp,  or  vnder. 


and  did  wryte 
M''  Deputie, 
M"^  Adams,    .     . 
M'  Wright,   .     . 
M"^  Eaton,      .     . 
M"^  Whetcombc, 


ipt. 


i'b 


W  Revell,  . 
M"^  Aldersey, 
M'  Milbimie, 
M'  Huson,  . 
The  Company, 
Id./ 


tV  pt. 


Iff 
I 

tV 
I 


A  ire  of  the  27""  of  May  from  INI''  Jo  :  Endecott  was  now  read,  wherin, 
amongst  other  things,  hee  complaines  of  the  pphane  &  dissolute  lining  of 
divers  of  o''  nation,  form!  traders  to  those  pts,  and  of  their  irregular  trading 
w"*  the  Indians,  contrary  to  his  late  Ma*'  pclamacon,  desiring  that  the  Com- 
pany would  take  the  same  into  their  serious  conslderacon,  &  to  vse  some 
speedy  means  heere  for  reformacon  therof.  Whervpon  the  proclamacbn 
made  in  Anno  1622  was  read ;  &  it  is  thought  fitt  that  suite  bee  made  to 
his  Ma'^  or  the  lords  for  renewing  therof,  w***  addicon  of  such  benefitiall 
clauses  as  shalbe  needfull  for  reforming  so  great  &  vnsufFerable  abuses  ;  and 
M'  GoQno'',  M""  Aldersey,  M'  Wright,  and  M''  Eaton  are  desii-ed  to  repaire  to 
the  Lo  :  Keep  &  M'  Sec  :  Coke  to  acquaint  their  hono'''  herew"",  and  after- 
wards a  peticon  to  bee  l^sented  to  the  Councell  Board  accordingly./ 

A  note  of  divers  pposicons  offred  to  the  consideracon  of  this  Company 
by  one  John  Betts  was  read,  ^tending  that  hee  is  able  to  discoQ  divers  tilings 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    J5AY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  49 

for  the  good  &  advancem'  of  the  plantacon,  &  the  bcnefitt  of  tliis  Company  ;  16  2  9. 
whervpon  some  of  those  heere  J?sent  were  desired  to  cnquii-c  further  of  him,  ''""^  "•  ' 
not  only  of  his  abilitie,  but  of  liis   deportm*  in  his  lyfe  &  convcrsacon,  and  "  ^' 

then  the  Company  to  treat  av"'  him  as  they  shall  tliinke  fitt./ 

*Also,  M"^  Webb  moued  concerning  a  French  man,  being  a  phisitian,  and        [*29. 
otherwise  well  qualifyed,  who  is  desirous  to  goe  over  to  line  vpon  the  Com-  ^  French  phi- 
panys    plantacbn,   &  gaue  good  coinendacons  both  of  his  suffyciency  &  of 
his  godly  lyfe  &  conversacbn  ;  and  of  one  JP  Gardner,  an  aljle  «&  expert  man 
in  divers  faccultyes  ;  who  are  to  bee  further  enquired  of  &  treated  w"',  against 
the  next  meeting  of  the  Companie./ 

It  is  also  thought  fitt  &  ordered,  that  ires  bee  written  to  those  in  the  £re  to  be  writ- 
country  to  23ay  in  what  they  arc  behinde  vpon  their  subscripcons  ;  &  that  f^^  i,i.i„j,in„  ;„ 
some  tradesmen  hcere  in  London  that  haue  occasion  to  trauell  into  any  of  ^^"^  snbscnp- 

cons. 

those  pts,  bee  desired  to  receive  the  mony  on  the  Companys  behalfe./ 

And  lastly,  M'  GoQno'  read  certaine  pposioons  conceived  by  hiraseifc,  About  tians- 
A'izJ,  that  for  the  advancem'  of  the  plantacon,  the  inducing  &  encouraging  „o„pi,n,i 
persons  of  worth  &  qnalitie  ^  transplant  themselues  and  famylyes  thether, 
&  for  other  weighty  reasons  therein  contained,  to  transferr  the  goiinm'  of 
the  plantacon  to  those  that  shall  inhabite  there,  and  not  to  continue  the  same 
in  subordinacon  to  the  Company  heer,  as  now  it  is.  This  business  occasioned 
some  debate  ;  but  by  reason  of  the  many  great  &  considerable  consequences 
thcrvpon  depending,  it  was  not  now  resolued  vpon ;  but  those  ^sent  arc  de- 
sired privately  &  seriously  to  consider  hereof,  &  to  sett  downe  their  pticuler 
reasons  in  wiyting  p  &  contra,  &  to  pduce  the  same  at  the  next  Gefiall 
Court ;  where  they  being  reduced  to  heads,  and  maturely  considered  of,  the 
Company  may  then  pceede  to  a  fynall  resolucon  ther[on]  ;  and  in  the  meane 
tjnne  they  are  desired  to  carry  this  business  secretly,  that  the  same  bee  not 
divulged./ 


M  Gen'all  Court,  holden  at  M'  Deputyes  House,  the  '28  of  [*30.] 

August,  1629.  ^^^-s. 

P'SENT,    M'  GofF,  Deputie,  M''  Adams, 

M"^  Harwood,  Trer,  Cap!  Venn, 

S"^  Eichard  Saltonstall,  M"'  Pocock, 

M'  Johnson,  M"'  Perry, 

M'  Davenport,  M'  Colston, 

M''  ITumfreys,  M''  Pincliion, 

VOL.  I.  7 


50 


RECORDS    OF    THE    GOVERNOR    AND    COMPANY    OF 


1629. 


28  Aug. 


About  trans- 
fering  the 
goulim'. 


M'  W-^  Vassall, 
M'  Nowell, 
]\F  Foxcroft, 
W  Whyte, 
W  Cooke, 
M^  Ballard, 
INI''  Wright, 


M'  Whetcombe, 
M'  Smith, 
M"-  Revell, 
W  Dauis, 
M'^  Eaton, 
M'  Colbrand./ 


M' 


R  Deputie  acquainted  tliis  Court,  that  the  esjDetiall  cause  of  their  meet- 
ing was  to  giue  answere  to  divers  gent,  intending  to  goe  into  New 
England,  whether  or  noe  the  cliiefe  goQnm'  of  the  plantacon,  togeather  w"^ 
the  pattent,  shoidd  bee  settled  in  New  England,  or  hcere./ 

"Wliervpon  it  was  ordered,  that  tliis  afternoofie  M""  Wright,  M""  Eaton, 
M''  Adams,  M''  Spui'stowe,  and  such  others  as  they  should  thiuke  fitt  to  call 
vnto  them,  whether  they  were  of  the  Company  or  not,  to  consider  of  argum'^ 
against  the  setling  of  the  chiefe  goQnm*  in  New  England./ 

And,  on  the  other  syde,  S""  Richard  Saltonstall,  M''  Joluison,  Capt 
Venn,  and  such  others  as  they  should  call  vnto  them,  to  pjjare  argum'^  for 


the  setling  of  the  s'^  goflnm'  in  New  England 


and  that  to  morrow  morning. 


being  the  29"^  of  Aug :  at  7  of  the  clock,  both  sydcs  should  nieete  &  conferr 
and  weigh  each  others  argum'%  and  afterwards,. at  9  of  the  clock,  (w'^''  is  the 
tyme  appointed  of  meeting  for  a  Gefiall  Court,)  to  make  report  therof  to  the 
whole  Company,  who  then  will  determine  this  business./ 


[*31.] 

29  Aug. 

*J  Gea'alt  Court,  at  M"  Deputyes 

House,  the  29'"  of  ., 

P^SENT,    M"'  Deputie, 

M'^  Harwood,  Trer, 

S--  Ri :  Saltonstall, 

M'^  Perry, 

M"^  Johnson, 

M'  Foxcroft, 

M"^  Davenport, 

M'  Dauys, 

M"'  Aldersey, 

M"'  Ironsyde, 

JP  Humfrey, 

M'-  Pinchon, 

Capt  Waller, 

M-^  W"  Vassall, 

Cap?  Venn, 

]\I"-  Rowe, 

M'  Adams, 

M^  Ballard, 

M'  Eaton, 

M'  Nowell, 

M--  Sam  :  Vassal, 

W  Webb, 

W  Wright, 

W  AVhetcombe, 

M"  Colston, 

M"^  Colbrand./ 

M"  Pocock, 

THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  51 

THIS  day  tlic  comittces  ■\v'^''were  appointed  to  meete  yesterday  in  the  after-'    16  2  9. 
uooue  to  consider  of  arguments  pro  &  contra  touching  the  setlLng  of  the  '       ^ 

godnni'  of  the  Companyes  plantacSn  in  New  England,  being  according  to  set^s  the 
the  order  of  the  last  Court  mett  togeather,  debated  their  argum'^  and  reasons  souinn'  m 
on  both  sydes  ;  where  were  ^sent  many  of  the  Assistants  and  geEalitie ;  and 
after  a  long  debate,  M''  Deputie  put  it  to  the  question,  as  foUoweth : 

As  many  of  yo'^as  desire  to  haue  the  pattent  and  the  goQnm'  of  the  plan- 
tacon  to  bee  transferred  to  New  England,  soe  as  it  may  bee  done  legally, 
hold  vp  yo'  hands  :     Soe  many  as  will  not,  hold  vpp  yo''  hands./ 

Where,  by  ereccou  of  hands,  it  appeared  by  the  ge£all  consent  of  the 
Company,  that  the  gofinm'  &  pattent  should  bee  setled  in  New  England,  &  (^J^dered,  &c. 
accordingly  an  order  to  bee  di'awne  vpp./ 


*J  Gen'all    Court   holden  at  M"    DepuUjes  House,  the  IT  of         [*32.] 

Sept.,  1629.  19  Sept. 

P-SENT,    M'  Matt:  Cradock,  Go%  M'  Colson, 

U'  Tho  :  Goff,  Dep',  IP  Pinchon, 

M'  Geo  :  Harwood,  Trer,  M'  Hutcliins, 

M'  Spurstowe,  M'  Perry, 

S'P  Pocock,  M'  "\^Tietcombe, 
M'  Wrighte,  &  others./ 

AT  this  Court  ires  were  read  from  Capt  Endicott  and  others  from  New  E. : 
Business  of  M' 
and  whcras  a  difference  hath  fixlne  out  betwixt  the  Goilno''  there  &  M''  John  and  Sam- 
John  &  Samucll  Browne,  it  was  agreed  by  the  Court,  that  for  the  determinacttn 
of  those  differences,  'M'^  John  &  Samuell  Browne  might  choose  any  3  or  4  of 
the  Company  on  their  behalfe,  to  heare  the  said  differences,  the  Company 
choosing  as  many :  Whervpon  the  said  51''  John  and  Samuell  Browne  made 
choice  of  M'  Sam :  Vassell,  and  51"'  W™  Yassell,  M"^  Symon  "Wlietcombe, 
&  M"'  "\A"iiim  Pincliion ;  and  for  the  Companie  there  M'ere  chosen  M"'  John 
Whyte,  M""  John  Davenport,  M'  Isack  Joluison,  &  ]\P  John  Wyntliropp ; 
who,  w""  the  GoQno''  or  Deputie,  arc  to  determine  and  end  the  business  the 
first  Tewsday  in  the  next  tcarnie ;  and  if  any  of  the  aforenamed  ptyes  bee 
absent,  others  to  bee  chosen  by  ether  ptyes  in  their  stcadc./ 

For  the  vnlading  of  the  shipps  now  come,  vizj,  the  Lyons  "VVhelpe  and  vulading  the 
the  Talbott,  it  was  desired  that  the  Goflnor  &  Deputie  would  take  such  order  ^'"^P^- 
therin  as  they  should  thinke  fitt./ 


RECORDS    OF    THE    GOVERNOR    AND    COMPANY    OF 

And  lastly,  for  the  5  boyes  retiiniecl  from  New  England  ^'pon  the  Tal- 
butt,  it  is  to  bee  advised  on  what  course  to  bee  taken  for  their  nunishm',  ether 

19  Sept.  .  ^  . 

The  5  boys       ^J  i>cui-ing  M"'  Recorder  liis  wairaut,  by  complaning  to  the  Judge   of  the 
Admu'altie   or  otherwise./ 


Bent  back. 


•     [*33.J 

29  September. 


Transferring  of 
the  gou'nm'. 


£res  from  Jo  : 
&.  Sarauell 
Browne,  &c. 


*A  GcTfall  Court  holden  at  M'^  Deputyes  House,  on  Tewsday, 
the  29^'  of  Sept.,  1629. 

P^SENT,    M'  Matthew  Cradock,  Go'',  M"'  Andiewes, 

M'  Thomas  GofF,  Dep',  M-"  Roe, 

Capt  Waller,  M'  Revell, 

Capt  Venn,  M"^  Huson, 

M>^  Nath :  Wright,  M'  Webb, 

W  Tho  :  Adams,  M'  Woodgate, 

M''  Geo  :  Foxcroft,  M'  Puliston, 

W  Richard  Perry,  M'  Bateman, 

M'  Nowell,  M'  Wynche./ 
M'  Sym :  Whetcombe, 

AT  this  Court  were  read  the  orders  made  the  28""  &  29"^  of  August  last, 
concerning  the  transferring  of  the  pattent  &  goflnm'  of  the  plantac6n  into 
New  England :  but  that  business,  being  of  great  &  weighty  consiquences,  is 
thought  fitt  to  bee  deferred  for  determina[con]  \^ltill  S''  R.  Saltonstall,  M"^ 
Johnson,  &  other  gent  bee  come  vpp  to  London,  &  may  bee  heere  ^sent ;  and 
in  the  meane  tyme  it  was  ppounded  that  a  coiuittee  should  bee  appointed  to 
f>pare  the  business ; 

To  take  advice  of  learned  councell  whether  the  same  may  be  legally 
done  or  noe ; 

By  what  way  or  meanes  the  same  may  be  done,  to  corispond  w**",  and  not 
to  g>iudice  the  goiinm'  heere  ; 

To  consider  of  the  tyme  when  it  villbe  fitt  to  doe  it ; 

To  resolue  on  whom  to  conferr  the  goilnm' ;  and  divers  other  circum- 
stances materiall  to  bee  resolued  on,  ^(3./ 

The  next  thinge  taken  into  consideracon  was  the  iics  from  M'^  Jo :  & 
Samuell  Bro-ivne  to  divers  of  their  private  freinds  heere  in  England,  whether 
the  same  shoidd  bee  deUfled  or  detained,  &  whether  they  should  bee  opened 
&  read,  or  not ;  and  for  that  it  was  to  bee  doubted  by  pbable  circumstances, 
that  they  had  defamed  the  country  of  New  England,  &  the  Goilno''  & 
goQnm'  there,  it  was  thought    fitt   that  some    of   the  said  ires  should  bee 


THE    M.VSSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND. 


53 


1G29. 

29  September. 

[*34.] 


opened  &  public^uely  read,  Vi''^  was  *done  accordingly ;  and  the  rest  to 
remaine  at  ^L'  Deputycs  liouse,  &  the  ptyes  to  whom  they  are  directed  to 
haue  uotice,  and  IM""  GoQno'',  M"^  Deputie,  M'  Trer,  &  M"'  Wright,  or  any 
two  of  them,  are  intreatcd  to  bee  at  the  opning  &  reading  thereof,  to  the 
end  the  Company  may  haue  notice,  if  ought  bee  incerted  therein  yv"^^  may  bee 
piudlclall  to  their  goiinm',  or  plantacon  in  New  England./ 

And  it  is  also  thought  fitt  that  none  of  the  ires  from  M'  Sam :  Browne  shalbe 
deliQed,  but  kept  to  bee  made  vse  of  against  him  as  occasion  shalbe  ofFred./ 

The  business  of  cleering  the  2  shipps  lately  come  home,  paying  and  dis-  ciecring  ye 

.  "  ^_.  ,  .  ^,  ^  t*  nT    ii^ipps  lately 

charging  the  men,  and  housing  the  goods,  is  recomcnded  to  the  care  of  M''  come  home. 
Deputie,  who  hath  viidertaken  the  same./ 

It  is  also  thought  fitt    &  ordered,  that  the   Secretary  shall  wryte  out  a  Coppy  of  the 
coppy  of  the    foriul   grant  to  the   Erie   of  Warwick  &  others,   w''''   was    by  E^-ie^f  ^y„- 
them  resigned  to  this  Company,  to  bee  pscntcd  to  his  lJ>,  as  hee  having  ^"'=''- 
desired  the  same./ 

M"^  GoQno'^  moved  to  knowe  the  resoluGon  of  the  Comp  concerning  bu)-ing  Buying  the 
the  shipp   Eagle  ;  and  it  was  concluded  on,  as  foriSly,  that  the  said  shipp 
should  bee  bought  by  those  hereafter  named,  -visiy, 


The  GoQii',      .     . 

•      i 

M'-  Revell,       .     . 

.       T^ 

The  Deputie,    .     . 

■     tV 

M-'^ldersey,  .     . 

•       .        t-F 

M'  Adams,       .     . 

.      i 

M'  Milburne, .     . 

I 

M--  Wright,      .     . 

.      i 

M'  Huson,       .     . 

.    A 

M>^  Eaton,   .     .     . 

■     tV 

The  Companie,    . 

.     i 

M'  Whetcombe,    . 

.     tV 

And  M''  Goflno''  is  desii'ed  to  goe  on  &  conclude  the  bargaine  vpon 
such  tearmes  as  hee  can :  And  it  was  further  thought  fitt  &  resolued  on,  that 
this  shipp,  being  of  good  force,  and  bought  for  the  safety  &  bono"'  &  ben- 
efitt  of  the  plantacSn,  shall  alwayes  bee  pfcrred  in  that  voyage  before  any 
other  shipp,  and  to  haue  some  consideracon  in  her  fraight  aboue  other  shipps 
accordingly./ 

*It  is  also  thought  fitt,  for  the  psent  raysing  of  mony,  that  sale  bee       [*35.J 
made  of  the  beavo""  skins  ;  and,  to  that  XHirpose,  a  rate  was  now  sett  vpon  them  ^^^^^^ 
of  20'  p  i ;  and  M'  Nath"  Wright,  being  heere  ^sent,  is  to  haue   tpne  till 
to  morrow  to  accept  of  them  at  that  rate,  or  to  rcturne  his  answer ;  and  in 
the  meane  tyme  the  skins  not  to  bee  sold  vnder   that  rate,  the  sale  of  them  ■ 
being  referred  to  M''  GoQno"^  and  !M''  Deputie./ 

Also  some  speech  was  had  concerning  the  delifly  of  the  pet"  to  the  Ll'^  Lords. 
of  the  Coiincell ;  but  this  is  deferred  till  their  Lips  coming  to  London./ 


54  RECORDS    OP    THE    GOVERNOR    AND    COMPANY    OF 

1  6  2  9i  ^I"^  Trer  &  ]\I''  Adams  are   desired  to  make  an  abstract"  of  those  who  are 

""     "f    "'    behinde  w*"^  their  siibscripcons,  to  the   end  some   course  may  bee  taken  to 

29  September,  ^^jj  -^^  ^^^  ^j^^^^  monyes./ 

those  behinde  ^or  the  12  cowes,  &  3  calfes,  &  2  mares,  &  2  idles,  it  is  thought  fitt 

w  their  sub-     ^.j^^j.  ^j^      y^^^  forthw">  sold,  rather  then  kept  at  charges  all  this  winter  :  w'''^  is 

Ecnpcons.  *'  j.  <j 

Cowes  and        recoiTieuded  to  the  care  of  INI'"  Bateman  &  M"'  Huson./ 

calfes  to  bee  Also,  concerning  the  5  boyes  returned  in  the  Talbott,  M"^  Whetcome  & 

sold. 

_,  INI''  Noell  are   desired  to   acquaint  vS"^  Hen :   Martjni  w^^  their  misdemeano'', 

home.  &  to  advise  what  punishm'  may  bee  inflicted  vpon  them,  and  how  the  Comp 

may  bee  legally  discharged  of  them./ 
Jo :  &  Sarauell  Vpon  the  desire  of  INI""  John  &   Samuell  Browne,  it  is   thought  fitt  & 

ordered,  that  they  should  haue  a  coppy  of  the  accusac6n  sent  from  New 

England  ag'  them,  to  the  end  that  they  may  bee  the  better  p'pared  to  make 

answere  thervnto./ 
Clapboad.  M'' Wright  is  desired  to  take  care  of  the  sale  of  the  clapboard  &   other 

ires  to  bee  an-  WOod./ 

Also,  ires  from  Rofct  INIoulton,  the  sliipwright,  &  from  the  cowpers  & 
cleavers  of  wood,  consisting  of  clivers  pticulers,  were  now  read  ;  w'^''  are  to 
bee  abrcvyated,  and  fitting  answers  to  bee  made  vnto  them  by  the  retiu-ne  of 
the  next  shipps  to  New  England./ 


15  October. 


[*36.]  *_^  Gerfall  Court  at   t/ie  Deputycs  House,  on  Thursday,  the 

15  of  Odo.,  1629. 

P''SENT,    M"^  Matt :  Cradock,  Goano'",  ]\I''  Increase  Noell, 

M-^  Geo :  Haiwood,  Trer,  W  Ballard, 

S""  Eichard  Saltonstall,  ]\P  Eevell, 

M'^  Jolm  Dauenport,  M"^  Dudley, 

M''  Isack  Jolmson,  "M'  Wintlu-op, 

M'  Samuell  Aldersey,  M-"  Webb, 

M''  John  Humfry,  M'"  Huson, 

M"-  Nath :  Wright,  M-^  Young, 

M'  John  Venn,  M"^  Whichcoyte, 

W  Tho  :  Adams,  M""  Crane, 

M''  Wiil-m  Vassall,  M"^  Owen  Eoe, 

M"'  Symon  AVTretcombe,  M'  Forde,  w*^ 
M"^  William  Pynchion,  divers  others  of  the 

M"'  Geo  :  Foxcroft,  genlalitie./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  55 

THE  espetiall  and  only  occasion  of  this  meeting  beinge  to  consider  and      16  2  9. 
resolue  of  the  setling  the  trade  in  New  England,  (now  v^jon  transferring    '        '       ^ 
the  goQnin'    thither,)  for  th'  incouragm'  aswell  of  the  adventui-ers  in   the 
ioynt  stock  heere,  as  of  those  who  already  arc,  &  of  others  who  intend  to  Transferring 
goe  over  in  pson  to  bee  planters  there,  and  for  their  mutnall  corispondence  goumm'. 
&  behoofe,  and  the  aduancem'   of  the  plantacon  to   the  end  wh"^''  was  at  first 
intended :  The  Court  tooke   the  same   into  due  &  mature  consideracon ;  and 
after  a  long  debate,  and  sundry  opinions  given,  and  reasons  why  the  io-^nit 
stock  (w'^''  had  borne  the  brunt  of  the  charge  hetherto,  &  was  likely  to   bears 
much  more)  should  haue  certaine  coinodityes   appropriate  thervnto,  for  reem- 
bursm'  &  defraym'  thereof,  and  divers  obiections  being  made  to  those  reasons, 
all  w'^''  was  largly  discused  and  well  weighed,  the  Court,  in  conclusion,  for 
accomodacSn  of  both  pts,  fell  vpon  a  moderacon,  as  foUoweth,  vizj  : 

*That  the  Companye's  joint  stock  shall  haue  the  trade  of  beavo'  and  all       [*37.1 
other  ffiuTs  in  those  pts  soly,  for  the  tearme  of  7  yeares  from  this  day,  for  The  ioynt 

,.  .,  i»ii  11-  111  stock  to  haue 

and  in  consideracon  of  the  charge  that  the  joynt  stock  hath  vndergone  already,  the  trade  of 
and  is  yett  annually  to  beare,  for  th'  advancm'  of  the  plantacon./  veare""^  ^^^^° 

Tliat  for  the  charge  of  ffortyficacons,  the  Companyes  ioynt  stock  to  beare  charge  of  ffor- 
the  one  halfe,  and  the  planters  to  defray  the  other,  vizj,  for  ordnance,  muni-  ty^ycacons. 
tion,  powder,  ^<3  :  But  for  laborers  in  building  of  fforts,  ^,  all  men  to  bee 
employed  in   an  equall  pporcSn,  according  to  the  nomb   of  men  vpon  the 
plantacbn,   and   see   to    continue   \aitill    such    fitt   &    uecessarie  works  bee 
finished./ 

That  the  charge  of  the  ministers  now  there,  or  that  shall  hereafter  goe  Charge  of 
to  resyde  there,  as  also  the  charge  of  building  convenyent  churches,  and  all  other  pubiique 
other  pubiique  works  vpon  the  plantacon,  bee    in  like  manfil  indifferently  <=i'^rg<>s- 
borne,  the  one  halfe  by  the  Companyes  io)Tit  stock  for  the  said  tearme  of  7 
yeares,  and  the  other  halfe  by  the  planters./ 

That  the  ordnance  already  pvyded  for  fortyficacon  bee  rated  as  they  cost.  Ordnance,  &c. 

T         IT  T        n  •  •  1  •  1  to  bee  rated. 

as  also  all  powder  &  munition  whatsoever  concerning  amies,  soe  as  the  same 
bee  deliiled  there  for  pubiique  vse ;  and  this  to  bee  accompted  as  pt  of  the 
io}'nt  stock  of  the  Company./ 

All  w'^''  beelng  seQall  tymes  read,  was  by  M'  Goflno""  put  to  the  question, 
and  by  gefiall  consent,  by  ereccon  of  hands,  was  agreed  &  concluded  on,  and 
ordered  accordingly./ 

And  forasmuch  as   by  foriS  order   the    pattent  &    goQnni'  i[s]  to  bee  A  Comittee 

.  .  PIT  about  trans- 

h'ansferred  to  JNew  England,  a  comittee  is  apjiomted,  pt  of  the  adventurers  fcrm'oftiie 
heere,  &  pt  of  those  that  intend  to  goe  over,  viz^  :  ^°"  "" ' 


56 


IIBCOIIDS    OF    THE    GOVEllNOR    AND    COMPANY    OF 


1629. 


15  October. 


M"^  Dauenport, 
M'  Wright, 
M"'  Perry, 
Capt  Waller, 
Capt  Venn, 

S'  R  :  Saltoustall, 
]SI'  Johnson, 
M''  Winthrope, 
M'  Humfiy, 


M"^  Adams, 
M"^  Whetcombe, 
M'  Young, 
M"^  Spurstowe, 
&  M'  Eevell ; 

M'  Dudley, 
W  ^\a[ssall], 
M"'  [Pinchon,] 
&  M"-  [Do^vning ;] 


•W'ho  are  desired  to  nieete  tomorrow  morning,  to  conferr  of  &  drawe  fitt  & 
convenyent  clauses  to  bee  incertcd  in  articles  of  agreem*,  w'"''  may  bee  coiiio- 
dious  for  ether  pt,  and  to  p>pare  the  same  for  a  Court  of  Assistants,  ap- 
pointed that  afternoone  to  determine  therof./ 


[*38.] 

16  October. 


About  trans- 
ferring the 
gou'nm'. 


F'sons  to 
manage  the 
ioynt  stock. 

Fitt  the 
goumm^  bee 
transferred. 


*./l  Court  of  Assistants  at  the  Deputies  House,  on  Fryday,  the 

16  of  Octo.,  1629. 


Peeses-t,     jM''  Matth  :  Cradock,  Go% 
S--  R :  Saltonstall, 
M'  Is  :  Johnson, 
JP  Dudley, 
M''  Jo :  Humfry, 
Mr  yifm  Vassall, 
M'  Eevell, 
INP  Geo :  Foxcroft, 
M''  Adams, 


INI'^  Geo  :  Harwood,  Trer, 

M"'  Winthrop, 

INP  Iluson, 

W  Whetcombe, 

M'  Perry, 

HP  Pocock, 

^l^  Spurstowe, 

M'  Pinchon, 

Cap?  Venn, 

W  Sam  :  Vassall./ 


THIS  Court  was  appointed  to  treat  &  resolue,  that  vpon  the  transferring  of 
the  goiinm'  to  N.  England,  what  goQnm'  shalbe  held  at  London,  wherby 
the  future  charge  of  the  ioynt  stock  may  bee  cherished  &  ^served,  and  the 
body  politique  of  the  Company  remaine  and  increase./ 

What  psons  shall  haue  the  charge  of  the  managing  of  the  ioynt  stock, 
both  at  London  &  in  N.  England  ;  wherin  it  is  concccved  fitt  that  Cap?  En- 
decott  continue  the  goQnm'  there,  vnless  iust  ca^isc  to  the  contrarie/ 

These  and  other  things  were  largly  discussed  ;  and  it  was  thought  fitt  & 
natiuall  that  the  goQnm'  of  psons  bee  held  the  ^  the  goQnm'  of  trade  & 
marchandizes  to  be  hecrc  ; 

That  the  ioynt  stock  being  mutuall,  lioth  heere  &  there,  that  some  fitt 
psons  bee  appointed  for  managing  therof  in  botli  places  ; 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  57 

But  for  that  there  is  a  great  debt  o-«'ing  by  the  iopit  stock,  It  was  moved     16  2  9. 
that  some  course  might  bee  taken  for  cleeriug  therof,  before  the  goQnm'  bee    '       "^    "^ 
transferred  ;  and  to  this  purpose  it  was  first  thought  fitt  that  the  accompts  jiojon  f^r 
should  bee  aucUtcd,  to  see  what  the  debt  is  ;  but  the  business  not  admitting  fleering  the 

iojTit  stock  of 

any  such  delay,  it  was  desired  that  M'^  GoQno''  &  AP  Trer  would  meete  to  the  debts, 
morrow,  &  make  an  estimate  of  the  debts,  &  ^pare  the  same  against  a  meet- 
ing to  bee  on  Monday  next,  to  determine  this  question./ 

The  Shijip  Eagle  is  to  bee  fraighted  from  Biistoll./ 

Lastly,  ires  were  read  &  signed  to  W  Endecott,  M''   Skelton,  &  M"^  ^^^  *°  M'  Eu- 

dicott,  &c. 

Higgison,  as  appears  by  the  entryes  of  them  in  the  booke  of  coppyes  of  ires./ 


T 


*J  Meeting   at  J[t  Deputies  House,  on  Monday,  the  Iff''  of  [*i'd.] 

Odo.,  1629.  '""'"""'■ 

P''SENT,     M'  INIatth  :  Cradock,  Go',  M"'  Foxcroft, 

IM"^  Geo  :  Harwood,  Trer,  S"^  R.  Saltonstall, 

M'  Na :  Wright,  M"'  Isack  Johnson, 

Capt  Yenn,  M"^  Dauenport, 

M''  Pinchon,  j\I'  Whyte,  the  Preacher, 

M'  W""  Vassall,  M'  Whyte,  the  Councello'', 

M'  Huson,  W  Wynthropp, 

M'  Noell,  INI--  Dudley./ 

M'  Adams, 

H'OCCASION  of  this  meeting  being  to  resolue  of  the  alteracon  of  the  About  trans- 
goQnm*,  and  therin  to  consider  how  the  debts  vpon  the  ioynt  stock  shalbe  gou'nm'. 
first  discharged,  and  how  the    same  shalbe  hereafter  managed ;  and  herein 
what  was  fornJly  treated  on,  was  againe  related,  and  for  that  divers  questions 
will  arise  to  bee  determined  in  this  business,  w"^"^  will  take  vpp  much  tjine, 
and  cannot  bee  soe  convenyently  done  at  a  Coui't,  it  was  thought  fitt  that  cer- 
taine  comittees  bee  appointed  on  ether  pt  to  meete   &  make  pposlcons  each  ConUtteesto 
to  other,  &  sett  the  same  downe  in  wrjting ;  and  if  they  can,  to  agi'ee  &  con-    "^^  iPP°"i  « 
elude  of  a  fitt  end  to  bee  made  for  the  good  of  the  plautacon ;  and  if  any 
difference  happen  w'^''  they  cannot  agree  on,  that  then  the  same  bee  referred 
to   the  vmpage  &  determinacSn  of  some   of  the  preachers  to  bee  chosen  to 
that  purpose ;  who  are  desired  to   sett  downe   in  wiyting  what  they  shall 
thinke  in  conscience  is  fitt  to  bee   done,  indifferently  for  the   good  of  the 
worke  &  the  encouragm*  both  of  planters  &  adventurers :    And  to  this  pur-  Articles 
pose,  articles  betweene  the  planters  and  adventui-ers  for  pformance  of  M-hat 

vor,.  I.  8 


58 


RECORDS    OF    THE    GOVERNOR    AND    COMPANY    OP 


1629. 


19  October. 


shalbe  determined,  was  now  di-awne  by  M'^  Wliyte,  the  councello'',  read  & 
approued,  and  are  to  bee  p>sented  to  morrow  at  a  GeEall  Couit,  to  bee  raty- 
fyed,  &  then  sealed ;  and  at  that  Coiu't  the  GoQno'  &  Assistants  to  bee 
chosen  for  the  GoQnm'  in  N.  England./ 


[*40.] 
20  October. 


Shipp  Eagle. 


Eleccon  of  a 
new  Gouiic, 
&c. 


[•41.] 


*A  Gen^all  Court  holden  at  M'  Goff  the  Deputyes  House,  on 
Tewsday,  the  20'"  of  Ocfo.,  1629. 


SENT, 


M'  Matthew  Cradock,  Go"', 

S'^  Eichard  Saltonstall, 

M''  Isack  Jolmson, 

Capt  Jo :  Venn, 

INP  Aldersey, 

]\P  Nath :  Wright, 

Mr  Davenport,  )(.j^^.^. 

Mr  Whyte,        5 

ISIr  Wenthrop, 

M"^  Dudley, 

M"-  Puliston, 

M^  Ballard, 

M'  Geo  :  Harwood,  Trer, 

M'^  Job  Bradshaw, 

M"^  Jo :  H^^mfry, 

Mr  Cooke, 

Mr  W-  Vassall, 

W  Revell, 

INI"-  W""  Pinchon, 
Mr  Geo :  Foxcroft, 

Capt  Waller, 
M'  Balhu-d, 

M'  Increase  Noell, 
M'  Chi- :  Colson, 
Mr  Rich :  Perry, 
Mr  Tho :  Adams, 
Mr  Jo :  Pocock, 

Mr  Woodgate, 
]Vtr  Stephens, 
M'  Fr :  Flyer, 
M"^  Spm-stowe, 
M""  Huson, - 

Mr  Tho :  Hutcliins, 

Mr  Roe, 

Assistants ; 

Mr  Webb ;  w'!"  some  others 
of  the  genlalitie./ 

M' 


"R  GoQno''  caused  to  bee  read  the  order  fornJly  made  concerning  the 
buying  of  the  shipp  Eagle,  and  desired  to  knowe  the  pleasure  of  the 
Court  for  confii'macon  thereof:  whervpon  some  debate  being  had,  the  order 
was  well  approued  of ;  but  for  that  it  is  wished  that  the  gent  that  are  to  goe 
over  should  haiie  the  |  pt  of  the  s'^  shipp  w"^*"  was  foniJly  allotted  to  the  Com- 
panie,  (the  Companie  being  out  of  cash,  &  for  other  reasons,)  they  not  hau- 
ing  notice  thereof  till  now,  desired  tymc  till  the  after  noone  to  consider 
thereof,  &  to  giue  their  answere ;  w'"''  was  condiscended  vnto,  and  the  same 
is  then  to  bee  determined  accordingly./ 

After  W'^  ]\Ir  GoQno''  acquainted  those  psent,  that  the  espetiall  occa- 
sion of  sniiioninge  this  Court  was  for  the  eleccon  of  a  new  Goflnor, 
Deputie,  and  Assistants,  the  goQnni'  being  to  bee  transferred  into  New 
England,  according  to  the  former  order  and  resolucon  of  the  Company.    *But 


20  October. 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  gg 

before  the  Court  pccedcd  to  the  said  eleccon,  certaine  articles  of  agreem',  16  2  9. 
conceived  at  a  meeting  yesterday  betweene  the  adventurers  heere  at  home  &  '  ^ 
the  planters  that  are  to  goe  over,  aswell  for  the  mannaging  &  setling  of  the 
iojTit  stock  as  for  reconcilinge  of  any  differences  that  may  happen  vpon  this 
change  of  gou'nm',  was  now  read  &  recoiiiended  to  the  Court  for  their  aj^pro- 
bacttn,  and  for  the  nominac6n  &  appointm'  of  a  compitent  nomber  of  coinittees 
to  meete  &  treat  &  resolue  of  these  businesses.  The  articles  themselues 
were  approved  of,  and  5  coinittees  on  ether  pt  were  thervpon  chosen,  %izj,  A  cofiuttee 
S'  Richard  Saltonstall,  M'  Winthrop,  I\I^  Dudley,  M'  Johnson,  and  M-"  'pj  ™ted!" 
Hnmfry  for  the  planters  ;  and  for  the  adventurers  was  chosen,  M"^  Goflno"", 
M''  Aldersey,  M"'  Wright,  M""  Hutchins,  and  Cap^  Venn.  And  in  case  the 
said  coinittee,  or  the  greater  nomber  of  them,  should  differ  in  any  one  or 
more  pticulers,  &  not  agree  theron,  there  was  chosen  for  vmpiers,  M' 
Whyte,  the  councello'',  ^V  AVhyte,  of  Dorchester,  and  M'  Dauenport,  to 
whom  the  desition  &  determinacon  of  all  such  differences  is  referred,  accord- 
ing to  the  tenure  of  the  said  articles  of  agreem'.  And  it  being  further  taken 
into  consideracon,  that,  in  regard  of  the  shortness  of  the  tyme  limitted  to  the 
comittees,  many  things  of  waight  &  consiquencc  in  this  soe  great  a  business 
may  ether  not  bee  at  all  thought  on,  or  otherwise  left  unresolued  by  them  & 
the  s*^  vmpiers,  it  is  therefore  thought  fitt  by  this  Court  thatt  the  said  coinittee 
&  vmpiers  shall  continue  till  the  end  of  this  tearme  ;  and  whatsoever  materiall 
things  for  the  good  of  the  plantacbn  shall  in  that  tyme  bee  treated  on  &  re- 
solued  by  them,  the  same  to  bee  as  valide  &  effectuall  as  if  it  had  bin  done 
before  the  expiracJSn  of  the  tyme  limitted  by  the  articles.  And  it  was  further 
thought  fitt  that  all  such  others  of  the  Company  as  will  may,  from  tyme  to 
tyme,  haue  access  to  the  said  comittee,  to  ppound  such  things  as  they  conceive 
benefitiall  for  the  business,  or  to  ^sent  their  opinions  in  wryting,  but  not  to 
debate  w""  them  for  interrupting  their  pceedings./ 

All  w*,  being  put  to  the  question,  was  approued  of,  and,  by  ereccon  of 
hands,  ordered  accordingly./ 

*And  now  the  Court,  pceeding  to  the  eleccon  of  a  new  Goilno'',  Deputie,       [*42.] 
&  Assistants,  w*"*,  vpon  serious  delibacbn,  hath  bin  and  is  conceived  to  bee  for  Eleccon  of 

GouTio',  M» 

the  espetiall  good  &  advancem'  of  their  affaires,  and  having  received  extraor-  John  Win- 
dinary  great  comendacons  of  M''  John  Wynthrop,  both  for  his  integritie  &  '"^ 
sufficiencie,  as  being  one  every  well  fitted  &  accomplished  for  the  place  of 
Goilno'',  did  putt  in  nominacon  for  that  place  the  said  M""  John  Winthroj), 
S'  R :  Saltonstall,  M'  Is :  Johnson,  and  M'  John  Humfry  ;  and  the  said  M' 
Winthrop  was,  w**"  a  geiiall  vote  &  full  consent  of  this  Coiut,  by  ereccon  of 
hands,  chosen  to  bee  Goiino''  for  the  ensuing  yeare,  to  begin  on  this  ^sent  day  ; 


m 


RECORDS    OF   THE   GOVERNOR   AND    COMPANY    OP 


16  2  9.     ■"'to  was  pleased  to  accept  thcrof,  and  thervpon  tooke  the  oath  to  that  place 
apptalne^.     In  like  manE,  &  w"'  lilce  free  &  full  consent,  M'  John  Humfry 


20  October. 
Deputie  Got', 
M'  John  Hum- 
fry. 

was  chosen  Deputie  GoQno'', 

and  S"-  R  :  Saltonstall, 
M""  Is  :  Johnson, 

M'  Thomas  Sharpe, 
M^  John  Revell, 

M-^  Tho :  Dudley, 
M"'  Jo :  Endecott, 
M^  Noell, 
M'  W°  Vassall, 

M"-  Matt :  Cradock, 
M-^  Thomas  Goff, 
M"'  Aldersey, 
M''  Jolm  Venn, 

Mr  ^m  pinchon, 

M"-  Nath :  Wright, 

JP  Sam  :  Shai-pe, 
M"-  Edw :  Eossite"-, 

M'  Theoph  :  Eaton,  & 
M'  Tho  :  Addams, 

were  chosen  to  bee  Assistants  ;  w'*"  said  Deputie,  and  the  greatest  pt  of  the  s* 
Assistants,  being  pseut,  tooke  the  oaths  to  their  said  places  apptaining  re- 
spectively./ 


[•43.] 


*A  Court  of  Assistants,  at  J^t  Goffs  House,  on  Fnjday,  the  20^ 

of  JYovemb.,  1629. 


P^SENT,  ISI''  John  Wynthi-ope,  Goflno"", 
M'  John  Humfry,  Depl  Go^ 
S'^  Richard  Saltonstall, 
M'  Thomas  Dudley, 
M"'  Thomas  Adams, 
M'  Nathaniell  Wright, 
M"^  Hutchins, 


M'  Tho :  Goff, 
M"  W"  Pinchion, 
M''  C'olson, 
M'  Matt :  Cradock, 
M''  George  Harwood, 
M'  John  Revell, 
M''  Increase  Noell./ 


For  bringing  in 
of  monyes  to 
pay  fraight  and 
maryners 
wages. 


A  warrant  for 
800"  to  M' 
Cradock. 


M'  Jo :  &  Sam- 
uell  Browne. 


THE  espetiall  occasion  of  this  meetinge  was  to  advise  of  a  coiu-se  for 
bringing  in  of  monyes,  for  papn'  of  marryners  wages,  fraight  of 
shipps,  &  other  debts  ;  and  thervpon  M'  Cradock  acquainted  those  ^sent  what 
somes  hee  had  disbursed  for  accompt  of  the  Company,  and  wliat  more  was 
owing  for  marryners  wages  vpon  the  shipps  Talbot,  Maj-flower,  and  Power 
Sisters,  &  for  the  fraight  of  those  shipps,  amounting  to  1200*  &  vpwards  ;  w"^** 
the  Court  thinke  fitt,  &  order,  to  bee  first  paid  before  any  other  debts.  And 
M'  GoQno''  desmng  to  haue  power  from  the  Court  to  graunt  warrants  for  paym' 
of  monyes,  as  was  fortfJly  accustomed,  the  same  was  condiscended  vnto  ;  and  a 
warrant  was  now  made  &  signed  by  the  GoQno'  and  Deputie,  directed  to  M' 
Ham^ood,  the  Treasorer,  for  paym'  of  800[*]  to  ISI'  Cradock,  soe  soone  as 
mony  shall  come  to  his  hands./ 

.  Some  debate  was  had  concerning  M'  John  and  Sam  :  Browne  complayn- 
ing  that  theii-  goods,  praised  in  New  England,  are  vndervalued,  and  divers 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  61 

things  omitted  to  bee  praised ;  ■wher[ein]  they  desire  to  haue  releife  &  iustice     16  2  9. 
done.     It  is   thervpon  thought  fitt,  that  if  they  can  ^duce  pfe  therof,  then    '       ' 
they  ai-e  to  bee  releiued  hecre  ;  otherwise,  the  same  is  to  bee  suspended,  aiid         °^*'"  " 
all  the   obieccons  they  can  make  to  bee  taken  notice  of  &  recomended  to 
M"'  GoQuo'^,  to  bee   considered  of  and  determined  after  his  arrivall  in   New 
England,  when  hee  may  heere  the  praisers  answers  to  those  obiecc8ns  ;  and,  in 
the  meane  tyme,  M"'  Cradock  to  pay  the  mony  charged  vpon  him  for  the  same./ 

*'M^  Beecher,  M'  of  the  shipp  Talbot,  desii-ed  to  haue  in  a  bond,  w"*"  hee  [*44.] 
entered  into,  to  M''  Pratt,  for  wages  or  allowance  to  a  chinu'gion  for  the  Lyons 
Whelpe,  who  was  to  haue  2^  6'^  for  every  pson  in  the  shipp,  according  to  an 
agreem'  made  w""  them,  the  nomber  of  the  psons  being  about  125,  of  w**"  M' 
Beecher  had  forJSly  deliQd  a  pticuler  note  to  M'  Goff.  The  Court  conceiving 
the  said  allowance  to  bee  exorbitant,  &  more  then  is  vsuall  in  like  cases,  doe 
desire  that  the  cliirurgion  bee  appointed  to  bee  heere  the  next  Gefilall  Court, 
and  then  such  conclusion  is  to  bee  made  w"'  liim  as  shalbe  fitt./ 

Lastly,  M'  Smith,  the  accomptant,  attended  them  w""  their  accompts  ; 
and,  after  pusal  therof,  it  appeai-ing  that  divers  were  behynde  w""  their  whole 
subscripcoiis,  or  pt  therof,  it  was  thought  fitt,  that,  for  the  ^sent  supply  of 
monys,  ticketts  should  bee  sent  vnto  them  to  desire  them  to  send  in  the  soiiies 
by  them  vnderwritten ;  to  w*  pui'pose  a  list  of  their  names  &  soines  was 
now  drawne  out ;  and  ticketts  are  forthw"'  to  bee  made  accordingly./ 


*J  Geifall  Court,  on  Wensdmj,  the  25  of  JVovern.,  1629.  [*45.] 

P'SENT,    M"^  Jo :  Winthrope,  Go"^,  M"^  INIatthew  Cradock, 

M'  Jo  :  Humfiy,  Dep?,  Cap^  Waller, 

S--  R  :  Saltonstall,  M'  Whyte, 

M'  Isack  Johnson,  M''  Dauenport, 

M"'  Thomas  Adams,  M'  Huson, 

M''  Nathaniell  Wright,  M'  Backhouse, 

M"^  Theoph  :  Eaton,  M"^  Foxcroft, 

M''  W""  Pinchion,  M"^  Woodgate, 

Cap?  Venn,  M""  Bradshawe, 
M"'  Encrease  Noel,  &  others./ 


A 


LPtE  of  the  fift  of  Septemb,  from   M'  Endecot,  the  Gofino"",  &  others  fc-e  from  New 

Engl. 

in  New  England,  was  now  read ;  as  also  M'  Goflno'  acquainted  those 
psont  w"'  certaine  testymony  sent  over  against  one  W"^  Rovell,  m''  of  a  shipp  W™  BoTell. 
of    ^     ,  concernuig  some  insolent  &  misbeseeming  speeches  vttered  by  him 


62  RECOKDS    OF    THE    GOVEENOR    AND    COMPANY   OF 

16  2  9.     ill  contempt  of  the  Companyes  pruiledges  &  goQnm' ;    w'"'  is  to  bee  taken 
*       '^    ~^    into  further  consideracon,  &  bee  pceeded  against,  when  other  certyficates  are 

25  November.  ,  ■  i        i       •  / 

come,  w""  are  expected,  concerning  that  business./ 

This  day  being  one  of  the  4  quarter  dayes  appointed  by  the  charter  for 
keeping  a  Gefiall  Court,  the  genlall  business  of  the  plantacon  should  haue  bin 
treated  on ;  but  by  reason  of  the  small  appearance,  &  shortness  of  tyme, 
nothing  was  done  therin :  only  the  Goiino''  made  relacon  of  the  pceedings  of 
the  ioynt  comittee  concerning  the  setling  of  the  ioynt  stock :  That  notw"'standr 
ing  there  had  bin  all  good  concordencie  &  faire  pceeding  betweene  them,  yett, 
by  reason  of  the  greatness  of  the  business,  and  the  smalness  of  the  supplyes, 
they  could  not  bring  the  same  to  a  Avished  effect,  but  only  had  reduced  it  to 
certaine  pposions  to  bee  re^sented  to  the  consideracon  of  the  Company,  to 
receive  their  resolucon  therin./ 

The  accomptant  having  made  an  estimate  of  the  ace",  the  ioynt  stock 
appeares  to  bee  in  arreare  3000*  &  upwards.  Towards  w'^''  3000*  there  is 
1900  in  subscripcons  not  yet  brought  in,  &  about  8  or  900*  vpon  fraight  of 
sliipps./ 

There  wilbe  a  necessitie  for  supply  of  necessaryes  for  the 


n  .  i  2000 

Companyes  servants, , 

for  marchandizes  for  trade, 0500 

for  munition  &  artillery  for  ifortificacon, 0500 

[*46.1  *Soe  as  there  being  an  inevitable  necessitie  of  supply  of  mony,  ether  to 

revyve  the  old  stock,  or  to  raise  a  new,  the  pposicons  were  now  expressed,  vizj, 

1.  That  all  the  foriB  adventurers  should  double  their  form!  subscripcons  ; 

2.  That  the  servants,  cattle,  &  all  marchandizes  or  pvisions  belonging  to 
the  ioynt  stock,  should  bee  sold,  &  the  vnderwryters  bee  paid  their  pporcous 
of  what  shall  accrew  or  arise  thereof ; 

3.  Or  lastly,  that  the  old  stock  bee  putt  over  to  certaine  vndertakers, 
vpon  such  conditions  as  can  bee  agreed  on,  &  they  to  goe  on  w"'  the  Avorke, 
&  marmage  the  business,  to  beare  all  charges,  &  to  stand  to  pfitt  &  loss,  & 
to  pay  the  vnderwryters  their  principall  by  them  brought,  at  the  end  of  7 
yeares  ;  and  this  to  bee  vnderstood  not  to  exclude  any  who  haue  affeccon  to  this 
business,  but  that  they  may  come  in  vnder  those  vndertakers  for  such  soiues 
as  they  shall  thinke  fitt  to  adventure  ;  but  that  for  the  better  furtherance  and 
facilitating  the  business,  the  same  to  bee  managed  by  few  hands.  And  for 
th'incouragm'  of  such  vndertakers,  the  coinittee  haue  thought  of  certaine 
inducem" :  vizJ, 

That  they  shall  haue  the  one  halfe  of  the  beauo' ; 
The  sole  makeing  of  salt ; 


25  November 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    LN    NEW   ENGLAND.  63 

The  sole  transpor[tacbn]   of  passengers ;  servants  &  goods  to  bee  trans-      162  9. 
ported  at  reasonable  rate  ; 

To  bee  allowed  a  reasonable  pfitt  vpon  all  sucb  J>^^sions  as  they  shall 
keepe  in  magazine  there  for  the  vse  and  rcleife  of  th'inhabitants./ 

All  w'^''  pmises  the  GoQno''  recoiuended  to  the  consrderacon  of  those 
g>sent ;  but  by  reason  of  the  small  appearance,  nothing  could  bee  determined, 
and  therefore  a  spetlall  Court  is  appointed  for  tliis  purpose  on  Munday  next, 
&  the  whole  Company  to  bee  suiuoned  by  ticketts  to  bee  pscnt./ 

Lastly,  vpon  the  mocSn  of  M'  Whyte,  to  the  end  that  this  business  might 
bee  pceeded  in  w'''  the  first  intencon,  w'^  was  cheifly  the  glory  of  God,  &  to 
that  purpose  that  their  meetings  might  bee  sanctyfied  by  the  prayers  of  some 
faithfuU  ministers  resident  heere  in  London,  whose  advice  would  bee  likewise 
requisite  vpon  many  occasion,  the  Court  thought  fitt  to  admitt  into  the  free- 
dome  of  tills  Company  M'  Jo :  Archer  &  M"^  Phillip  Nye,  ministers  heere  in 
London,  who  being  heere  ^sent,  kindly  accepted  thereof:  Also  Rt  Whyte 
did  recomend  vnto  them  M"'  Nathaiiiell  Ward,  of  Standon./ 


*^  Geifall  Court  at  M'  Goffs  House,  on  Monday,  the  last  of  r.^^  i 

JVovem'',  1629.  so  November. 

P''SEi}T,    M'  John  Winthrop,  Go"' ;         M'  John  Humfry,  Dep' ; 
M'  Geo  :  Harwood,  Trer  j 

Assistants, 
S''  Richard  Saltonstall,  M'  Thomas  Adams, 

M''  Isack  Johnson,  M"'  Theophilus  Eaton, 

M"^  Thomas  Goff,  M"'  Encrease  Noell, 

W  Tho  :  Dudley,  Itf'  John  Revell, 

M"'  Nath  :  Wright,  M'  Wiiim  Pmchon  ; 

M'  Matt :  Cradock, 

w*''  many  of  the  gefJalitie./     25. 

IT  was  ppounded  to  the  Court  that  whereas  the  ioynt  stock  was  engaged 
to  the  value  of  2500*,  fsent  debt,  and  there  was  necessai-ilie  requii-ed 
1500*  ^sent  disbursm'  for  maintenance  of  the  servants  now  in  the  plantacSn, 
and  for  coiiiodities  for  trvxck  &  munition,  that  the  adventurers  would  bee 
pleased  to  double  their  forifl  subscripwSns ;  w*^""  being  not  assented  vnto  by  the 
Court,  it  was  ppounded  &  agreed  by  geiiall  consent  that  ten  psons  should  bee 
chosen,  5  of  the  adventurers,  &  fiue  of  the  planters,  w'^'^  should  take  the 
ioynt   stock  at  the  true  value,  and  take  vpon  them  the  engagm*^  &  other 


30  November. 


64  RECORDS    OF    THE    GOVERNOR    AND    COMPANY    OF 

16  2  9.     charges;  for  wh'^'»  there  should  bee  appropriated  to  the  ioynt  stock,  for  7 
yeares,  these  p'uiledges  w"''  follow,  vizj : 

1.  Halfe  the  trade  of  the  beavo"^,  &  all  other  farrs  ; 

2.  The  sole  making  of  salt ; 

3.  The  ffurnlshing  of  a  magazine  at  sett  rates  ; 

4.  The  sole  transportacon  of  passengers  &  goods  at  certaine  rates./ 

For  vf"^  end  there  was  a  coniittee  appointed  to  value  the  joynt  stock,  vizj  : 
M''  White,  of  Dorchester,  M''  Webb, 

M'  Thomas  Goff,  M"^  Increase  Noell ; 

who,  taking  vpon  them  the  charge  of  the  said  business,  did  the  next  day 
(the  Court  then  sitting  vpon  adiornm')  make  certificate  of  their  pceedings  to 
this  effect,  vizj : 

[*48.]  'The  first,  the  10'"  A,  1629. 

1  December. 

[This  date,  at  the  top  of  page  *48,  is  not  in  the  chirography  of  the  Secretary,  but  is  an  ancient 
interpolation,  apparently  very  nearly  contemporaneous  with  the  record.] 

That  wheras  divers  soiiies  had  bin  disbursed  in  publique  charges,  as 
transporting  of  ministers  &  their  ffamilies,  amunition,  fS,  w^^  were  not  now 
to  bee  valued  to  the  %Tidertakers,  as  beiuge  to  remaine  alwayes  to  the  plan- 
'  tac8n ;  and  wheras  many  of  the  servants,  w"^"  were  transported  at  extraordi- 
nary charge,  doe  not  pve  soe  vsefuU  as  was  expected,  and  soe  wiU  not  yeild 
the  vndertakers  any  such  benefitt  as  may  answere  their  charge,  divers  of 
the  cattle  &  pvisions  likewise  miscarryinge,  tkrough  want  of  experience  in 
the  begiiiinge  of  such  a  worke,  they  coidd  not  fynde  the  said  stock  to  remaine 
cleere  &  good,  (the  debts  discharged,)  aboue  one  third  pt  of  the  whole  sorSe 
w'^"  hath  bin  adventm-ed  from  the  first  to  tliis  ^sent  day  ;  w''"  value,  vpon 
due  examinacon  &  long  debate,  was  allowed  by  all  the  Court./ 
200  ac  upon  Whervpon  it  was  ppounded  &  agreed  by  the  whole   Court,  that  the   old 

AAO>  stock. 

adventurers  (in  leiu  of  this  abatem*  of  |  of  their  adventurs)  should  haue 
an  addition  of  a  double  pporcon  of  land,  according  to  the  first  pporcon  of 
200  acf  for  50*,  and  that  they  should  haue  libtie  to  putt  in  what  soiiies  they 
pleased,  to  bee  added  to  their  former  adventures,  soe  as  they  subscribed  the 
same  before  the  fii-st  day  of  January  now  next  followinge ;  and  such  as  liue 
in  the  country,  remote  from  the  cittie  of  London,  to  enter  their  subscripcons 
before  the  second  of  Febf  next :  And  that  any  of  the  said  adventui'ers  may 
take  out  their  adventures  after  the  aforesaid  rate :  And  farther,  that  it  should 
bee  lawfuU  for  all  other  psons  (w*  consent  of  any  3  of  the  vndertakers) 
to  put  in  what  soines  of  mony  they  please,  to  bee  traded  in  the  ioynt  stock. 


1  December. 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  C 

(vpou  such  allowance  to  the  coiSon  stock  for  puLlique  vses,  in  regard  that      1 G  2  9. 
they  shall  heare  noe  part  in  the  foriS  losses,)  as  the  said  adventurers,  or  3  of 
them,  shall  agree  w^^  them  for,  from  tyrae  to  tyme,  and  that  all  adventurers 
shall  pay  in  their  adventures  in  such  tyme  &  mann)  as   shalbe  agreed  be- 
tweene  them  and  the  s'^  vndertakers,  or  any  three  of  them./ 

It  was  also  agreed  by  the  Court,  that  in  regard  the  vndertakers  should 
beare  the  greatest  charge  &  burthen,  and  all  other  adventurers  should  haue 
equall  part  of  the  gaine,  if  any  did  pceede,  that  therfore  they  should  haue 
5*  iu  the  hundred  cleere  gaiues  of  the  said  ioynt  stock,  both  in  &  out,  all 
charges  beinge  deducted./ 

And  that  the  ioynt  stock  being  thus  managed,  at  the  end  of  7  yeares, 
(to  bee  accompted  from  this  day,)  aswell  *the  said  stock,  as  the  pceede  &        [*49.] 
j»fitt  therof,   to  bee    devyded  to  every  man  pportionably,  according  to   his 
adventure ;  and  all  the  said  preuiledges  then  to  cease,  and  all  psons  to  bee 
at  libtie  to  dispose  of  their  pts  in  the  ioynt  stock  at  their  owne  pleasures./ 

Herevpon  the  Court  thought  fitt  to  desire  the  gen?  herevnder  named  to 
vndertake  the  ioynt  stock  vpon  the  tearmes  before  ppounded,  vizj : 

M'  John  Winthrop,  the  Goano"",  M''  Matt :  Cradock, 

S"^  Eichard  Saltonstall,  K',  M''  Nathanlell  Wright, 

Isack  Johnson,  Es^,  M'  Theopliilus  Eaton, 

M'  Thomas  Dudley,  M'  Thomas  Goff, 

M'  John  Revell,  M'  James  Younge ; 

w*  gent  (vpon  much  entreaty  of  the  Court)  did  accept  of  the  said  charge, 
and  accordingly  were  chosen  to  bee  vndertakers,  to  haue  the  sole  managinge 
of  the  io}Tit  stock,  w""  all  things  incydent  thervnto,  for  the  space  of  7  yeares, 
as  is  aforesaid./ 

And  it  was  agreed  to  desire  &  nominate  M'  Aldersey  to  bee  treasorer  for 
the  said  Companie ;  and  that  all  monyes  w'^''  shall  come  ia  to  the  ioynt 
stock,  or  that  shalbe  giuen  to  the  comon  stock,  shalbe  paid  vnto  him,  and  to 
bee  issued  out  vpon  warrant  vnder  the  hands  of  the  said  vndertakers,  or  any 
three  of  them,  as  occasion  shall  requii^e./ 

It  was  also  ordered  by  the  Coui-t,  that  the  vndertakers  should  pvyde  a 
sufficient  nomber  of  shipps,  of  good  force,  for  transporting  of  passingers,  at 
the  rate  of  5*  a  pson,  &  4*  a  tonn  for  goods,  w'^''  shalbe  ready  to  sett  saile 
from  London,  by  the  first  day  of  March ;  and  that  if  any  passingers  bee  to 
take  shipp  at  the  Isle  of  Wight,  the  shipps  shall  stopp  there  2-i  howers ;  ■ 
and  that  all  such  as  intend  to  pass  over  shall  giue  in  their  names,  w""  40^ 
towards  their  fraight  to  one  of  the  said  vndertakers  abyding  in  London,  in 
the   Michaes    tearrae    before,    and   shall    delifi  their  goods    on    shipp  board 

VOL.    I.  9  , 


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1629. 


1  December. 


[*50.] 


before  the  20"'  of  Febr  following,  and  shall  giue  security  for  the  rest  of 
their  fraight  as  they  can  agree  w""  the  said  vndertakers,  ether  for  mony  to 
bee  p'l  heere,  or  for  coiuoditie  to  bee  deliQed  in  the  plantacon./ 

*Fuither  it  was  agreed,  that  for  the  transportacon  of  children  this  rate 
shalbe  kept,  vizj :  Sucking  children  not  to  bee  reckoned  ;  such  as  vnder  4 
yeares  of  age,  3  for  one  ;  vnder  8,  2  for  one  ;  vnder  12,  3  for  2.  And  that 
a  shipp  of  200  tonn  shall  not  carry  aboue  120  passengers  compleate  ;  and  soe 
of  other  shipps  after  the  same  pporcon.  And  for  goods  homewards,  the  fraight 
shalbe  for  beauo''s  3*  p  tonn,  and  for  other  coinodlties  40'  p  tonn  ;  and  such  as 
will  haue  their  good  assured  shall  pay  5*  p  C./ 

Concerning  the  magazine,  is  likewise  agreed,  that  the  vndertakers 
should  furnish  the  plantacon  w"^  all  such  coinodities  as  they  shall  send  for ; 
and  the  planters  to  take  them  off  and  retaile  them  at  their  pleasure,  allowing 
the  vndertakers  25*  in  the  hundi-ed  aboue  all  charges ;  and  the  planters  to 
haue  libty  to  dispose  of  their  pt  of  the  beauo''s  at  their  owne  will ;  and  every 
man  may  fetch  or  send  for  any  cofiioditie  for  his  owne  vse,  where  or  how  hee 
please,  soe  as  hee  trade  not  w'''  interlopers,  soe  long  as  hee  may  bee  furnished 
suffitiently  by  th'adventurers  at  the  rates  aforesaid./ 

Lastly,  it  is  ordered,  that  in  regard  this  Couit  could  not  sett  dowTie  ptic- 
uler  dii-eccon  for  every  thinge  w^''  may  bee  fitt  to  bee  considered  &  p-N-yded 
for,  in  all  or  any  of  the  matters  aforesaid,  therfore  the  said  vndertakers  should 
haue  power  to  meete  &  consult  about  the  ftaises  ;  and  what  orders  and  dii-ec- 
cbns  they  or  the  greater  nomber  of  them  shall  sett  down,  shalbe  accompted 
legall,  &  to  bee  duly  observed  vntill  it  shalbe  thought  fitt  by  tliis  Coiu't  to 
alter  or  determyne  the  same./ 

Provyded  alwayes,  that  if  those  that  intend  to  inhabite  vpon  the  plantacon 
shall,  before  the  first  of  January  next,  take  vpon  them  all  the  said  engagni'^ 
and  other  charges  of  the  ioynt  stock,  then  the  power  &  p^'uiledges  of  the 
vndertakers  to  determine,  and  all  trade,  ^6,  to  bee  free./ 


[*51.] 
15  December. 


*A  Gerfall  Court,  holden  at  M'  Goffs  House,  on  the  15'^  of 
Decemb.,  1629. 

,  P''SENT,   M'  Jo  :  Humfry,  Dep' ; 

Assistants, 
S'  Richard  Saltonstall,  M'  Jolrn  Revell, 

M''  Matth  :  Cradock,  M''  Geo  :  Harwood, 

M'  Nathaniell  Wright,      .  M''  W-"  Pinchion, 


THE  MASSACHUSETTS   BAY   IN   NEW   ENGL.VND. 


67 


M"^  Increase  Noell,  M''  Thomas  Adams ; 

Capt  Venn, 

w*''  divers  of  the  geSalitie./      17. 

M**  DEPUTIE  caused  to  bee  read  the  acts  &  orders  made  at  the  last  Gefi)- 
all  Court  of  the  30""  of  Noverafe ;  yv'^^  bemg  of  great  consiquence,  as 
namely  for  setling  the  joynt  stock,  and  managing  of  the  'whole  busines,  it  was 
desired  the  same  should  receive  confirmacSn  by  this  Court.  Vpon  debate 
wherof,  some  excepcons  was  taken  by  those  who  had  double[d]  their  adven- 
tures, conceiving  themselues  to  bee  •wronged  in  hauing  both  their  soines 
drawne  downe  to  soe  lowe  a  rate  as  ^  pt ,-  alleadinge  that  the  second  some 
was  p'^  in  vpon  a  pposicon  of  trade,  w'^  went  not  forward,  and  not  as  vnto  the 
ioynt  stock  for  the  plantacon./ 

This  business  received  a  large  discussion,  &  Cap*  Waller  &  M"'  Vassall 
were  content  to  giue  the  first  50*  to  the  plantacon,  soe  as  their  other  50*  might 
goe  on  wholy  in  this  new  stock  ;  but  forasmuch  as  tliis  concern'd  divers  others 
who  were  in  the  same  case,  and  that  it  could  not  bee  done  w'^'out  alteracon  of 
the  act  made  the  30  of  Novemb,  w*  was  done  by  a  Gefilall  Court,  vpon  mature 
&  delibate  consideracon,  and  that  the  vndertakers  would  not  continue  their 
said  vndertaking  but  vpon  the  same  conditions  w*^""  were  then  ppoimded  & 
concluded  on./ 

This  Coiu't,  in  conclusion,  put  it  to  the  question,  and  by  ereccon  of  hands 
every  pticuler  of  the  form!  Court  was  reatyfied  &  confirmed.  And  the  matter 
in  difference  w""  them  who  had  doubled  their  adventures  being  noe  more  to 
each  of  them  then  betweene  50*  &  33*  6^  8'*,  was  by  mutuall  consent  referred 
to  the  3  ministers  heere  ^sent,  INI'  Davenport,  M""  Nye,  &  M'  Archer,  who 
are  to  reconcile  the  same  betweene  the  new  vndertakers  &  them./ 


1629. 


15  December. 


*^  Geifall  Court,  holden  at  M"  Goffs  House,  on  Wensday,  the 
m  of  Febr :  1629-30. 


P"SENT,    M""  John  Wintluope,  Goflno'', 
M"^  John  Humfiy,  Dep', 
M''  Isack  Johnson, 
W  Matthew-  Cradock, 
^P  Theojiliilus  Eaton, 
JI"'  Thomas  Adams, 

w"'  many  others  of  the  gcnulitic./ 


yi.'  George  Harwood, 
M"^  Increase  Noell, 
j\['"  Nathaniell  Wright, 
]\r'  John  Ilevell, 
^[■^  William  Pinchon  j 


1G29-30. 

10  Febniary. 

[•52.] 


68 


RECORDS    OF    THE    GOVERNOR    AND    COMP.VNY    OF 


1629-30. 


10  February. 


A  comon  stock. 


Oriler  to  bee 
published. 


Allottm*  of 
lands. 


[*53.] 

S'  W»  Brewer- 
tons  niocon. 


600  acr : 


FORASMUCH  as  the  fui-therance  of  the  plantacon  will  necessaryUe  require 
a  great  &  continuall  charge,  w*  cannot  w"'  convenyence  bee  defrayed 
out  of  the  ioynt  stock  of  the  Comp,  w*  is  ordained  for  the  maintenance  of  the 
trade,  w'''out  endangering  the  same  to  bee  wasted  &  exhausted,  it  was  ther- 
fore  ppounded  that  a  coiuon  stock  should  bee  raysed  from  such  as  beare  good 
affeccon  to  the  plantacon,  &  the  ppagacon  therof,  and  the  same  to  bee  employed 
only  in  defraym'  of  publique  charges,  as  maintenance  of  ministers,  transporta- 
con  of  poore  famylyes,  building  of  churches  &  fFortyfj-cacons,  &  all  other  pub- 
lique &  necessary  occasions  of  the  plantacon  ;  and  the  Court  doe  thinke  fitt,  & 
order,  that  200  acres  of  laud  shalbe  allotted  for  every  50*,  &  soe  pportionable 
for  what  somes  shalbe  brought  in  by  any  to  this  purpose.  And  M'  George' 
Harwood  is  chosen  Trer  for  this  accompt  of  the  coiiion  stock,  w'^''  liee  accepted 
of ;  who  is  to  receive  all  such  mony  as  shalbe  by  any  sent  in,  and  to  issue  out 
the  same  vpon  warrant  vnder  the  hands  of  any  2  or  more  of  the  vndertakers. 
And  it  is  further  agreed  on  &  ordered.  That  an  order  bee  drawne  vfip  &  pub- 
lished vnder  the  seale  of  the  Company,  to  signifie  &  declare  to  what  vses  all 
such  monyes  as  are  giuen  to  the  comon  stock  shalbe  employed,  and  what  land 
shalbe  allotted  to  each  man  that  giues  thervnto,  aswell  for  their  sattisfaccon  as 
th'incouragm'  of  others  to  soe  laudable  and  charitable  a  worke ;  and  it  was 
fuither  taken  into  consideracon,  &  ordered  that  this  allottm'  or  devision  of 
land  shall  not  j^iudice  the  right  of  any  th'adventurers  who  are  to  haue  land,  & 
haue  not  yett  the  same  allotted  out  vnto  them,  nor  vnto  those  whose  land  is 
already  sett  out  according  to  the  form!  order  &  direccon  of  this  Court ;  yett 
nevertheless,  it  is  further  agreed  that  if  for  good  &  weighty  reasons,  &  for  the 
benefitt  of  the  plantacon  in  geiiall,  there  shalbe  occasion  to '  alter  any  ]5ticuler 
mans  allottm',  the  said  pty  is  to  haue  such  due  recompence  for  the  same  as,  in 
the  wisdome  of  the  Goflno'  and  Comp  there  resident,  shalbe  thought  reasonable 
&  expedient./ 

*Mocon  was  made  on  the  behalfe  of  S''  Willm  Brewerton,  who,  by  vertue 
of  a  late  pattent,  ptends  right  &  tytle  to  some  pt  of  the  land  Av*''in  the  Comii' 
pruiledges  &  plantacon  in  New  England ;  yett  nevertheless  hee  j,'°'™^|;,  not  to 
contest  w"^  the  Comp,  but  desires  that  a  pportionable  quantitie  of  land  might 
be  allotted  vnto  liim  for  the  accoiiiodaobn  of  his  people  &  servants  now  to  bee 
sent  over.  'W'^  request  the  Court  taking  into  due  consideracon,  doe  not 
thinke  fitt  to  enter  into  any  pticuler  cappitulacon  w*  him  therin,  nor  to  sett 
out  any  allottm'  of  land  for  him  more  then  the  GOO  acres  hee  is  to  haue  by 
vertue  of  Iris  adventure  in  the  io^-nt  stock,  nor  to  ackuowledg  any  thinge  due 
vnto  him  as  of  right  by  vertue  of  his  s""  pattent,  nor  to  giue  any  consideracSn 
in  case  hee   should  relinquish  his  ^tended  right  ;  but  they  are  well  content 


THE  MASSACHUSETTS  BAY  IN  NEW  ENGLAND.  gg 

• 
hee  should  ioyue  w"'  them  iu  the  psecucon    of  this  business,  according  to    1629-30. 

^heir  charter,  and  doe  pmise,  in  the  meane  tyme,  that  such  servants  as  hee    """     i^ ' 

shall  send  over  to  inhabite  vpou  the  plantacon  shall  receive  all  courteous    l"  February. 

respect,  and  bee  accomodated  w*  land,  &  what  els  shalbe  necessary,  as  other 

the  servants  of  the  Company.     W*  answere  was  delided  vnto  those  that  were 

sent  from  him ;  and  the  Court  desired  also  that  Capt  "Waller  &  M""  Eaton 

would  signifie  the  Companyes  affection  &  due  respect  vnto   liim,  hee  hauing 

written  to  them  about  this  business./ 

A  wryting  of  grevances  of  M"'  Samuell  &  Jolm  Browne  was  ^sented  to  John  &  Simn- 
tliis  Court,  wherin  they  desire  recompence  for  loss  &  damage  sustained  by 
them  in  New  England ;  w'^''  this  Assembly  taking  into  consideraobn,  doe 
thiuke  fitt  that  vpon  their  submitting  to  stand  to  the  Comp'  fynall  order  for 
ending  of  all  differences  betweene  them,  w*  they  are  to  signifie  vnder  their 
hands,  M"'  "Wright  &  JM'  Eaton  are  to  heare  their  complaint,  &  to  sett 
downe  what  they  in  theu-  judgm'^  shall  thinke  requisite  to  bee  allowed  them 
for  theii-  ^tended  damage  sustained,  &  soe  to  make  a  fynall  end  w"'  them 
accordingly./ 

M''  Eoger  Ludlowe  was  now  chosen  &  sworne  an  Assistant  in  the  roome  M'  Ludiowe. 
pf  ISI''  Samuell  Sharpe,  who  by  reason  of  his  absence  had  not  taken  the  oath./ 

And  lastly,  vpon  the  petlcon  of  Humpluy  Seale,  the  beadle  of  tlus  Com-  Humphrey 
pany,  the  Court  were  content,  &  agreed  to  giue  him  20  nobles,  for  his  yeares         ' 
salary  ending  at  Christmas  last ;  vi"^  is  to  bee  paid  by  M''  Aldersey,  the  Treas- 
orer,  out  of  the  ioynt  stock./ 

[Here  the  records  cease  to  be  in  the  handwriting  of  Secretary  Burgis.     The  remaining  records  of  the 
Company,  before  the  removal  to  New  England,  are  by  Mr.  Simon  Bradstreete. 


*Jtt  a  Meeteing  of  Assistants  att  Southampton,  March  18'\  1629-30.        [*'54.] 

18  March. 

Present,     M"'  Govern',  M'  Humfrey, 

S''  Richard  Saltonstall,  M""  Nowell, 

M'  Johnson,  M""  Pinchion, 

M'  Dudley,  INF  Goffe. 

IT  was  ordered  and  concluded,  by  ereccon  of  hands,  that  S''  Brian  Janson, 
k',  JNI"'  Wiiim  Coddington,  &  ]\I"^  Simon  Bradstreete,  gen'!,  shalbe  chosen 
in  the  roomes  and  places  of  Assist*^  of  M"^  Nathaniell  Wright,  merch',  M'' 
Theophilus  Eaton,  &  M'  Thomas  Goffe,  of  London,  merch''./ 

S'  Brian  Janson  was  sworne  an  Assistant  before  the  Govern'  &  M'  Dud- 
ley, y*  same  day./ 


70  RECORDS   OF  THE  GOVERNOR  AND   COMPAJ^Y. 


1629-30.  March  23%  1629. 


23  March.  IX/T"  ^^^^^^'^  CODDINGTON,  M'  Simon  Bradstreete,  &  W  Thomaa 
-LtJL  Sharpe,  being  foriBly  chosen  Assistants,  did  nowe  take  the  oath  of 
Assistants  before  the  GoQn"',  M"^  Dudley,  &  other  Assist**./ 


Ma  Court  of  Assistants  aboard  the  Arbella,  March  23'\  1629. 

Present,    M"^  Jolm  Winthrop,  GoGn"",  M"^  Wiihn  Coddington, 

S"^  Rich :  Saltonstall,  M"'  Tho  :  Sharpe, 

M"'  Isaack  Jolinson,  M""  Wiiim  Vassall, 

.  M'  Thomas  Dudley,  ISI''  Simon  Bradstreete. 

M"^  JOHN  HUMFREY  (in  regard  hee  was  to  stay  behinde  in  England) 
was   discharged  of  his  Deputy-shipp,  &  M"^  Thomas   Dudley  chosen 
Deputy  in  his  place./ 


.    THE   COLONY  RECORDS. 


1630-1641. 


MASSACHUSETTS    llECORDS. 


THE   RECORDS   OF   THE   COLONY  OF   THE    MASSACHUSETTS 
BAY   IN    NEW  ENGLAND. 

[The  patent  and  government  of  the  plantation  being  now  transfciTed  to  America,  the  following 
portion  of  the  records  of  the  Governor  and  Company  is  styled,  in  accordance  with  general  usage.  Colony 
Records.  These  commence  in  the  handwriting  of  Mr.  Simon  Bradstreet,  who  was  Secretary  of  the  Col- 
ony until  the  end  of  June,  163C,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  Mr.  Increase  Nowell ;  and  in  the  first  volume 
consist  of  the  records  of  the  General  Courts,  Courts  of  Assistants,  and  Quai-ter  Courts.  The  lists  of 
Freemen,  which  :ire  placed  in  various  parts  of  the  volume  ^vithout  strict  reference  to  the  times  of  ad- 
mission, are  collected  together  and  printed  at  the  end  of  the  volume.] 

*  The  first  Court  of  Assistants,  holclen  att  Charlton,  August  23'\ 

Aha  Dm.  1630. 


Present,  INI'"  Jo  :  Wintlii-op,  GoQn'", 

M^  Tho  :  Dudley,  Deput  GoQii'-, 
S'  Rich  :  Saltonstall,  k', 
INP  Robte  :t  Ludlo-n-e, 
M'  Edward  Rossiter, 


M"^  Increase  Novell, 
M'  Tho :  Sharpe, 
M-^  Will :  Piiichion, 
M''  Sim :  Bradstreete./ 


IMP%  it  was  ppouiided  howe  the  ministers  should  be  mapitayiied,  M' 
Wilson  &  M'  Pliillips  onely  ppounded. 

It  was  ordered,  that  houses  should  be  built  for  them  with  convenient 
speede,  att  the  publique  charge.  S''  Rich  :  Saltonstall  vndertooke  to  sec  it 
done  att  his  plantacon  for  M''  Pliillips,  and  M''  Goiin'",  att  the  other  plantacon, 
for  M'^  Wilson./ 

It  was  ppounded  what  should  be  their  psent  maynetenance./ 

Ordered,  that  M''  Phillips  should  haue  allowed  him  3  hogsheads  of 
meale,  1  hogsh  of  malte,  4  bushells  of  Indean  corne,  1  bushell  of  oatemeale, 
halfe  an  hundred  of  salte  fishe  ;  for  apparell,  and  other  pvisions,  xx*,  or  els 
to  haue  xP  giuen  him  in  money  p  ann,  to  make  his  owne  pulsions  if  hee  chuse 
it  the  rather,  the  yeare  to  begin  the  first  of  September  nexte. 

K,  that  M'  WUson  should  haue  after  xx*  p  anii  till  his  ■wife  come  ouer  ; 
his  yeare  to  begin  the  lO""  of  July  last.  All  this  to  be  att  the  coinon  charge, 
those  of  Mattapan  &  Salem  onely  exempted./ 

VOL.  I.  10  7-3 


1  G  3  0. 

23  August. 

[*55.] 


fRoger. 


74 


THE    RECORDS    OF    THE    COLONY    OF 


16  3  0. 


4. 


5. 

Courts. 


Beferred  till 
the  nexte 
Court. 

6. 

Proces. 


[*56.] 

IT- 
t8. 

Rates. 


t9. 

lustices. 


[fThcse  fifjures 
are  cancelled.] 


It  was  j)poundecl  what  should  be  M''  Gagers  maintenance.  Ordered, 
that  hee  should  haue  a  house  builded  liim  against  the  nexte  springe  ;  is  to 
haue  a  cowe  giuen  him,  &  xx*  in  money  for  this  yeare,  to  begin  the  20"^  of 
June,  1630,  &  after  xxx*  p  ann.     All  tliis  to  be  att  the  coinon  charge./ 

It  was  ordered,  that  James  Pen  should  haue  20  nobles  p  ann,  &  a  dayes 
worke  of  a  man  att  springe,  from  eHy  able  famyly,  to  helpe  build  liis  house, 
his  yeare  to  begin  the  I'''  of  September  nexte.  His  imployem'  to  be  as  a 
beadle  to  attend  vpon  the  Goiin'',  and  alwaies  to  be  ready  to  execute  his 
comands  in  publique  businesses./ 

It  was  ordered,  that  there  should  be  a  Court  of  Assistants  helde  att  the 
Gofln''^  howse  on  the  7"^  day  of  Septemb'^  nexte,  being  Tuesday,  to  begin  att 
8  of  the  clocke./ 

It  was  ppounded,  whither  there  should  not  be  a  Court  hclde  eily  first 
Tuesday  in  eQy  moneth,  &  a  Geiiall  Court  the  last  Wednesday  in  eQy  tearme./ 

It  was  ordered,  that,  in  all  ciuill  acoons,  the  fii'st  pcesse  or  suinons  by 
the  beadle  or  his  deputy  shalbe  directed  by  the  Goiio'',  or  Deputy  GoQn'',  or 
some  other  of  the  Assistants,  being  a  justice  of  the  peace  ;  the  next  pcesse 
to  be  a  capias  or  distringas,  att  the  discrecon  of  the  Court./ 

*It  was  ordered,  that  Morton,  of  Moimt  WooHson,  should  presently  be 
sent  for  by  pcesse./ 

It  was  ordered,  that  carpenters,  joyners,  brickelayers,  sawers,  and 
thatchers  shall  not  take  aboue  2^  aday,  nor  any  man  shall  giue  more,  vnder 
paine  of  x^  to  taker  &  giuer  ;  and  that  sawers  shall  not  take  aboue  ■l'^  6'^  y* 
hundi'ed  for  boards,  att  6  scoore  to  the  hundred,  if  they  haue  their  wood 
fcUed  &  squared  for  them,  &  not  aboue  5'  6'^  if  they  fell  &  square  their 
wood  themselues./ 

It  was  ordered,  that  the  Gouern''  &  Deputy  GoSn'',  for  the  tpne  being, 
shall  alwaies  be  justices  of  y°  peace ;  and  that  S'  Rich :  Saltonstall,  M''  John- 
son, M"^  Endicott,  &  M'  Ludlowe  shalbe  justices  of  the  peace  for  the  ^sent 
tyme,  in  all  tilings  to  haue  like  power  that  justices  of  peace  hath  in  England 
for  reformacbn  of  abuses  and  punisliing  of  offend"^  ;  and  that  any  justice  of 
the  peace  .may  imprison  an  oft'end'',  but  not  inflict  any  corporall  punishm' 
w"'out  the  Jp'sence  &  consent  of  some  one  of  the  Assistants./ 

It  was  ordered,  that  noe  pson  shall  vse  or  take  away  any  boate  or  cannoe 
without  leaue  from  the  owner  thereof,  in  paine  of  ffyne  &  imprisonm',  att  the 
discrecttn  of  the  Coui't./ 

]\Ieinorand.  —  To  estimate,  the  nexte  Comt  day,  the  charges  y»  ^Mr  Gofln' 
hath  beene  att  in  entertaineing  seQall  publique  psons  since  his  landing  in 
Newe  England./ 


TIIP]    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  75 

*^   Court  of  Assistants,  holden  att  Charlton  the  7"'  of  Scptem-      1  G  3  0. 

ber,  1630.  '      '      ^ 

7  September. 

Present,    The  Gouern'',  M''  Nowell.  [*5T.] 

Deputy  GoQnor,  "  M"^  Coddington, 

S""  Eich :  Saltonstall,  k',  IM"^  Ludlowe, 

INI''  Johnson,  M""  Eossiter, 

M''  Endicott,  M"'  Pinchon, 

M''  Sharpe,  M'  Bradstreete./ 

CAPT.  ENDICOTT,  belnge  formerly  chosen  an  Assistant,  did  nowe  take 
the  oath  of  an  Assistant  in  the  presence  of  the  Court./ 

It  was  ordered,  that    eQy  third  Tuesday  there  should  be  a  Court  of  Courts. 
Assistants  helde  att  the   Goilno''s  howse,  (for  the  tyme  being,)  to  begin  att  8 
of  the  clocke  in  the  morncing,  eQy  Assistant  not  being  present  att  that  tjmc 
to  be  fyned  att  the  discreoon  of  the  Court./ 

James  Pen  did  now  take  the  oath  of  beadle./ 

M'  Ludlowe,  M'  Eossiter,  &  M'  Pinchon,  by  the  genlall  consent  of  the 
Court,  is  fyned  a  noble  a  peece  for  their  absence  from  the  Court  after  the 
tyme  appoyncted./ 

It  is  ordered  by  this  present  Court,  that  Thomas  Morton,  of  !Mount  Thomas  Mor- 
WoUiston,  shall  presently  be  sett  into  the  bilbowes,  &  after  sent  prisoner 
into  England,  by  the  shipp  called  the  Gifte,  nowe  returneing  thith[er]  ;  that 
all  his  goods  shalbe  seazed  vpon  to  defray  the  charge  of  his  transportacon, 
paycm'  of  his  debts,  &  to  giue  satisfaccon  to  the  Indians  for  a  cannoe  hec 
vniustly  tooke  away  from  them ;  &  that  his  howse,  after  the  goods  are  taken 
out,  shalbe  burnt  downe  to  the  ground  in  the  sight  of  the  Indians,  for  their 
satisfacc8n,  for  many  wrongs  hee  hath  done  them  from  tyme  to  tyme./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  M'  Clearke  shall  pay  vnto  John  Baker  the  soine  of 
xxxviij',  in  recompence  for  the  damage  hee  receaued  by  a  bargaine  of  cloath, 
wherein  JI''  Clearke  dealte  fraudylently  with  the  said  John  Baker,  as  hath 
beene  pued  vpon  oath./ 

*It  is  ordered,  that  W  Patricke  &  M''  Vnderhill  shall  haue  allowed  them,       [*58.] 
for  halfe  a  yeares  pvision,  2  hogsheads  of  nieale,   4  bushells  of  malte,  10' 
of  powder,  &  leade   to   make   shott ;   also  howseroome  puided  for  them,  & 
15*   12"  in  money,  to  make  other  prouisions.     All  this  to  be  done  att  the 
publique   charge,  their  yeare  to  begin  from  the  tyme  they  begin  to  kcepe    . 
howse./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  Trimountaine  shalbe  called  Boston ;  Mattapan,  Dor-  Boston,  Dor- 
chester ;  &  the  towne  vpon  Charles  Eyver,  Waterton./  Water  Toune. 


THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

{It  is  ordered,  that  noe  pson  shall  plant  in  any  place  within  the  lymitts 
of  this  i^attent,  without  leaue  from  the  Goiin'  and  Assistants,  or  the  maior 
^..^     pte  of  them./ 

Also,  that  a  warrant   shall  presently  be   sent  to   Aggawam,  to  comand 
those  that  are  planted  there  forthwith  to  come  away./ 


28  September.      A  Couvt  of  Assistants,  holckn  att  Charlton,  28'*  of  Septemb'',  1630. 


Present,     The  Gofln'', 

Depvity  GoQn'', 
Capt  Endicott, 
M''  Ludlowe, 
W  Nowell, 


M'  Coddington, 
]NP  Bradstreete, 
M"^  Eossiter, 
M'  rinchou./ 


4-    2. 

Indian. 


IT  is  ordered,  that  those  of  Dorchester  whoe  bought  certayne  cattell  of  the 
merch'^  of  Dorchester  shall  pay  vnto  Nich :  Stower  9  bushells  of  meale 
or  of  Indian  corne,  or  9*  of  beau"^,  for  the  keepeing  of  the  said  cattell,  accord- 
ing to  an  agreem'  made  w"^  him./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  noe  pson  whatsoeu'"  sliall,  either  directly  or  indirectly, 
imploy,  or  cause  to  be  imployed,  or  to  their  power  pmitt,  any  Indian  to  vse 
any  peece  vpon  any  occacon  or  pretence  whatsoeucr,  vnder  payne  of  x*  ffyne 
for  the  first  offence,  &  for  the  2  offence  to  be  ffyned  &  imprisoned  att  the 
discrecon  of  the  Court./ 

It  is  further  ordered,  that  noe  serv',  eith'  man  or  maide,  shall  either 
giue,  sell,  or  trucke  any  comodytie  whatsoeu"",  without  lycence  from  their 
maister,  diuxing  the  tyme  of  their  service,  vnder  palne  of  Syae  &  corporall 
punishln*,  att  the  discrecon  of  the  Court./ 

*John  Woodbury  is  chosen  constable  of  Salem,  &  Thomas  Stoughton 
constable  of  Dorchester,  to  contynue  in  that  office  for  a  yearc  &  after,  till 
ncwe  be  chosen./ 

John  Woodbury  did  nowe  take  the  oath  of  a  constable./ 
4_  It  is  ordered,  that  all  Rich :  Cloughes  stronge  water  shall  presently  be 

strong  waters    seazed  vpon,  for  his   selling  greate   quantytie  thereof  to  seQall  mens  serv", 
which  was  the  occacon  of  much  disorder,  drunckenes,  &  misdemean''./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  noe  maister  carpenter,  mason,  jojaicr,  or  brickelayer 
shall  take  aboue  16''  a  day  for  their  worke,  if  they  haue  meate  and  diinke,  & 
the  second  sort  not  aboue  12^  aday,  vnder  payne  of  x'  both  to  giuer  &  receauer./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  M'  Patricke  &  M'^  Vnd'hill  shall  haue  allowed  them 


5-      (3) 

Servants. 

[•59.] 


6. 

Rates  for 

Workm". 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  77 

6'  8'  ill  money,  to  buy  them  howseholcle  stiifFe,  &  for  helpe  to  washc,  brewc,     16  3  0. 
&  bake,  xx"./  '       -<~-' 

Thomas  Gray  is  inioyned,  vncler  the  penalty  of  x*,  to  attend  on  the  Court  "     ''^ 
in  pson  this  day  3  weekes,  to  answer  to  dyvers  things  obiected  against  him,  & 
to  remoue  himselfe  out  of  the  lymetts  of  tliis  pattent  before  the  end  of  March 
nexte./ 

S'  Rich :  Saltonstall  is  fiyned  4  bushcUs  of  nialte,  for  his  absence  from 
the  Court./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  noe  pson,  inhabitting  within  the  lymitts  of  tliis  pat-  6. 

tent,  shall,  either  directly  or  indirectly,  giue,  sell,  trucke,  or  send  away  any  Come. 
Indian   corn   to   any  Englishe  without   the  lymitts   of  this  pattent,  or  to  any 
Indian  whatsocucr,  without  licence  from  the  GoQn''  &  Assistants./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  John  Goulworth  shalbe  whipped,  and  afterwards  sett  Gouidsworth, 
in  the  stocks,  for  fcllony  coinittcd  by  him,  whereof  hee  is  convicted  by  his 
owne  confession ;  also,  that  Henry  Lyii  shalbe  wliipped  for  the  like  offence, 
&  John  Boggust  &  John  Pickrpi  to  sitt  in  the  stocks  4  bowers  togeath',  att 
Salem,  for  being  accessary  therevnto./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  there  shalbe  collected  &  levied  by  distresse  out  of  the  For  Cap'  Pat- 
seilall  plantacSns,  for   the  maintenance  of  M''  Patricke  &  SI"'  Vnderhill,  the  und-hill  50". 
soine  of  50*,  vizj  :   out  of  Charlton,  7* ;  Boston,  1 1* ;  Dorchesf^,  7* ;  Eocs- 
bury,  5*  i  Waterton,  11*;  Meadford,  3';   Salem,  3*;   Wessaguscus,  2*;  Na- 
tascett,  1*./ 

It  is   ordered,  that  laboui'ers   shall  not  take  aboue   12*  a  day  for  their  Rates. 
worke,  &  not  aboue  6'^  &  meats  &  drinke,  vnder  paine  of  x^/ 


*Septemb'  28%  1630.  [*60.] 

28  September. 

A  Jury  impanneld  to  inc[uire  concerning  the  Death  of  Austen  Bratcher :  — 

Rich  :  Browne,  John  Johnson, 

Will™  Aspynwall,  Edward  Converse, 

Abraham  Palra',  Ealfe  Sprage, 

Nich:  Stower,  Giles  Sexton, 

Peter  Palfiy,  Abraham  Pratt, 

Roger  Williams,  Francis  Smyth, 

AYill""  Bunell,  George  Dyar./ 
Nich :  Vpsall, 

Austen   Bratcher,  dyeing  lately  att  M'  Cradocks   plantacon,  was  vewed 
before  his  buryall  by  dyv"  psons,  vizJ  :  — 


■JS  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

Tho  :  Graues,  Thomas  Reade, 

James  Crugott,  Rich  :  Lyiiton,  ^ 

Thomas  Ward,  '  John  Jarvis,       y  Absent./ 

Thomas  Paynt',  Arthur  Ellis,    J 
Will""  Barsham, 

The  Juryes  Verdict :  — 

Wee  finde  that  the  strookes  giuen  by  Walter  Palmer  were  occationally 
the  meanes  of  the  death  of  Austen  Bratcher,  &  see  to  be  manslaughf./ 

Walter  Palmer  hath  bound  liimselfe  in  40*,  &  Ralfe  Sprage  &  John 
Sticklett  hath  bound  themselues  in  20*  a  peece,  for  Walter  Palmers  psonall 
appearance  att  the  nexte  Comte,  to  be  holden  att  Boston  the  IQ""  of  OctoV 
nexte,  to  answer  for  the  death  of  Austen  Bratcher./ 


[*61.]  ^September  18'",  16-30. 

Vpon  vew  of  the  dead  Body  of  Will™  Bateman./ 

An   Inquisicon  taken   att   Charlton,  the   18*  day  of  Sept'"^,  Aiio  Dili    1630, 
before  John  Winthrop,  Es^  &  GoQn'',  &  Isaack  Johiison,  Es^,  one  of  the 
Assistants,  &  Justice  of  Peace./ 
Vpon  the  oathes  of 

Walt'  Norton,  Es^,  Robte  Hardinge, 

Nich  :  Stowre,  Richard  Garrett, 

Ralfe  Sj)rage,  Thomas  Wiitnis, 

Will :  Cheesebrough,  Daniell     ^ 

John  Stickland,  John  Baker, 

Rich  :  Norman,  Wiihn  Bateman  ; 

Richard  Browne, 
whoe  say,  vpon  their  oathes,  that  the  afores"^  Will""  Bateman  was  sett  on  shore 
vpon  the  necke  of  land  neere  Pullen  Poynte,  in  the  bay  of  Mattachusetts,  by 
a  shallop  of  one  M"^  Wright,  (which  brought  him  from  Plimouthe,)  vpon 
Wednesday  last,  being  very  sicke  &  weake,  &  beinge  lefte  there  with  one  M' 
Ralfe  Gloucr  &  others,  whoe  liadd  a  shallop  in  that  place  ;  but  being  forced 
to  leaue  her  there,  because  the  windc  was  contrarie,  they,  returneing  home, 
lefte  him  such  pvisions  as  they  hadd,  &  a  fii-e  ;  but  when  they  returned  to 
their  boate,  vpon  Friday  last,  they  found  the  said  Will"  Bateman  dead,  about 
the  highwater  marke,  neere  their  boate,  aboute  a  stones  cast  from  the  place 
where  they  lefte  him.     Soe  the  jury  Jpisents  that  he  dyed  by  Gods  visitacon./ 

Evidences,  M'  Ralfe  Glouer,  Elias  MaQacke,  Giles  Sexton,  &  James 
BroAvne,  {d./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  79 

*J  Gerfall  Court,  holden  att  Boston  the  19'"  of  Octoh',  1680,         16  30. 

Pkesent,    The  GoQn'',  Capt  Endicott,  19  October. 

Deputy  GoQii'',  M"^  Nowell,  r*62.1 

S''  Rich  :  Sahonstall,  M'^  Pinchon, 

M'  Ludlowe,  M"'  Bradstreete./ 

FOR  the  establishinge  of  the  goQm'.  It  was  ppounded  if  it  were  not  the 
best  coui'se  that  the  ffreemen  should  haue  the  power  of  chuseing  Assist- 
ants when  there  are  to  be  chosen,  &  the  Assistants  fi'om  amongst  themselues  Elections, 
to  chuse  a  Gofln""  &  Deputy  Govln'',  whoe  w"^  the  Assistants  should  haue  the 
power  of  makeing  lawes  &  chuseing  officers  to  execute  the  same.  This  was 
fully  assented  vnto  by  the  geiiall  vote  of  the  people,  &  ereccon  of  hands./ 

Ralfe  Sprage  is  chosen  constable  of  Charlton,  John  Johnson  of  Rocks- 
bury,  &  John  Page  for  Waterton,  for  the  space  of  one  whole  yeare,  &  after  till 
newe  be  chosen./  _ 

It  is  ordered  that  sawers  shall  not  take  aboue   12'*  a  scoore  for  saweing 

°  Alt.  25. 

oake  boards,  &  10'^  a  scoore  for  pjTie  boards,  if  they  haue  their  wood  felled  &  Rates, 
squared  for  them./ 

Walter  Palmer  made  his  psonall  appearance  this  day,  &  stands  bound, 
hee  &  his  suerties,  till  the  nexte  Court./ 


The  JVamcs  of  such  as  desire  to  be  irmde  Freemen. 

M'  Sam"  Maiiacke,  M''  Rofete  Feake,  Freemen. 

M""  Edw  :  Johnson,  M"'  Wihn  Pelham, 

M'  Edw  :  Gibbins,  M"-  Ben  :  Brand, 

M--  Will :  Jeffries,  M^  Will :  Blackstone, 

M'  John  Biu-slin,  IM"'  Edmond  Lockwood, 

M'  Sam"  Shiu-pe,  M''  Rich  :  Browne,. 

M''  Tho  :  Graues,  John  Stlckland, 

M''  Roger  Conant,  Ealfe  Sprage, 

John  Woodbury,  M"^  George  Ludlowe, 

Peter  Palfry,  James  Peii, 

W  Nath :  Turner,  *Henry  Woolcott,  [*63.J 

M'  Sam"  Freeman,  Thomas  Stoughton, 

Eprahim  Cliilde,  Wiilm  Phelpes," 

]\I''  Wiiira  Gierke,  George  Dyar, 

M'  Abraham  Palmer,  John  Hoskins, 

John  Page,  Thomas  Ford, 


80 

THE    REOORDS    OF    THE    ( 

COLONY   OF 

1630. 

Nich :  Vpsall, 

M'  John  Warham, 

"- r ■' 

Stephen  Terree, 

M'  Samii  Skelton, 

19  October. 

Henry  Smyth, 

M^Will:  Colbron, 

Roger  Wiiiins, 

^^}  Will :  Aspinwall, 

John  "Wookidge, 

Edw :  Converse, 

Tho :  Lumberd, 

^\}  Rich  :  Palgraue, 

Bigatt  Egglestone, 

Jolm  Taylour, 

John  Grmoway, 

Rich:  Church, 

Clii'istopher  Gibson, 

Rich :  Silvester, 

John  Benham, 

Will:  Balstone, 

Thomas  Wilims, 

Robte  Abell, 

ais  Harris, 

M''  Giles  Sexton, 

Rich :  Garrett, 

Robte  Seely, 

Joliii  Howman, 

John  Mills, 

John  Crabb, 

John  Cranwell, 

Capt  Waif  Norton, 

M--  Ralfe  Glouer, 

M"^  Alex :  Wignall, 

Wiihn  Hulbird, 

M"^  Wiitm  Jennison, 

Edmond  James, 

Isi}  Thomas  Southcoate, 

John  Pilliijs, 

IM""  Rich :  Southcoate, 

Nath :  Bowman, 

James  Pemb'"ton, 

Jolin  Doggett, 

M'  John  Dillingham, 

Laurence  Leach, 

Jolxii  Johnson, 

Daniell  Abbott, 

George  Alcocke, 

Chai-les  Chad-\vicke, 

M'  Robte  Coles, 

Will:  Drakenbuiy, 

Jehu  Burr, 

John  Drake, 

Thomas  Rawlins, 

Jolm  Balshe, 

Rich:  Bugby, 

M'  Sam"  Coole, 

Rich :  Hutcliins, 

M--  Will :  Traske, 

Ralfe  Mushell, 

Will :  Gallard, 

Thomas  Lambe, 

Will:  Rockewell, 

Will :  Thi-odingham, 

Hemy  Herricke, 

Wiihn  Cliase, 

Sam"  Hosier, 

^      Foxewell, 

Rich :  Myllett, 

M'  Charles  Gott, 

M' Abraham  Pratt, 

Henry  Harwood, 

Wilim :  James, 

M"'  George  Phillips, 

Wiiim  Allen, 

M'  John  Wilson, 

Sam"  Archer./ 

• 

M'  John  MaQacke, 

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THE    MASSACHUSETTd    BAY    lx\    NEW    ENGLAND  81 


*A  Court  of  Assistants,  holdcn  att  Boston,  JYbuemb"  T,  1630.         1 G  3  0. 


Present,   The  GoGn',  Cap?  Endlcott, 

Deputy  Goiln'',  M'  Coddington, 

S'^  Rich :  Saltoiistall,  M'  Pinchon, 

M'  Ludlo-we,  M'  Bradstreetc./ 


9  November. 

[*65.] 


IT  is  ordered,  that  whereas  the  vsuall  rate  of  beaii'  hath  beene  after  6'  the  i>.  pealed, 
pound,  it  shalbe  hereafter  lefte  free  for  eQy  man  to  make  the  best  pffit  & 
impuem'  of  it  that  hee  can./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  eQy  Englishe  man  that  kllleth  a  wolfe  in  any  pte  ■within 
the  lymitts  of  this  pattent  shall  haue  allowed  him  l'*  for  efly  beast  &  horse,  & 
ob.  for  eiiy  weaned  swyne  &  goate  in  eily  plantacon,  to  be  leuied  by  the  con- 
stables of  the  s^  plantacons./ 

It  is  further  ordered,  that  whoesoeuer  shall  first  giue  in  his  name  to  M''  3. 

GoQn'  that  hee  will  vndcrtake  to  sett  vpp  a  fferry  betwixte  Boston  and  Charl-  ^cny  encoi 
ton,  &  shall  begin  the  same  att  such  tpne  as  M'  Gofln''  shall  appojTit,  shall  ^^^' 
haue    1'^  for  eiiy  pson,  &  1"^  for   eily    100  waight   of  goods  hee   shall  soe 
transport./ 

'M'  Clearke  is  phibited  cohabitacbn  &  frequent  keepeing  company  with 
M"  Freeman,  vnder  paine  of  such  pimishm'  as  the  Court  shall  tliinke  meete 
to  inflict./ 

It  Clearke  &  M'  Freeman  hath  boiuid  themselues  in  xx*  apeece  that 
M'  Clearke  shall  make  his  psonall  appearance  att  the  nexte  Court,  to  be 
holden  in  March  nexte,  &  in  the  meane  tyme  to  carry  liimselfe  in  good  behav"' 
towards  all  people,  &  espetially  towards  M"  Freeman,  coucerneing  whome 
there  is  stronge  suspicon  of  incontincncy./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  Eich :  DifFy,  serv'  to  S''  Eichai'd  Saltonstall,  shalbe 
whipped  for  his  misdcmean''  towards  liis  maister./ 

A  Jury  impaniiell  for  the  Tiyall  of  Walter  Palmer,  concerneing  the  Death 

of  Austin  Bratcher. 

M'  Edmond  Lockwood,  Ivich :  Morris, 

Wiilin  Eockewell,  Wiiim  Balston, 

Christopher  Couant,  Wiiim  Cheesbroiigh, 

Wiilm  Phelpes,  John  Page, 

"Wiiim  Gallard,  Jolui  Balshe, 

John  Hoskins,  Laui'ence  Leach./ 

The  juiy  findes  Walter  Palmer  not  guilty  of  manslaughter,  whereof  hee 
stoode  indicted,  &  soc  the  Court  anpiitts  him./ 
vol,.  I.  11 


a2 


THE  KECOllDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


1  G  3  0.        *.^  Court  of  Assistants,  holden  att  Boston,  JVoiiemb"  80%  1630. 


30  NoTember. 

[*66.] 


S'RiSa;  liud 
5. 


Ord'  about  \^ '■ 
Knop. 


Bartli  Hill 
cens. 

Jvate  for  y" 
iniiiislers. 


Jii'  Bakers 
cens. 


Tho  Moulton 
sent. 


Present,    The  GoQn'', 

The  Deputy  GoQn'', 
S''  Eich :  Saltonstall, 
INI''  Liicllowe, 


]\P  Nowell, 
M''  Pinchon, 
M'  Codchngton, 
M"'  Bradstreete./ 


SR  EICH:  SALTONSTALL  is  fyned  v^  for  whipping  3  seflall  psons 
without  the  presence  of  anotlier  Assistant,  contrary  to  an  act  of  Court 
foriully  made./ 

It  is  ordered,  tliat  whocsoeuer  imployeth  Wilini  Knopjj  or  his  sonne  in 
any  worke  shall  pay  the  one  halfe  of  their  wages  to  S''  Eich  :  Siltoiistall,  & 
whoeuer  buyeth  boards  of  them  shall  pay  one  halfe  of  the  price  to  S''  Kichard, 
till  the  money  hee  hath  disbursed  for  them  be  satisfyed./ 

Bartholmewe  Hill  is  adiudged  to  be  wliipt  for  stealeing  a  loafe  of  breade 
from  John  Hoskins,  wliich  Idmselfe  confesseth./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  there  shalbe  60*  collected  out  of  the  seQall  plantacons 
followeing,  for  the  mainetenance  of  M'  Wilson  &  M"'  Phillips,  vzj  :  out  of 
Boston,  20*;  Waterton,  20*;  Charlton,  10*;  Eockesbury,  6*;  Meadford,  3*; 
Winnett-semett,  1*./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  Jolin  Baker  shalbe  whipped  for  shooteing  att  fowlc  on 
the  Sabboth  day,  (c"./ 

It  is  further  ordered,  that  Thomas  Moulton  shall  pay  vnto  M''  Ealfe 
Glouer  x?  before  the  8"^  day  of  Decemb""  nexte,  or  els  to  be  whipped  for  the 
wronge  hee  did  M""  Glouer  in  comeing  from  Plymoth,  being  maistcr  of  his 
boate,  &  leaneing  him  without  a  pylott./ 


1  0  3  0-1.    *Jl  Court  of  Assistants,  holden  att  Boston,  i"*  of  March,  1630-31. 


1  March. 

[*67.] 


Seu'll  pevsotis 
sent  prisonc's 
home. 


Present, 


The  Gouern'', 
Deimtie  GoQn'", 
S'^  Eich :  Saltonstall, 
W  Ludlowe, 
Capt  Endicott, 


M"-  Pinchon, 
M"^  Nowell, 
M'  Sharpe, 

M'"  Coddington, 
INI'^  Bradstreete./ 


IT  is  ordered,  that  M--  Aleworth,  M--  Weau'',  M-"  Plastowe,  M-^  Shuf,  Cob- 
bett,  &  "VVormcwood  shalbe  sent  into  England  by  the  shipp  Lyon,  or  soe 
many  of  them  as  the  ship  can  carry,  the  rest  to  be  sent  thither  "by  the  1"'  of 
^lay  nexte,  if  there  be   optunltie  of   shipping,  if  not,  by   the    noxtc   shipp 


Indian  not  to 
be  traded  w* 
in  mony. 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGL.V^'D.  §3 

that  returncs  for  England,  as  psons  vnmeete  to  inhabit  here  ;  &  that  S'"  Chris-  16  30-1. 
tbpher  Gardu""  &  ^M''  Wright  slialbe  sent  as  prisoners  into  England  by  the  ^  ^^  ' 
sliijjp  Lyon,  nowe  returneing  tliither./  ^  March. 

Further,  it  is  ordered,  that  the  busines  conccrueing  M^  George  Ludlowc,  Ord'  about  M' 
expressed  in  a  ccrtaine  petition  sent  out  of  England,  to  the  GoQn"',  ^,  slialbe 
referred  to  t[hc]  GoQii''  &  Deputy  GoQn'' ;  &  the  rest  of  the  Assistants,  resi- 
dent att  Boston,  or  some  3  of  them,  the  Gofin"^  &  Dcputie  being  2  thereof,  to 
receaue  his  answer,  and  determyne  the  bixsines./ 

M''  Tho :  Stoughton,  constable  of  Dorchester,  is  ffyncd  v'  for   takeing  M' Tho : 
vpon  him  to  marry  Clem'  Briggs  &  Joane  Allen,  &  to  be  imprisoned  till  hce  ^1,"'^'''^"" 
hath  pd  liis  ffyne./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  if  any  pson  within  the  lymitts  of  this  pattent  doc 
trade,  trucke,  or  sell  any  money,  eith''  siluer  or  golde,  to  any  Indian,  or  any 
man  that  knowes  of  any  that  shall  soe  doe,  &  couceale  the  same,  shall  forfeit 
twenty  for  one./ 

Fiu'ther,  it  is  ordered,  that  whateuer   pson   hath  reccaued  any   Indian  Indian  not  to 
into  their  ifamylie  as  a  serv'  shall  discharge  themselucs  of  them  by  the  1"'  of  ^^^™    ''^" 
INIay  nexte  ;  &  that  noe  pson  shall  hereafter  intertaine  any  Indian  for  a  ser^ '  °~ 

without  licence  from  the  Court./ 

Nich :  Knopp  is  fyned  v'  for  takeing  vpou  him  to  cure  the  scurvcy  by  Niok :  Knop 
a  water  of  noe  worth,  nor  value,  which  he  solde  att  a  veiy  dcare  rate,  to  be 
imprisoned  till  hee  pay  his  ffine,  or  giue  securitye  for  it,  or  els  to  be  whijiped, 
&  shalbe  lyable  to  any  mans  accon  of  whome  hce  hath  reccaued  money  for 
the  s'^  water./ 

*Jost  Weillust  is  chosen  sui'vey''  of  the  ordinanc  &  cannoixneere,  for  wlricL        [*68.] 
hee  is  to  haiie  allowed  him  10*  p  ann./  Weiinstsai- 

John  Ellford  hath  bound  himselfe  in  C  inks,  &  Eoger  Connant  &  John  Eiford  &  sure- 
Woodbury  hath  bound  themselues  in  40*  a  peece,  for  John  EUfords  psonall 
appearance  att  the  first  Court  to  be  holden  in  Novemb''  nexte,  to  answere  for 
the  death  of  Thomas  Puckett./ 

JP  Wilim  Pelham  &  M'^  Edniond  Lockewood  hath  pmiscd  to  pay  to  the 
Coui-t  the  some  of  v*,  for  Nich  :  linopp,  before  the  last  Coiut  of  May  nexte./ 


Alt  a  Court  att  IVaterton,  March  8"',  1630—31.  s  March. 

P"SENT,     The  GoSn'-,  W  Xowell, 

Deputie  GoQn'',  ^P  Pinchon, 

S'  Rich  :  Saltonstall,  :M''  Coddington, 

yi'  Eudlowc,  JP  Bradstrecte./ 


84 


THE    RECORDS    OF    TPIE    COLONY    OF 


1630-1. 


8  March. 
Indians  rec- 
ompence  for 
2  mggams, 
burnt  by  S"'  Ki 
Salton : 

'Tho  :  Fox 
sent. 


Courts  legality. 

9- 


YPON  a  complaynte  made  by  Saggamore  John  &  Pet'  for  haueing  2  -wig- 
■wams  buiut,  which,  vpon  examinacon,  appeared  to  be  occac6ned  by 
James  Woodward,  serv'  to  S"'  Rich :  Saltonstall,  it  was  therefore  ordered,  that 
S"^  Richard  should  satisfie  the  Indians  for  the  wronge  done  to  them,  (which 
accordingly  hee  did  by  glueing  them  7  yards  of  cloath,)  &  that  his  said 
serv'  should  pay  vnto  him  for  it,  att  the  end  of  his  tyme,  the  soine  of  ly 

It  was  ordered,  that  Tho  :  Foxe,  serv'  to  M""  Cradocke,  shalbe  whipped 
for  vttering  malUtious  &  scandilous  speeches,  whereby  hee  sought  to  traduce 
the  Court,  as  if  they  hadd  taken  some  bribe  in  the  busines  concerneing  Walter 
Palmer./ 

Further,  (in  regard  the  number  of  Assistants  are  but  fewe,  &  some  of 
them  goeing  for  England,)  it  was  therefore  ordered,  that  whensoeuer  the  num- 
ber of  Assistants  resident  witliin  the  IjTnitts  of  tins  jurisdiccon  shalbe  fewer 
then  9,  it  shalbe  lawfull  for  the  maior  pte  of  them  to  keepe  a  Court ;  and 
whatsoeQ  orders  or  acts  they  make  shalbe  as  legall  &  authenticall  as  if  there 
were  the  full  number  of  7  or  more./ 


[*69.] 

22  March. 


Workmens 
wages  at  lib- 
erty.   Kates. 


Armes  for  all 
inhabitants  to 
be  proWded. 

10- 


Cardes  & 
dice 

11-     (5) 

to  be  made 
away  w"*. 


*Jtt  a  Court  of  Assistants,  holden  att  Boston,  March  22'\  1680-81. 
Present, 


The  Gouern', 
The  Deputie  Gofln"', 
M'  Ludlowe, 
M"^  Coddington, 
M'  Nowell, 


S'  Rich :  Soltonstall, 
M'  Pinchon, 
M''  Sharpe, 
M'  Bradstreete./ 


IT  is  ordered,  (that  whereas  the  wages  of  carpent",  joyners,  &  other  ar- 
tificers &  workemen,  were  by  order  of  Court  restrayned  to  pticul' 
somes)  shall  nowe  be  lefte  free  &  att  libertie  as  men  shall  reasonably  agree./ 

Further,  it  is  ordered,  that  eQy  towne  within  this  pattent  shall,  before 
the  5"^  of  Aprill  nexte,  take  espetiall  care  that  eQy  pson  within  their  towne, 
(except  magistrates  &  ministers,)  as  well  serv'^  as  others,  furnished  with 
good  &  sufficient  armes  allowable  by  the  capt  or  other  officers,  those  that 
want  &  are  of  abilitie  to  buy  them  themselues,  others  that  are  vnable  to 
haue  them  pvided  by  the  towne,  for  the  present,  &  after  to  receiue  satis- 
faccon  for  that  they  disbm-se  when  they  shalbe  able./ 

It  is  likewise  ordered  that  all  psons  whatsoeuer  that  hau«  cai-ds,  dice,  or 
tables  in  their  bowses,  shall  make  away  with  them  before  the  nexte  Court, 
vnder  paine  of  pimishm*./ 

Rich :    Johnson    confesscth  to  owe  vnto    Sr :   Richard    Saltonstall   (all 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  85 

accompts  cleared)  the  soine  of  13*,  w''  hco  piomiseth  to  pay  after  2'  p  weeke ;  1630-1. 
therefore  it  is  ordered,  that  those  tliat  setts  Johnson  on  worke  shall  pay  vnto 
S''  Richard  out  of  liis  wages  the  s''  2'  p  week./ 

It  is   ordered,   that  Beniamyn  Cribb,  Jolin   Cable,  &   Morris  Tro^veut  ''""^l^'s'  °f 

'  _  /  '  '  13"  debt  to 

shalbe  whipped  for  stealeing  3  piggs  of  M"'  Ralfe  Glouers./  Sr;  Kich. 

Rich :  Louge  confesseth  to  owe  vnto  M'  Ludlowe  the  soine  of  3*,  18%  4*,  Crib,  Cable,  & 

.  ,  Trowent  sent 

which  hee  pmisseth  to  pay  him  after  2^  p  weeke  till  it  be  all  ^tisfied./  to  be  whipt. 

It  appeares  by  S'^  Rich :  Saltonstalls  note  of  disbursm*'  that  Wiiim 
Knopp  owes  liini  the  soine  of  19*  v%  as  was  evidenced  to  the  Court  by  Rich- 
ard Browne  &  Ephi-aim  Childe,  being  men  indifferently  chosen  betwixte 
them  to  iudge  thereof./ 


*A   Court  of  Assistants,  holden  att  Boston,  Jprill  12'\  1631.         16  31. 


P»SENT,     The  Goan% 

W  Nowell, 

12  AprU. 

Deputie  Gofln^ 

M"'  Pinchon, 

[*70.] 

M''  Ludlowe, 

M'  Bradstreete./ 

T  is  ordered,  that  there  shalbe  a  watch  of  4   kept  efly  night  att  Dorches-  Watches,  when 

.  to  begin. 

.  ter,  &  another  of  4  att  Waterton,  the  watches  to  begin  att  sunsett./ 


Disturb-ince 
of  y" 

(6)     12- 


Further,  it  is  ordered,  that  if  any  pson  shall  shoote  of  any  peece  after 
the  watch  is  sett,  hee  shall  forfeict  40%  or  if  the  Court  shall  iudge  him  vna- 
ble,  then  to  be  whipped ;  the  second  fault  to  be  punished  by  the  Court  as  an 
offence  of  an  liighcr  nature./ 

It  is  likewise  ordered,  that  eily  man  that  findes  a  muskett  shall,  before  13- 

the  18th  day  of  this  moneth,  (&  soe  alwaies  after,)  haue  ready  1*  of  powder.  Ammunition, 
20  bulletts,  &  2  fathome  of  match,  vnder  penaltie  of  x^  for  eQy  fault.  —  provide. 
Moderated  470./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  eQy  captaine  shall   traine  his  companie  on  Saterday  Traijieinge 

once  a  week. 

in  euerie  weeke./ 

Further,  it  is  ordered,  that  noe  pson  shall  travell  single  betwixte  theis  Travellers  not 

to  go  vnarnied. 

plantacSns  &  Plymouthe,  nor  without  some  amies,  though  2  or  3  togeath''. 


A   Court  of  Assistants,  holden  att  Boston,  May  8,  1631.  3  May. 

Present,     The  Godn'-,  M'  Nowell, 

,  Deputie  GoQn'',  !M'  Pinchon, 

M'  Ludlowe,  M'  Bradstreete./ 

Capl  Endicott, 


86 


THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


[ni.] 

Wallbrd  to 
dep^yo  patent 


Trespasses  in 
come,  oum^'s 
of  cattle  to 
pay. 


Swyne  forfeit- 
ed, &5. 


Tho :  Bartlets 
sent. 


IT  is  ordered,  that  Thomas  Chubh  shall  be  freed  from  the  service  of  M' 
Sam''  Slaiiacke,  &  shall  become  serv*  to  Wiiim  Gayllerd,  of  Dorchester./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  Jolm  Lcgge,  serv'  to  M""  Ilumfry,  shalbe  seuerely 
ivliippcd  this  clay  att  Boston,  and  afterwards  soe  soone  as  conveniently  may 
be,  att  Salem,  for  strikeing  Richard  Wright,  when  hee  came  to  giiie  liim 
correccSn  for  idleness  in  his  maist'^  workc./ 

*Tho :  "VVa^ord,  of  Charlton,  is  ffyned  xl^,  &  is  iniojTied,  hec  and  his 
"wife,  to  dejjtc  out  of  the  lymits  of  this  pattent  before  the  20"'  day  of  October 
nexte,  ^^lder  painc  of  confiscauon  of  Iris  goods,  for  his  contempt  of  aiitlioritic 
&  confrontinge  officers,  ^./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  for  this  yeare  if  the  coTi^es,  horses,  or  goates,  of  any 
mans,  in  any  plantacon,  (Salem  excepted,)  shall '  trcspasse  &  doe  hurte  in 
the  corne  of  another,  that  the  owner  of  the  cattell  shall  make  full  satisfaccon 
for  the  damage  done  by  them,  &  that  all  swine  that  are  found  in  anj'  mans 
corne  shalbe  forfeit  to  the  public[ue,  out  of  w*  the  ptie  damnyficd  shalbe 
satisfied,  if  y*'  smnc  soe  forfeicted  be  of  that  value ;  if  not,  the  owner  is  to 
make  full  recompence  in  other  goods./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  Thomas  Bartlett,  serv*  to  M'  Pelham,  shalbe 
wliipped  for  his  vniust  selling  of  his  maisters  tooles,  &  that  Sam"  Hosier 
&  John  Page  shall  rctui-ne  either  the  tooles  they  bought  of  him,  or  the  prices 
thereof,  to  M'^  Pelham./ 

John  Norman,  sen%  is  ffyned  x^  for  liis  not  appearing  att  the  Court, 
being  sumoned./ 

A  Jury  impanucld  to  inc[uire  concerneing  an  accon  of  battry,  complayned  of 
by  Thomas  Dextor  against  Capt  Endicott. 

Rich  :  Browne,  Henry  Wolcott, 

Wiiim  Clearke,  Sam''  Hosier, 

Alex  :  Wignall,  John  Strickland, 

John  Dillingham,  Isaac  Sternes, 

John  Gosse,  DanicU  Fince, 

John  Johnson,  Edw  :  Converse./ 

The  jury  fiaides  for  the  plantrffe,  and  cesses  for  damages  xP./ 


[♦72.] 

IS  Mnv. 


*J  Gcrfall  Court,  hohien  att  Boston,  the  18"'  day  of  May,  16-31. 


P^SENT,     M'-  Winthrop,  Gov% 

M'  Dudley,  Deputy  G"", 
RP  Ludlowe, 
Capt  Endicott, 


M"-  Nowell, 
INI''  Pinchon, 
M''  Bradstreete, 
Assistants. 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  87 

JOHN    WINTIIROP,  Esfi,  was  chosen  GoQu'-  for  a  whole  ycare  nextc      1G31. 
ensueinge  by  the  geiiall  consent  of  the  Court,  according   to   the  mcane-    '       "       ^ 
ing  of  the  pattent,  and  did  accordingly  take  an  oathe  to  the  place  of  GoQu"^      ^^  ^*^" 
belongingo./ 

Tho :  Dudley,  Es^,  is  also  chosen  Deputy  GoUn"'  for  this  yeare  uexte 
ensuing,  &  did  in  psence  of  the  Court  take  an  oath  to  his  place  bclonglnge./ 

For  explanacSn  of  an  order  made  the  last  Geiiall  Court,  holdcn  the  lO""  l-t 

of  Octob""  last,  it  was  ordered  nowe,  with  full  consent  of  all  the  coilions  then  ■  """^ ' 
p>sent,  that  once  in  cQy  ycare,  att  least,  a  GcQall  Court  shalbe  holdcn,  att 
wliich  Court  it  shalbe  lawfull  for  the  coiiions  to  {)pounde  any  pson  or  psons 
whome  they  shall  desire  to  be  chosen  Assistants,  &  if  it  be  doubtfull  ■\^hith'^ 

Assistants, 

it  be  the  greaf^  pte   of  the  coiiions  or  not,  it   shalbe  putt  to  the  poll.     The  iiiuUficaiion 

like  coui'se  to  be  holdcn  when  they,  the  said  coinons,  shall  see  cause  for  any 

defect  or  misbehav'^  to  remoue  any  one  or  more  of  y*  Assist'* ;  &  to  the  end 

the   body  of  the  coinons    may  be  ^serued  of  honest  &  good  men,  it  was 

likewise  ordered  and  agreed  that  for  time  to  come  noc  man  slmlbe  admitted  ]  c7)      14_ 

to  the  fi-eedome  of  tliisjbody  poUiticke,  but  such  as  are   members   of  some  of  [  fteemen. 

the  churches  witliin  the  lymitts  of  the  same./  -' 

Tho :  Wiihns  hath  vndertaken  to   sett  vpp  a  fferry  bctwixte  Winnctt-  Tiio ;  Wms 
sem'  &  Charlton,  for  which   hee  is   to  haue  after  3''  a  pson,  &  from  Win- 
nettscm'  to  Boston  4*^  a  pson./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  eQy  plantac6n  within  the  lymitts  of  this  pattent  shall  "Wcightes. 

,  ^  Measures. 

before   the  last   day  of  June  nextc  |)uide   conion   measures  &  Avaights,  ^^■''^  15— 

shalbe  made  by  some  that  the  GoQn'"  hath  already  sealed j  &  by  yv"^^  also  all 
others  that  will  haue  waights  &  measui'cs  of  their  owne  are  to  be  made./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  noe  pson  shall  kill  any  wilde   swine  without  a  geiiall  s«-iuc. 
agreem*  att  some  Court./ 

Rich :  Norman  is  fjoied  ij'  vj'^  for  his  negligence  in  watching./  ^"^^  '■  ^°'' 

Dan"!  Abbott  is  fined  v'  for  refuseing  to  watch,  &  for  other  ill  behav'',  Uiinl :  Abbott. 
shewed  towards  Cap?  Pattricke./ 

Chickataubott  &  Saggamore  John  pmiscd  \aito  the  Court  to  make  sati>-  ciiickatabut 

.  f    T       ^  Sagamore 

faccbn  for  whatsoeucr  wronge  that  any  of  their  men  shall  doe  to   any  of  the  jno. 
Englishe,  to  their  cattcU  or  any  oth>^  waies./ 

*M'^  Roger   Couant  jtmiseth  to   deliuer  to  M''  Thomas  Dudley,  Deputy       [*73.] 
Gofln'j  4  bushells  of  Indian  corne  before  the  last  day  of  Octob"'  nexte./ 

[On  pages  73,  74,  and  79  are  lists  of  freemen  admitted  in  1G31,  1G32, 1G33,  and  1034,  which  are  trans- 
ferred to  the  end  of  the  Yolume.  Pages  75,  7<J,  77,  and  7S  contain  miscellaneous  matter,  and  having 
been  placed  here  probably  by  the  mistake  of  some  person  who  has  Iiound  the  manuscript,  have  been 
restored  to  their  true  place,  and  numbered  12*,  13",  1  and  2,  and  are  likc^vise  printed  at  the  end  of  the 
volume. 


88 


THE  KECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OP 


1631. 

14  June. 

[♦80.] 


*A  Court,  Jmlden  att  Boston,  June  14"',  1631. 


Licence. 


17- 


John  Mais- 
ters's. 


Licence. 

18- 

Cliickatabut. 

Ja:  Bro^vne 

p'miscth 

payem*. 

19- 


P^SENT, 


The  GoQu'-, 
Deputy  Gofln% 
W  Ludlowe, 
Capt  Eudicott, 


M'  Nowell, 
M'  Pinchon, 
Simon  Bradstreete./ 


IT  is  ordered,  that  noe  man  within  the  limitts  of  this  jurisdiccon  shall  liire 
any  pson  for  a  serv'  for  lesse  time  then  a  yeare,  vnles  hee  be  a  setled 
housekeep ;  also  that  noe  pson  w'soeuer  shall  trauell  out  of  this  pattent,  eith"" 
by  sea  or  laud,  without  leaue  from  the  Govern'",  Deputy  GoQn''',  or  some  other 
Assistant,  vnder  such  penalty  as  the  Court  shall  tliinke  mcete  to  inflict./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  constables  of  the  seQall  plantacons  shall  giue  notice 
to  the  credit"  of  Capt  Levett,  Jolin  Boggust,  &  Hemy  Lauson,  to  be  att  the 
nexte  Court,  to  make  j)fe  of  their  debts,  that  they  may  receiue  satisfaccon 
for  the  same,  soe  farr  as  their  goods  will  afford./ 

Vpon  the  reading  of  certaine  artickles  concerneing  a  geiilall  trade  of 
beav'  agreed  vpon  by  Capt  Eudicott  &  dy?s  others,  it  was  ordered,  that  the 
psons  interest  therein  shall  giue  a  meeteing  before  the  nexte  Court,  att 
such  tyme  &  place  as  Capt  Endicott  shall  appoynct,  to  discide  such  differences 
as  are  betwixte  them,  &  for  such  as  they  cannot  end  to  bring  them  to  the 
nexte  Court,  there  to  be  determined./ 

M'  Jolin  Maisters  hath  vndertaken  to  make  a  passage  from  Charles  Eyver 
to  the  newe  towne,  12  foote  broad  &  7  foote  deepe,  for  which  the  Court  pm- 
iseth  liim  satisfaccSn  according  as  the  charges  thereof  shall  amount  vnto./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  Phillip  Swaddon  shalbe  wliipped  for  ruiiing  away  from 
his  maister,  Eobt  Seely,  intending  to  goe  to  Virginia./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  Phillip  Eatliffe  shalbe  wliipped,  haue  his  eares  cutt  of, 
fyned  40*,  &  banished  out  of  y"  lymitts  of  tliis  jurisdiccon,  for  vttering  malli- 
tious  &  scandulous  speeches  against  the  goQm'  &  the  chiuxh  of  Salem,  ^., 
as  appeareth  by  a  pticul'  thereof,  pued  vpon  oath./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  noe  pson  w'soeuer  shall  buy  corne  or  any  other  pvisiou 
or  merch'able  coiiiodlty  of  any  shijip  or  barke  that  comes  into  this  bay,  with- 
out leai;e  from  the  GoQn"'  or  some  otli"'  of  the  Assistants./ 

Chickataubott  is  fyned  a  skyn  of  beau''  for  shooteinge  a  swine  of  S"^  Eich  : 
Saltonstalls./ 

Wiiim  Almy  is  ffyned  ij"  vi"*  for  takeing  away  M'  Glouers  cannoe  with- 
out leaue./ 

Edw  :  Converse  hath  vndertaken  to  sett  vpp  a  fferry  betwixte  Charlton  & 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS   BAY    IN    NEW  ENGLAND.  89 

Boston,  for  which  hee  is  to  haue  ij"'  for  eQy  single  pson,  &  1'^  a  peece  if  there      1  G  3  1 . 
be  2  or  more./  ^       '       ^ 

It  is  ordered,  that  W  Pelham  shall  pay  vnto  Tho  :  (Goilthayt  the  some  of       ^*  '''^''• 

Edw^  Converse 

V*  (whereof  5  nobles  is  already  pd)  w'^''  tRe  Court  hath  awarded  liim  to  pay,  undertakes  to 
to  make  good  a  covenant  betwixte  them./  ^^^^^  Fetrv^  ' 


20- 


*^  Court  of  Assistants,  holden  att  Boston,  July  5"',  1631.  [*81] 

P'SENT,.  TheGoQn',  M-^  Nowell,  ^ ''"'''■ 

.  Deputy  Goiin',  M'  Pinchon, 

M"^  Ludlowe,  S  :  Bradstreete./ 

IT  is  ordered,  there  shalbe  le\yed  out  of  the  seQall  plantacons  the  some  of 
thirty  pounds  for  the  makeing  9f  the  crecke  att  the  newe  towne,  vzj  : 
Winettsem',  15' ;  Wessaguscus,  40^ ;  Saugus,  20' ;  Natascett,  lO'' ;  Waterton, 
V* ;  Boston,  v* ;  Dorchester,  4*  10' ;  Rocksbury,  3* ;  Salem,  3*  5" ;  Charlton, 
4*  10'./ 

Further,  it  is  ordered,  that  all  the  ilelai^s  within  the  lymitts  of  this 
pattent,  vzj,  Conants  Ileland,  Noddles  Ileland,  Tompsons  Ilelaud,  togeath'' 
with  all  other  ilelands  within  the  lymitts  of  oui-  2)attent,  shalbe  apppriated  to  Hands, 
publique  benefits  &  yses,  &  to  rcmaine  iu  the  power  of  the  GoQn'  &  Assist- 
ants (for  the  tune  being,)  to  be  lett  &  disposed  of  by  them  to  helpe  towards 
publique  charges,  &  that  noe  pson  w'soeu'  shall  make  .any  vse  or  benefitt  of 
any  of  the  said  ilelands,  by  putting  on  cattell,  fellmg  wood,  raiseing  slate,  ^(3, 
without  leaue  from  the  GoQn""  &  Assistants  for  the  time  being.  This  order 
to  take  place  iinediately  after  the  first  of  OctoV  nexte. 

It  is  further  ordered,  that  eQy  Assistant  shall  haue  power  to  graunt  war'^,  ")  Asistants^to 

make  suni- 

suinons,  &  attatchm'",  as  occacon  shall  require,  &  that  the  acts  of  the  Court 
shalbe  authenticall  if  they  passe  onely  vnder  the  Secretarj^es  hand,  (for  y* 
tyme  being./) 

The  Saggamore  of  Aggawam  is  banished  from  comeing  into  any  Englishe 
mans  howse  for  the  space  of  a  yeare,  vnd'  the  penalty  of  10  skins  of  beav'./ 


(9)     21- 

Court. 


) 


Jtt  a  Court,  hohlcn  att  Boston,  July  26"',  1631.  2g  juiy. 

P"SENT,    The  GoQn'-,  M'  Nowell, 

Deputy  Goiln'',  M"^  Pinchon, 

M'  Ludlowe,  S  :  Bradstreete./ 

Capt  Endicott, 
VOL.  I.  12 


'90 


THE  KECOKDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OP 


1631. 


Lucy  Smith. 


Watch. 

3. 
4. 

Traineing. 


[*82.] 


FOR  the  fservacSn  of  liowses,  hay,  boards,  timb',  (5,  it  was  ordered, 
that  noe  pson  whatsoeuer  within  the  lymitts  of  o""  pattent  shall  burne 
any  ground  any  yeare  till  the  first  of  Maixh,  vnder  such  penalty  as  the 
Court  shall  thinke  nieete  to  inflict ;  &  if  any  pson  be  desu'ous  to  burne  any 
of  Iris  owne  ground  for  corne  before  that  time,  hee  shall  make  full  satis- 
faccSn  for  the  damage  it  doeth,  in  case  any  be  occacbn"*  thereby./  Altred, 
L  <6,  442. 

Lucy  Smyth  is  bound  as  an  apprentice  with  M"^  Roger  Ludlowe  for  7 
yeares,  dureing  w"^*"  tyme  hee  is  to  finde  her  meate,  drlnke,  &  cloathes,  &  att 
the  end  of  her  yeares  to  giue  her  the  some  of  v*./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  there  shalbe  a  watch  of  sixe  &  an  officer  kept  eQy  night 
att  Boston,  2  whereof  are  to  be  of  Boston,  2  of  Charlton,  and  2  of  Rocksbury./ 
It  is  further  ordered,  that  eQy  first  Thursday  in  efly  moneth  there  shalbe 
a  gefJall  tralneing  of  Capt  Vnd''lillls  company  att  Boston  &  Rocksbury,  &  eiiy 
first  Friday  in  eQy  moneth  there  shalbe  a  geEall  traineing  of  the  remalnd''  of 
them  who  Inhabitt  att  Charlton,  Misticke,  &  the  newe  towne,  att  a  conveni- 
ent place  aboute  the  Indian  wigwams,  the  traineing  to  begin  att  one  of  the 
clocke  in  the  afternoonc./        ' 

*It  is  ordered,  that  Frauncis  Perry  shalbe  whipped,  for  his  ill  speeches  & 
misbehav'  towards  liis  maister./ 

M'  Fraxxncis  Aleworth  is  chosen  Leifeten'  vnto  Capt  Southcoate,  &  Cap? 
Southcoate  hath  liberty  graunted  him  to  goe  for  England,  pmiseing  to  returne 
againe  w'h  all  convenient  speede./ 


16  August. 


Debts. 


23-    (11) 


j1  Court  of  Assistants,  holden  att  Boston,  August  16"',  1631. 


Present, 


The  GoQu',, 
Deputy  GoQn', 
M''  Ludlowe, 


M"^  Nowell, 
M'  Pinchon, 
S :  Bradstreete./ 


IT  is  ordered,  that  any  bill  assigned  to  another  shalbe  good  debt  to  the  pty 
to  whome  it  is  assigned ;  also  that  such  debts  due  vpon  bill  shalbe  pd 
before  any  other,  &  that  the  pty  that  giueth  such  bills  shall  renewe  them  vpon 
demaund  &  deliQy  in.  of  the  olde  bill./ 
Shep.,  Cole,  It  is  ordered,  that  M''  Shepheard  and  Robte  Coles  shalbe  ffyned  5  inks  a 

5  ni'ks  a  peecc  P^ece,  &  Edwai'd  Gibbons  xx',  for  abuseing  themselues  disorderly  with  drinke- 
ing  to  much  stronge  drinke  aboard  the  Frendshipp,  &  att  'M''  IMaQacke  his 
howse  at  Wiiiettsem''.     Discharged,  409. 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  01 

M"'  Alex :  Wignall  is  ffined  5  uiks  for  the  like  oiFcuce  att  the  same  time./      16  3  1. 

It  is  further  ordered,  that  the  execut"  of  Rich  :  Garrett  shall  pay  vnto  "       '^       ' 

Heury  Harwood  the  soiiie  of  20  nobles,  according  to  the  j)porcon  that  the  wii^nall? 

goods  of  the  said  Rich :  Garrett  shall  amount  vnto./  '^"'''''*  ''^'"" 

It  is   ordered,  that   Pliilhp  Swaddon  shalbe   sett  free  from  his   maister  Swadden  free- 

.  .  dom. 

Rofete  Seely,  vpon  the  payem'  of  x'  to  his  maister./ 

M"^  Wiiim  Gennison  is  chosent  anchient  to  Cap?  Pattricke./  M'  Gennison, 


^  Court  of  Assistants,  holden  att  Boston,  Scptemb''  6"',  16-31.         g  September. 

P-SENT,      The  Gofln',  ]SI'  Nowell, 

.  Deputy  Goiln%  M''  Pinchon, 

M''  Ludlowe,  S  :  Bradstrecte./ 

IT  is  ordered,  that  Henry  Lyii  shalbe  whipped  and  banished  the  planfacttn 
before  the  6*  day  of  Octob''  nexte  for  writeing  into  England  falsely  & 
mallitiously  against  the  goQm'  &  execucon  of  justice  here./ 

There  is  graunted  to  ISI'  Goiln''  600  ad  of  land,  to  be  sett  forth  by  mks  c)^_ 

&  bounds  neere  lus  howse  att  Misticke,  to  enioy  to  him  &  his  hcires  for  eucr./  *-'""'  ^^'"' 

.  ...  .         thropGOn 

It  is  ordered,  John  Dawe  shalbe  seuerely  whipped  for  intiseing  an  Indian^  [acres  at] 
■woman  to  lye  w"'  him.     Vpon  tliis  occacon  it  is  ppounded  with'  adulter)-, 
eith'  w*''  English  or  Indian,  shall  not  be  punished  w"*  death.     Referred  to  the 
nexte  Court  to  be  considered  of./ 

*M'  Alex :  Wignall  is  ffined  40',  bound  to  his   good  behav'',  &  enioyned       [•♦gg  -i 
to  remove  his  dwelling  to  some  setled  plantacon  before  the  last  of  May  nexte, 
for  drunkcnes  &  much  misdemean""  by  him  coiiiittcd  att  the  plantacon  where 
nowe  hee  dwelleth./ 


A  Court  of  Assistants,  holden  att  Boston,  Septemb"  27"',  1631.       27  September. 

Present,      The  GoQn'',  M'  Nowcll, 

Deputy  Goiin'',  M""  Pinchon, 

M"'  Ludlowe,  S  :  Bradstreete./ 

IT  is  ordered,  that  sawers  shall  not  take  aboue  12''  a  scoore  for  boards,  if   .  25- 

Katcs. 
they  have  their  wood  felled  &  squared  for  them,  &  not  aboue  7'  the  hun- 
dred, after  5  scoore  to  the  huncked,  if  they  fell  &  square  their  wood  themselues./ 
Wiilm  Phelpcs  is  chosen  constable  of  Dorchester./ 


92 


THE    RECOIIDS    OF    THE    COLONY    OP 


1631. 


27  September. 


It  is  ordered,  that  Josias  Plasto^ve  shall  (for  stealemg  4  basketts  of 
coriie  from  the  Indians)  retume  them  8  basketts  againe,  be  ffined  v*,  &  here- 
after to  be  called  by  the  nanae  of  Josias,  &  not  M"',  as  foriSly  hee  vsed  to  be, 
&  that  AYiiim  Buckland  &  Tho :  Andiewe  slialbe  wliipped  for  being  acces- 
sary to  the  same  offence./ 


18  October.  ^  Cowt  of  Assistttnts,  holckn  att  Boston,  Odob'  18^,  1631. 


P^SENT, 


The  GoQn', 
Deputy  Goiln'', 
M"'  Ludlowe, 
Capt  Endicott, 


M'  Nowell, 
M'  Pinchon, 
S :  Bradstreete. 


26-  (12) 


27- 

Tho :  Grays 
censure, 
quare . 

«>S_ 


Com  in  pay- 
ment. 


IT  is  ordered,  that  if  any  man  shall  have  carnall  copnlacon  with  another 
mans  wife,  they  both  shalbe  punished  by  death.  Tliis  was  confirmed 
the  fia'st  month,  1637  or  1638./ 

The  constable  of  Eocksbury  retui-nes  the  receipt  of  'M'  ShcphearJs  ffine 
of  5  mks,  &  soe  it  remaines  in  his  hands  to  be  accomptable  for  it.  M' 
GoQn''  is  to  haue  40'  of  it,  w^i"  hee  pd  for  ferryeing  the  watch  from  Charlton 
to  Boston./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  Thomas  Grayes  howse  att  Marble  Harb'  shalbe  puld 
downe,  &  that  uoe  Englishe  man  shall  hereafter  giue  howseroome  to  liim  or 
iutertaine  him,  vnder  such  penalty  as  the  Court  shall  thinke  meete  to  inflicte./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  there  shalbe  taken  out  of  the  estate  of  M'  Crispe  &  liis 
company  the  soiue  of  xij*  j^  v'',  &  delifled  to  John  Ivirman,  as  his  pp  goods, 
&  after  the  whole  estate  to  be  mventoryed,  whereof  the  s*  John  Kirman  is 
to  haue  an  8"^  pte ;  this  to  be  done  with  all  convenient  speede  by  theis  5 
coiuission'"^  or  any  3  of  them,  vzj :  M"^  John  Masters,  M"^  Robte  Fcakes, 
M'  Edward  Gibbons,  Epharim  Cliilde,  Dan"  Fynch,  {d./ 

It  is  further  ordered,  that  corne  shall  passe  for  payeni'  of  all  debts  at  the 
vsuall  rate  it  is  soldo  for,  except  money  or  beav"^  be  expressely  named./ 


1631-2. 

3  February. 

[*84.] 


*.M  a  Meeteing  of  Assistants  att  Boston,  Fcbruarij  the  8,  1631. 

P''SENT, 


The  Goan% 
Deputy  Gofln', 
M''  Ludlowe, 
Capl  Endicott, 


M"'  Nowell, 
M'  Pinchon, 
S :  Bradstreete. 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  93 

IT  was  ordered,  there  should  be  thi'ee  scoore  pounds  levyed  out  of  the    j  (j  3  j_9^ 
seQall  plantacbns  witliin  the  lymitts  of  tliis  pattent  towards  the  makeing    " > ' 

of  a    pallysadoe    aboute    the    newe  towne,   vzj :    AVaterton  ^iii*,   the    newe    *  February. 

Rate. 

to'\vTie  iij%  Charlton  yij*,  ileadford  iij*,  Saugus  &  Marble  Harb'  vj*,  Salem 
iiij*  x^,  Boston  viij*,  Eocksbuiy  \-ij',  Dorchester  vij',  Wessaguscus  v*,  Wiu- 
ettsem*  xxx'./ 

Thomas  Knower  hath  bound  hlmselfe  in  x*  to  make  his  psonall  appear-  Knowe's  bond. 
ance  att  the  nexte  Court,  to  be  holden  att  Boston  the  fii'st  Tuesday  in  March 
nexte,  to  answer  to  such  tilings  as  shalbe  obiected  against  him./ 


A  Court  of  Assistants,  holden  att  Boston,  March  6"',  1632.  e  March. 

Present,      The  GoQn',  INI"'  Nowell, 

Deputy  GoQn"",  M"'  Pinchon, 

M'  Ludlowe,  S  :  Bradstreete. 
Capt  Endicott, 

IT  is  ordered,  that  noe  planter  ^nthin  the  lymitts  of  this  jurisdiccSn,  returnc  29— 

ing  for  England,  shall  carry  either  money  or  beav"^  with  liim  w^'oiit 
leave  from  the  Goun'',  (for  the  time  being,)  vnder  paine  of  forfectinge  the 
money  or  beaver  soe  intended  to  be  transj)ortcd./ 

As  an  addicSn  to  an  order  made  the  22"^  of  March,  1630,  it  is  ordered  30- 

that  if  any  single  pson  be  not  pvided  of  sufficient  armes  allowable  by  the  prided  for 
cap?  or  leifeten's,  before  the  10"'  of  Aprill  nexte,  shalbe  compelled  to  serue  ^^  serrice,  &c. 
by  the  yeare  ■n'ith  any  maister  that  will  retaine  him  for   such  wages   as  the 
Court  shall  thinke  meete  to  appoynte./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  Courts  hereafter  shalbe  helde  eQy  fii'st  Tuesday  in 
eQy  moneth./ 

It  is  fui-ther  ordered,  that  Eobte  Coles,  of  Rocksbury,  shalbe  fined ,  xx'  Robert  Coles. 
for  being  drunke  at  Charlton  in  OctoV  last,  &  is  inioyned  to  confesse  his 
fault  to  the  Court,  (nowe  coinitted  in  extenuateing  his   offence,)  the  nexte 
Court,  &  after  att  the  GeEall  Couit./ 

Tho  :  Ivnower  hath  bound  himselfc  in  x*  to  make  his  psonal  appearance 
att  the  nexte  Court,  to  answer  to  such  things  as  shall  be  obiected  against  him./ 


*A  Court  of  Assistants,  holden  att  Boston,  Aprill  3,  1632.            1  G  3  2. 

Pkesext,      The  Gofln',  M"-  Nowell,                                      ,  ,    ., 

'  '3  April. 

Deputy  Goiln'',  M''  Pinchon,                                    r*85.1 

M'  Ludlowe,  .  S :  Bradstreete. 
Capl  Endicott, 


M  THE  KECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

16  3  2.     ryiHO :  KNOWER  was  sett  in  the  bilbowes  for  tlu-eateing  the  Coui-t  that, 

"^  _l_    if  hee  should  be  punist,  hee  would  haue  it  tryed  in  England  whither 

hee  was  lawfully  punished  or  not./ 

Catchiiigfouic.  jj  -^^^s  ordered,  that  noe  pson  w'soeuer  shall  shoote  att  fowle  vpon  Pul- 

len  Poynte  or   Noddles  Ileland,  but  that  the  s''  places   shalbe  reserved  for 

John  Perkins  to  take  fowle  w'''  netts./ 

Vpon  Rohte  Coles  confession  of  his  faulte  coiuitted  the  last  Court,  in 
exteuuateing  of  liis  offence  of  di-iuikenes,  the  Court  remitted  his  ffyne,  & 
further  confession  enioyned  liim  the  last  Court./ 

31—  Sarah  Morley  is  putt  as  an  apprentice  to  M''  Nathanaell  Turner,  of  Sau- 
gus,  for  the  space  of  nyne  yeares  from  tliis  Coui't,  for  w"^"^  tearme  hee  is  to 
finde  her  meate,  drinke,  &  cloathing./ 

32—  The  Ileland  called  Conant's  Ileland,  with  all  the  lib''ties  &  previlldges 
Hand  or  Gou'  o^  fishing  &  fowleing,  was  demised  to  John  Wiuthrop,  Es^,  the  p'sent  GoQu"', 
Garden,  gr'ed    ^^^.  ^j^^  tearme  of  his  life,  for  the  ffine  of  fforty  sliilliugs,  &  att  the  yearely 

to  John  Win-  •■  o  ^  j 

throp,  Esq',  rent  of  xij*,  to  be  paid  to  the  Treasurer  ^fpon  the  25"*  day  of  March ;  &  it  was 
further  agreed,  &  the  said  John  Winthrop  did  covenant  &  pmise  to  plant  a 
vineyard  and  an  orchyard  in  the  same,  in  consideracon  whereof  the  Court  did 
graunt  that,  att  the  end  of  the  said  tearme,  the  lease  hereof  should  be  renewed 
to  the  heires  or  assignes  of  the  said  Jolon  Winthrop  for  one  &  twenty 
yeares,  payeinge  yearely  to  the  GoQn'^,  for  the  time  being,  the  fifth  pte  of  all 
such  fi-uicts  &  pffitts  as  shalbe  yeai-ely  raysed  out  of  the  same,  &  soe 
the  same  lease  to  be  renewed  from  time  to  time  vnto  the  heires  &  assignes  of 
the  said  John  Wiutlu'op,  -nith  the  said  reservacon  of  the  said  fifth  pte  to  the 
Gofln"^  for  the  time  being,  &  the  name  of  the  said  ileland  was  changed,  &  is 
to  be  called  the  GoQn'^  Garden  ;  p\ided,  that  if  the  heires  or  assignes  of  the 
said  John  Wintlu'op  shall  att  any  time  suffer  the  said  ileland  to  lye  wast,  & 
not  impue  the  same,  then  this  g>sent  demise  to  be  voide./ 


1631-2,  *March  6"'  1632. 


33 


6  March.      T^   is   agreed  vpon  by  the  ptyes  whose  names  are  here  vnderwritten,  by 
[*86.]       _|_  vertue  of  an  order  of  Court  ffor  the  appoincted  &  setting  out  the  bounds 
of  Charles-Towne  &  Newe  Towne./ 

Charles  Toune  n      i       i        i   •  i     n    i       -vt  m  •  i 

ANewToune  First,  it  IS  agreed  that  all  the  land  impaled  by  JNewe  iowue  men,  -w^th 

'*°"°    ■  the  necke  therevnto  adioyneing,  whereon  M""  Graiies  dwelleth,  shall  belonge 

to  the  said  Newe  ToAvne,  &  that  the  bounds  of  Charles  Towne  shall  end  att 

a  tree  marked  by  the  said  pale,  &  to  passe  alonge  from  that  tree,  by  a  straight 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  95 

lyne  vnto  the  niydway  bctweene  the  westermost  pte  of  the  greate  lott  of  land    1  G  3  1-2. 

of  John  Winthi'op,  EscJ>,  nowe  GoQu''  of  the  Englishe  colony  in  the  Massachu-    "       ^     ~  ' 

setts,  &  the  neerest  pte  thereto  of  the  bounds  of  Waterton.     In  witnes  where-  ^'^ '' 

of,  Avee  have  herevnto  sett  o''  hands,  the  day  &  yeare  aforesaid./ 

THO:    MAYHEWE, 
NATH:   TURNER, 

[Page  87  left  blank.]  GEORGE    ALCOCKE./ 


*J  Gen'all  Court,  holden  all  Boston,  May  T,  1632.  16  3  2. 

Present,    The  GoQn'',  M""  Novell,  9  May. 

Deputy  Goiin'',  M""  Pinchon,  P88.1 

M'  Ludlowe,  S  :  Bradstreete 

IT  was  geSally  agreed  vpon,  by  ereccon  of  hands,  that  the  GoQn'^,  Deputy  34— 

GoQn',  &  Assistants  should  be  chosen  by  the  whole  Court  of  Goiln'',  Dep-  Elections, 
uty  GoQn'",  Assistants,  &  freemen,  and  that  the  GoQn''  shall  alwaies  be  chosen 
out  of  the  Assistants./ 

John  "Wintlu'op,  Es^,  was  chosen  to  the  place  of  GoQn'"  (by  the  gefJall 
consent  of  the  whole  Coiut,  manefested  by  ereccon  of  hands)  for  this  yeare 
nexte  ensueing,  &  till  a  newe  be  chosen,  &  did,  in  ^sence  of  the  Court,  take 
an  oath  to  his  said  place  belonging./ 

Thomas  Dudley,  Es^,  was  in  like  manner  chosen  to  the  place  of  Deputy 
GoQn''  for  this  yeare  nexte  ensueing,  &  till  a  newe  be  chosen,  &  did,  accord- 
ingly, take  an  oath  to  his  place  belonging./ 

M''  Roger  Ludlowe,  M'  Increase  Nowell,  M'  Wiiim  Pinchon,  S  :  Brad- 
streete, Capt  John  Endicott,  John  Humfrey,  Es^,  M'  "Wiiim  Coddington,  & 
INI"'  John  Winthiop,  Jun'',  was  chosen  into  the  place  of  Assistants  for  this 
yeare  nexte  ensueing,  &  till  newe  be  chosen./ 

It  was  ordered,  that  there  should  be  two  of  eQy  plantacon  appointed  to 
conferre  with  the  Court  about  raiseing  of  a  publique  stocke  : — 
M'  Oldeham  &  M'  Masters,  for  Waterton ; 
Robte  Coles  &  John  Johnson,  for  Rocksbury ; 
M'  Will :  Colbran  &  Will :  Cheesebrough,  for  Boston  ; 
Rich  :  Wright  ^  for  Saugus  ; 

My  Lockwood  &  M''  Spencer  for  Newe  Towne ; 
M'  Gibbons  &  M"^  Palm',  for  Charlton  ; 
;^  M'  Conant  &  Peter  Palfry,  for  Salem ; 

Wiiim  Felpcs  &  John  Gallard,  for  Dorchest'./ 


96  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OP 

163  2.  It  "n^as  ordered,  that  the  towne  of  Waterton  shall  haue  that  pMledge  and 

'       >■       ^    interest  in  the  wayre  they  haue  built  vjip  Charles  Eyv'',  according  as  the  Court 
oc_    ^^'        hereafter  shall  thinke  meete  to  confu'me  vuto  them./ 

Wate'  To\TOe  ^I"^  Edmond  Lockwood  was  chosen  constable  of  New  Towne  for  this  yeai-e 

nexte  ensueing,  &  till  a  newe  be  chosen./     Jur. 

M'  Gierke  was  chosen  constable  of  Waterton  for  this  yeare  nexte  ensue- 
ing, &  till  a  newe  be  chosen./     Jur. 


pni*^  as  to  a 
weyie. 


[*89.]  *A  Court  of  Assistants,  holden  att  Boston,  June  5"',  1632. 

5  June. 

P'SENT,    The  GoQu'',  M"'  Ludlowe, 

Deputy  GoQu',  M''  Wintluop,  Ju', 

M"^  ISTowell,  S  :  Bradstreete. 
M"^  Pinchon, 


Day  of  Thanks- 
giving. 


THE  Court,  takeing  into  consideraoon  the  greate  lulcy  of  God,  vouchsafed 
to  the   churches   of   God   in    Germany  and  the   Pallattinate,   ^S,  hath 
appoyncted  the  IS""  day  of  tliis  psent  moneth  to  be  kept  as  a  day  of  publique 
thanksgiuing  tliroughout  the  seQall  plantacons./ 
Compa  goods  It  is  Ordered,  that  the  goods  of  the  company  of  husbandm  shalbe  inven- 

secured.  toiyed  by  the  beadle,  &  fserued  here,  for  the  vse  and  benefitt  of  the  said 

company./ 

36—  It  was  further  ordered,  that  there  shalbe  200  a.6  of  land  sett  out  by  mks 
200  acres  of      &  bounds,  on  the  west  side  of  Charles  Eyver,  ouer  against  the  newe  towne, 

land  gr' to  Tho :  .  ,  .  .  „ 

Dudley,  Esq',  to  enioy  to  Thomas  Dudley,  Es^,  Deputy  GoQu"',  to  him  &  his  heu'es  for  euer./ 

Bever.  ^^       It  was  like^^'ise  ordered,  that  eQy  planter  inhabiting  w"'in  this  pattent 

37—  shall  pay  to   the  Court,  towards  the  defrayeing  of  puhlique  charges,  xij''  for 
1  eQy  pound  of  beav'  that  hee  shall  trade  for  with  any  Indian  witliin  this  pat- 

'    tent,  or  that  hee  brings  into  the  pattent,  haveing  traded  the  same  with  any 
forraine  Indean./     Rep.  207. 
Trucking  Also,  it  is  agreed  that  there  shalbe  a  trucking  howse  appoyncted  in  eQy 

plantacon,  whither  the  Indians  may  resorte  to  trade,  to  avoide  there  comeing 
to  seQall  howses./ 
Josias  Plaistow  There  is  a  comission  graunted  to  M"^  Pinchou  &  IM""  IMaQicke,  Sen"",  to 

'd  ft  "  i^^^s  iiiliiuyj  &  to  take  deposicons  of  the  creditors  of  Josias  Plastowe  &  there 
witnesses,  that  it  may  appeare  what  debts  are  oweing  by  him,  &  see  his  estate 
to  be  pserued  here  till  the  nexte  Couit./ 


THE  MASSACHUSETTS  BAY  IN  NEW  ENGLiVND. 


§i 


W  Pinchon, 

3  July. 

INP  Wintlu-op, 

[*90.] 

S  :  Bradstreetc, 

M'  Nowell. 

*J  Court,  holdeii  alt  Boston,  July  S,  1632.  163  2. 

P"sENT,    The  Goiin% 

Deputy  GoQn'', 
jNI"'  Ludlowe, 
Capl  Eudicott, 

CAPT.  ENDICOTT,  being  chosen  an  Assistant  att  the  GeEall  Court,  did 
nowe  take  an  oath  to  his  place  belonging,  In  the  psence  of  the  Court,/ 

It  is  ordered,  that  Joist  Weillust  shall  haue  allowed  him  v*  towards  his 
transportacbn  into  his  owne  country,  whith'',  according  to  his  desire,  hec  hath 
free  leaue  to  goe./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  Thomas  Dextor  shalbe  bound  to  his  good  behav''  till 
the  ncxte  Geiilall  Court,  &  ffined  v*  for  his  misdemcan"'  &  insolent  carriage  & 
speeches  to  S :  Bradstrcete,  att  his  owne  howsc ;  also,  att  the  Geflall  Court  is 
bound  to  confesse  his  fault./ 

There  is  a  necke  of  land  lyeing  aboutc  3  mylcs  from  Salem,  cont  aboute 
300  a6  of  land,  graunted  to  Capt  Jo  :  Endicott,  to  cnioy  to  liim  &  his  heires 
for  euer,  called  in  the  ludean  tonge  Wahquaincschcok,  in  English  Birch- 
wood,  bounded  on  the  south  side  with  a  rj^er  called  in  the  Indean  tounge 
Socwamapencssett,  coiiionly  called  the  Cowe  Ilowse  Eyver  j  bounded  on  the 
north  side  with  a  ryver  called  in  the  Indean  tongue  Conamabsc|.nooncant, 
coiiionly  called  the  Ducke  Ryver ;  bounded  on  the  east  w*""  a  ry\'er  leadeing 
vpp  to  the  2  foiiiJ  ryvers,  v,'^^  is  called  in  the  Indean  tongue  Orkhussunt, 
otherwise  knowen  by  the  name  of  Wooleston  Eyv' ;  bounded  on  the  west 
with  the  maine  land./ 

There  is  another  necke  of  land,  lyeing  aboutc  3  mylcs  fro  Salem,  cont  39— 

aboute  200  ac?,  graunted  to  M''  Sam''  Skelton,  to  enioy  to  him  &  his  heires  for  Sam :  Skclton. 
euer,  called  by  the  ludcans  Wahquack,  bounded  on  the  south  ^■pon  a  little 
ryv''  called  by  the  Indeans  Conamabsq,nooncant ;  vpon  the  north  abutting  on 
another  rj'ver,  called  by  the  Indeans  Pouomeneuhcant ;  &  on  the  east,  on  the 
same  ryv"",  also  there  is  graunted  to  ]\P  Skelton  one  a(3  of  land,  on  w*  his 
howse  standeth,  &  10  a^  more  in  a  necke  of  land  abutting  on  the  south  ryver, 
vpon  the  hai-b''  ryv'  on  the  north,  vjjon  Wiiini  Aliens  ground  on.  the  east,  & 
vpon  M"  Higgensons  ground  on  the  west./ 

Likewise  there  is  graunted  to  M''  Skelton  2  a6  more  of  ground,  lyeing  in 
Salem,  abutting  on  the  south  lyv'  on  the  east,  vpon  the  maine  vpon  the  west, 
on  Capt  Endicotts  ground  on  the  south,  &  on  John  Sweetcs  ground  on  the 
north./ 

VOL.   I.  13 


38- 

Jo  :  Endicotts 
land. 


M'  Endicott* 

farme. 


98 


THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OP 


1632. 

3  July. 
Bateman. 


[*91.] 

Jn«  Smith 
bound  to  M' 
■Wilson. 


Bond  for  ap- 
pearance. 


Drunk  enes 
punisht. 


40- 

Military  offi- 
cers care. 


WlHm  Parks  cloeth  pmlse,  if  S''ieant  Bateman  comes  noe  more,  to  satisfie 
M'  Pinchon  w'  shalbe  thought  meete  by  2  iudiiFerent  men  for  3  leaden  waights 
by  him  lost,  &  12  pre  of  stockins  w*  the  said  Bateman  solde  to  ]M"'  Pinchon 
for  good  ones,  but  j)ued  badd  &  moath-eaten./ 

*John  Smithe  is  bound  as  an  apprentice  ■with  M''  John  Wilson  for  fy^^e 
yeares  from  tliis  Court,  dureing  yv"^  tearme  M""  Wilson  is  to  finde  the  said 
John  Smyth  nieate,  drinke,  &  appell,  &  att  the  end  of  the  said  time  is  to 
giue  vnto  him  the  soiue  of  fforty  shillings./ 

It  is  like'vv'ise  ordered,  that  those  goods  w'^^  were  sent  ouer  -with  the  said 
John  Smythe  shall  remaine  in  the  hands  of  ]\P  Wilson,  for  yv"^  hee  is  to  be 
accountable  to  those  y'  sent  them  ouer./ 

Bryan  Bincks  &  Peter  Johnson  hath  bound  themselues  loynctly  &  seflally 
in  X*  a  peece,  that  they  shall  not  dept  out  of  the  pattent  ■w"'out  leave  from  the 
GoQn'',  &  shalbe  ready  to  attend  vpon  the  Court,  ■nhen  they  shalbe  called  to 
giue  an  account  of  theu-  company  goods./ 

John  Smyth  hath  likewise  bound  liimselfe  in  x*  to  be  accomptable  for  his 
companyes  goods  no-sve  inventoryed,  &  remaineing  in  his  hands./ 

M'  James  Parker  is  ffined  xl^,  &  bound  to  his  good  behav'^  till  the  nexte 
Court,  for  his  misdemean''  and  di-unkencs,  coiiilttcd  aboard  the  Virginia  shipp./ 

M"'  Sam^'  Dudley  is  ffined  xP  for  the  like  offence  att  the  same  time./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  cap?  &  officers  shall  take  especiall  care  to  search 
all  peeces  that  are  brought  into  the  ffeild  for  being  charged,  &  that  noe  psoa 
■w'soeuer  shall  att  any  time  charge  any  peece  of  service  ■«v"*  buUetts  or  shott, 
other  then  for  defence  of  their  howses,  or  att  coiiiaund  from,  the  capt,  vpon 
such  penality  as  the  Court  shall  thinke  meete  to  inflict./ 


[*92.] 

7  August. 


*J  Court,  hohlen  att  Boston,  August  T\  1632. 


P-SEKT,    The  GoQn'-, 

Deputy  GoQn'', 
M'  Ludlowe, 
M"-  Nowell, 


M""  Pinchon, 
M'^  Winthrop, 
S :  Bradstreete. 


yPON  further  consideracon  of  justice  to  be  done  vpon  the  murder  of 
Walter  Bagnall,  &  vpon  readeing  a  Irre  from  those  of  Plymouthe,  being 
■written  in  answer  to  a  ire  sent  to  them  aboute  it,  it  is  ordered  that  a  boate 
shall  be  sent  forth,  sufficiently  manned,  with  coiiiission  to  deale  with  the 
plantacSn  to  the  eastward,  &  to  ioync  with  such  of  them  as  shalbe  willing 
thereto,  for  cxaminacbn  of  the   murder   of  the   said  Walter   Bagnall,  &  for 


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apphending  of  such  as  shalbe  found  guilty  thereof,  &  to  bring  the  prison''s     1  G  3  2. 
into  the  Bay ;  it  is  referred  to  the  GoQn"'  to  take  order  herein./  '       '    ^    ' 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  remaind''  of  M'  Aliens   stronge  water,  being  esti-  "^"* ' 

mated  aboute  2  gallands,  slialb^  deliQed  into  the  hands  of  the  deacons  of 
Dorchest"^,  for  the  benefitt  of  the  poore  there,  for  his  selling  of  it  dyv"  tymes 
to  such  as  were  drunke  w"'  it,  bee  knowing  thereof./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  James  Woodward  shalbe  sett  in  the   bill-bowes  for 
being  drunke  att  the  newe  towne./ 

There  is  iij*  of  Knops  fine  of  v*  remitted./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  caj)?  shalbe  mainetaiued  by  their  seQall  companies./  4. 

M''  Wiiim  Pinchon  is  chosen  Treasurer  for  this  yeare  nexte  ensueing,  &  41— 

tin  a  newe  be  chosen./ 


^  Court,  holden  att  Boston,  Sept.  4"',  1632.  4  September. 

Present,    The  Goan',  M'  Tresu', 

Deputy  Goan"',  M"^  Nowell, 

M''  Ludlowe,  M''  Jo  :  Winthrop, 

Cap?  Endicott,  S  :  Bradstreete. 

IT  is  ordered,  that  Eofete  Shawe  shalbe  seuerely  wliipt,  for  wicked  curse- 
ing,  sweareing,  iustifyehig  the  same,  &  gloryeing  in  it,  as  hath  been  pved 
by  oath./ 

John  Stickland  is  ffined  iij*,  for  his  refuseing  to  watch,  att  the  cap? 
comaunds./ 

Saggamore  John,  ^5,  pmised  against  the  nexte  yeare,  &  soe  euer  after,  to 
fence  their  come  against  all  kinde  of  cattell./ 

Josuah  Barnes  is  bound  as  im.  apprentice  to  M'  Paine  for  5  yeares  from 
his  landing,  for  4*  p  anii  wages,  and  v*  att  the  end  of  his  tearme,  to  be  paid 
to  him  by  his  said  maister./ 

It  is  ordered,  Wiihn  Hamon  shalbe  sett  in  the  bilbowes,  for  being  diunke./ 

]M'  Turner  is  chosen  constable  of  Saugus  for  this  yeare,  &  till  a  newe  be 
chosen,  &  did  nowe  take  an  oath  to  his  place  belonging./ 

There  is  order  giuen  to  M'  Tres'  to  pay  40*  to  Richard  Waterman,  for 
killing  a  woulfe  aboute  2  monthes  since,  in  Salem  plantacon./ 

*Thcre  is  likewise  order  graunted  to  M""  Tresiu'er  to  pay  Cap?  VnJerhill       [*93.] 
&  Cap?  Pattrlcke  a  quarfs  exhibicon./  Capt-  sailed'. 

'M'  Robte  Feakes  is  chosen  into  the  place  of  leifcten'  to  Cap?  Pattricke./       '  J^*  * 

It  is  ordered,  that   Eichai'd  Hopkins  shalbe  seuerely  whipt,  &  branded^  Hopkins  sent. 


THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

with  a  liott  iron  on  one  of  his  cheekcs,  for  selling  peeces  »&  j)owdcr  &  sliott  to 
the  Indeans.     Hereupon  it  was  ppounded  if  this  offence  should  not  be  pun- 
4   eptem  er.    jgj^g^  hereafter  by  death.     Referred  to  the  nexte  Court,  to  be  determined./ 


3  October. 


^  Court,  holden  aft  Boston,  Octob'  3,  1632. 


Bever  trade. 

[42-] 

House  for 
beadle,  &c. 

M'  Batchel 
siienst. 


P"SENT, 


The  Goan% 
Defjuty  Gofln', 
M"^  Ludlowe, 
Cap?  Endicott, 


M'  Tresu% 
M'  Nowell, 
M"'  Wmthrop, 
S :  Bradstreetc. 


E :  Burton 
fined. 

43- 

Saugus  to  build 
wear. 


44- 

Simon  Brcid- 

street. 

60  acres. 

[*94.] 
45- 

Nich :  Frost 
cens. 


M^  Tresurer  hath  pmised  to  giue  xxv*  for  this  ycarc,  for  his  beav''  trade, 
for  w"''  his  IS*"  in  the  pound  is  remitted./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  there  shalbe  a  howse  of  correccon  &  a  house  for  the 
beadle  built  att  Boston,  \v"^  w*  speede  conveniently  may  be/ 

M"'  Batchel''  is  required  to  forbeare  exerciseing  his  guifts  as  a  past'  or 
teacher  publiquely,  in  o''  pattent,  vnlesse  it  be  to  those  hee  brought  with  him, 
for  his  contempt  of  authority,  &  till  some  scandles  be  removed/ 

It  is  agreed,  that  the  beadle  shall  have  viij*  exhibioon  for  this  yeare./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  James  Woodward  shalbe  whipt,  for  runing  from  his 
maisf,  M'  Gibbons,  &  absenting  liimselfe  from  his  service ;  in  recompence 
whereof  hee  shall  doe  liim  6  weekes  worke  when  his  time  comes  out/ 

Edward  Burton  is  fhued  v*  for  liis  contempt  of  authority,  in  refuseing  to 
come  to  the  Court,  being  suiiioud  by  the  GoQn'^,  and  40^  for  di'unkenes./. 

It  is  ordered,  that  Saugus  plantacon  shall  haue  liberty  to  build  a  ware 
vpon  Saugus  Eyver ;  also,  they  haue  ^Dmised  to  make  &  continually  to  keeps 
a  good  foote-bridge  vpon  the  most  convenient  place  there/ 

It  is  ordered,  that  Alex :  Miller  &  John  Wipple  shall  giue  iij'  iiij''  a 
peece  to  their  maister,  Israeli  Stoughton,  for  their  wastfull  expence  of  powd"' 
&  shott./ 

Leifeten*  Aleworth  hath  liberty  graunted  him  to  returnc  to  England  by 
the  sliipp  Lyon./ 

There  is  60  ad  of  meadowe  ground  graunted  to  Simon  Bradstreete,  in 
the  marslie  ground  against  the  oyster  bankc,  where  hee  shall  chuse,  to  inioy  to 
him  &  his  heires  for  euer./ 

*It  is  ordered,  that  Nicholas  Frost,  for  thefte  by  him  coiiiitted  att  Dam- 
crills  Cove  vpon  the  Indeans,  for  ihunkenes  and  fornicacon,  of  all  w*^''  hee  is 
convicted,  shalbe  fined  v*  to  the  Court,  &  xl'  to  Henry  Way  &  John  TTolman, 


3  October. 


Tllli  MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  101 

shalbe  seuerely  wlii2:it,  &  branded  in  the  hand  ^ith  a  hott   iron,  &  after   ban-      1  ('»  3  2, 

ished  out  of  thi.s  pattent,  with  pcnaky  that  if  euer   hcc  be  found  within   the 

lyinitts  of  the  said  pattent,  hee  shalbe  putt  to  death  ;  also  it  is  agreed  that  hee 

shalbe  kept  in  boults  by  Henry  Way  &  Jolm   Holman,  till   his  ffines  be  paid, 

dureing  w'''^  time  hee  is  to  beare  his  owne  charges./ 

It  is  thought,  by  geiiJall  consent,  that  Boston  is  the  fittest  place  for  pub-  Boston  y  fit- 
test place  for 
lique  meeteings  of  any  place  in  the  Bay./  meetings. 

It  is  ordered,  that  from  the  I'''  of  March  nexte,  edy  pson   shall   satisfie 
for  the  damages  his  swine  shall  doe  in  the  corne  of  another./ 

It  is  further  ordered,  that  noe  pson  shall  take  any  tobacco  publiquely,  'lobacco  p'hib- 
vnder  paine  of  punishm' ;  also  that  eQy  one  shall  pay  j''  for  euery  time  hee  is 
con\icted  for  takcing  tobacco  in  any  place,  &  that  any  Assistant  shall  haue 
power  to  receave  evidence  &  giue  order  for  the  levj'eing  of  it,  as  also  to  giue 
order  for  the  levyeing  of  the  officers  charge ;  this  order  to  begin  the  10"^  of 
Novenib''  nexte./ 

George  Dyar  is  chosen  constable  of  Dorchesf  for  this  yeare  nexte  ensue-  Goo ;  ny.ir 
ing,  &  till  a  newe  be  chosen,  &  did  nowe  take  an  oath  to  his  place  belonging./ 


A  Court,  hohlen  att  Boston,  JYovemU  7"',  1G32.  7  November. 

P"SENT,    The  Goan--,  M'  Nowell, 

Deputy  GoQu"',  ]\t  Wintliiop, 

Tsiy  Ludlowe,  S  :  Bradstreete. 
M'  Tres% 

FOR  preservacon  of  good  timb'  for  more  necessary  vses,  it  is  ordered,  that 
noe  man  shall  fell  any  wood  for  paleing  but   such  as   shalbe  vewed  & 
allowed  by  the  nexte  Assistant,  or  some  whome  they  shall  depute  to  doe  the  46— 

same  ;  this  order  not  to  extend  to  ground  that  is  or  shall  be  assigned  to  pticul"^ 
psons./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  difference  betwixte  Charles-TowTie  &  Newe-Towne,  Diffc  betw  Cb. 
for  ground,  shalbe  referred  to  M"^  Maflicke,  Jun--,  M'  Alcocka,  M'  Turner,  &  '^  ^'"■-  '"I"''- 
John  Johnson,  to  vewe  the  ground,  wood,  &  meadowe,  &  soe  to  sett  downe  the  ch:iriestowii  & 
bounds  betwixte  them./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  necke  of  land  betwixte  Powder  Home  Hill  &  Pul- .  48- 

len  Poynte  shall  belonge  to  Boston,  to  be  enioyed  by  the  inhabitants  thereof 
for  euer./ 

It  is  likewise  ordered,  that  the  inhabitants  of  Boston  shall  haue  liberty  to  49- 


im 


THE  KECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


1632. 

7  November. 

[♦95.] 
50- 

Coniitte  ab' 
Do'  St  RoJ 
bounds. 

51- 

100  ac's  to  M' 
Ludlow. 

Jn°  Finch  find. 


Hen  Lin  find. 


52- 

Cap'  to  traine 
but  one  a  mo. 
S'  Ri :  Sa 
amerst. 


Salt    f 


No  reward 
for  killing 
woolues. 

54- 

60  acres  mea 
to  Jn<*  Win- 
throp,  Esq''. 

5.5- 

Land  to  Jn** 

Humphry, 

Esq'. 

56- 

M'  Phillip"  30 

lot. 

Eobt  Huit 

Bent. 


fetch  ^voo(l  from  Dorchester  necke  of  land  for  20  yeares,  the  pprlety  of  the 
land  to  remaiue  to  Dorchester./ 

*Capt  Traske,  M''  Conant,  "VViitm  Cheesebrough,  &  John  Perkins  are 
appoincted  by  the  Court  to  sett  downe  the  bounds  bet■^^ixte  Dorchester  and 
Eocksbm-y.     Ealfe  Sprage  is  chosen  vmpire./ 

There  is  100  a.d  of  land  graunted  to  M'^  Roger  Ludlowe,  to  inioy  to  him 
&  his  heires  for  euer,  lyeing  betwixte  Musquantum  ChappeU  &  the  mouthe 
of  Naponsett./ 

Jolm  rinch  is  ffined  x°  for  wanting  armes  for  his  man,  &  for  being  absent 
liimselfe  from  traineing./ 

Hemy  Lynn  is  iEned  x^  for  absenting  himselfe  from  traineing./ 

M"'  Mathewe  Cradocke  is  ffined  iiij*  for  liis  men  being  absent  from  traine- 
ing dyvers  times./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  capt  shall  traine  their  companyes  but  once  a 
monethe./ 

It  is  flfurther  agreed,  that  S"'  Richard  Saltonstall  shall  giue  Saggamore 
Jolm  a  hogshead  of  come  for  the  hurt  his  cattell  did  him  in  his  corne./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  neith'  Englishe  nor  Indeans  shall  haue  any  more  re- 
wai'ds  giuen  them  for  killing  -woolfes./ 

There  is  aboute  50  a6  of  mead  ground  graunted  to  John  Winthrop,  Es^, 
^sent  GoOn"^,  lyeing  betwixte  Cobbetts  howse  &  Wauottymies  Ryver./ 

It  is  referred  to  M""  Turner,  Peter  Palfiy,  &  Roger  Conant  to  sett  out  a 
pporcSn  of  land  in  Saugus  for  John  Humfiy,  Esq)./ 

M"^  Phillips  hath  30  a(3  of  land  graimted  him  vpp  Charles  Ryver,  on  the 
south  side,  begininge  att  a  creeke  a  lyttle  higher  then  the  first  pynes,  &  soe 
vpwai'ds  towards  the  ware./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  Robt  Huitt  &  Mary  Ridge  shalbe  wliipt  for  coiiilt- 
ting  fornicacon  togeather,  of  w"^*"  they  ai-e  convicted./ 

There  is  iiij*  of  Tho  :  Dexters  fiine  of  v*  forgiuen  him./ 


1  6  3  2-3. 


&"  M^ch,  1632. 

IT  was  agreed  by  the  parties  appointed  by  the  Court,  {8,  that  all  the 
groimd  impaled  by  Newe  towne  men,  w*"^  the  neck  whereon  M''  Graves 
his  house  standeth,  shall  belong  to  Nejve  towne,  &  that  the  bounds  of  Chai-les- 
towne  shall  end  at  a  tree  m'"ked  by  the  pale,  &  to  passe  along  from  thence 
by  a  straight  line  vnto  the  midway  betwixt  the  westermost  part  of  the  Gov- 
erno"^  greate  lot  &  the  neai-est  pai't  thereto  of  the  bounds  of  Watertowne./ 


»      "^ 

M'  Tres', 

i  March. 

W  Nowell, 

[*96.] 

M"'  Winthiop,  Juu'', 

S  :  Bradstreete, 

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*J  Court,  hohkn  alt  Boston,  March  4'",  1632.  16  3  2-3. 

P-SENT,    The  GoQn'-, 

Deputy  GoQii'', 
M''  Ludlowe, 
Cap?  Endicott, 

THERE  is  administracbn  graimted  to  Roger  Ludlowe,  Es^,  of  the  goods  M'  Batchiic'  at 
and  chattells  of  John  Knight,  whoe  disceased  in  Novemh'  last./  '  '  ^' 

The  Court  hath  reversed  the  last  act  against  M""  Batchel'',  w'^''  restrained 
him  from  fui'thcr  gathering  a  chiu'ch  yv^^'m  this  patteut./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  Thomas  Dexter  shalbe  sett  in  the  bilbowes,  disfran-  M-  Dexters 
chized   &   fSned  xl*  for   speakcing  repchfuU   &  seditious  words   against   the  proachin"  y 
goilm*  here  estabUshed,  &  findcing  fault  to  dyv"  w"»  the  acts  of  the  Court,  •^°"'- 
sayeing  tliis  captious  goilm'  will  bring  all  to  naught,  adding  that  the  best  of 
them  was  but  an  attuniey,  {S.f 

It  is  agreed,  that  the  bounds  foriflly  sett  out  betwixte  Boston  &  Rocks-  57— 

bury  shall  continue,  ouely  Rocksbury  to  enioy  the  conveniency  of  the  creeke  j^m,^^ 
neere  therevnto./ 

Boston  is   cessed  v*,  Charlton   iiij*,  Rocksbuiy  \j*,  Waterton  yj*,  Newe-  Rate  for  cap* 

Towne  vj*,  Meadford  iij*,  for  the  maintenance  of  Capt  Vnderhill  &  Cap?  Pat- 

tricke  for  halfe  a  yeare./ 

S''ieant  Morris  is  chosen  ancient  to  Capt  Vnderhill./  S'  Jionis,  en- 

sign to  Cap* 

Thomas  Wincall  is  fiined  xx^  for  drunkennes./  Vnde'hiii. 


^  Court,  holden  att  Boston,  Jprill  r,  1633.  16  3  3. 


Y~~- 

1  April. 


T 


Present,      The  GoQu',  M''  Trcsm-er, 

Deputy  Gofln--,  M'  Nowell, 

M"'  Ludlowe,  S :  Bradstreete. 
Capl  Endicott, 

HERE  Is  xj"  V*  allowed  to  Edward  Converse  for  fcnyeing  officers  oucr  Edw  Cnnvs 

,,  .       ,  allow  for  ferrjTH 

the  water./  „ai<,„. 

It  is  ordered,  that  noe  pson  w'soeuer  shall  goe  to  plant   or  inhabitt  att  2. 


Aggawam,  without  leave  from  the  Court,  except  those  that  are  alreadv  gone,  -'^?'™="" 

*  planta. 

vaj :  M"'  John  AVinthrop,  Jun',  W  Gierke,  Rofete  Coles,  Thomas  Hewlett, 
John  Biggs,  John  Gage,  Thomas  Hardy,  Wiiim  Perkins,  M'  Thornedicke, 
Wiilm  S'ieant./ 


1©4        '        THE  KECORDS  OF  THE  COLON i'  OP 

16  3  3.  "^^^  price  of  corne,  fonflly  restrained  to  6'  the  bushell,  is   iiowe  sett  at 

' Y '  liberty  to  be  solde  as  men  can  agree./ 

1  April.  Noddles  Ileland  is  grannted  to  M'  Sam''  MaQacke,  to  enioy  to  liim  &  his 

hcires  for  euer,  yeilding  &   payeing   yearely  att    the   GeiJall   Comt,  to  the 

Nodies  Island  Goan""  for  the  time  being,  eith''  a  fatt  weather,  a  fatt  hogg,  or  xl^  in  money,  & 

m"   '"k  '  shall  giue  leave  to  Boston  &  Charles-Towne   to  fetch  wood  contjTiually,  as 

rent.  their  neede  requires,  from  the  soiitherne  pte  of  the  s^  ileland./ 

r*97.1  *It  is  agreed,  that  M'  William  Blackestone  shall  haue  50   afi  of  ground 

60-  sett  out  for  him  neere  to  his  howse  in  Boston,  to  inloy  for  eucr./ 

50  ac's  to  M' 

Biuckston.  Ezekiell  Richardson  is  chosen  constable  of  Charlton,  for  this  yeare  nexte 

ensueing,  &  till  a  newe  be  chosen./ 
Damage  by  It  is   ordered,  that  if  anj'  swine  shall,  in  fishing  time,  come  within  a 

quarter  of  a  myle  of  the  stage  att  Marble  HarV,  that  they  shalbe  forfected  to 

the  owners  of  the  s'*  stadge,  &  soe  for  all  other  stadges  within  theis  lymitts./ 
Jove  Bradwick  It  is  ordered,  that  Joyce  Bradwicke  shall  giue  vnto  Alex  :  Bccke  the  some 

fined  0.  ^£  ^^s^  |-Q^.  pn^isci^g  ]jim  marriage  w"'out  her  ffrends  consent,  &  nowe  refuse- 

ing  to  pforme  the  same./ 

61—  John  Sayles  being  convicted  of  fellonyously  takeing  away  come  &  fishe 
Jn»  Sa)  les  sent,  fj-oni  dyvcrs  psons  the  last  yeare  &  tliis,  as  also  clapboards,  ^,  is  censured  by 

the  Court  after  tliis  manS :  That  all  his  estate  shalbe  forfected,  out  of  ^y'^ 
double  restitucbn  shalbe  made  to  those  whome  hee  hath  wronged,  shalbe  whlpt, 
&  bound  as  a  serv'  with  any  that  will  rctalne  him  for  3  yeares,  &  after  to  be 
disposed  of  by  the  Court  as  they  shall  uiinke  meete./ 
61—  John  Sayle  is  bound  with  INI""  CoxeshaU  for  3  yeares,  for  w"*"  hee  is  to 

giue  liim  4*  p  anil ;  his  daughter  is  also  bound  w*  him   for  l-i  yeares.     M' 
CoxeshaU  is  to  haue  a  sowe  w""  her,  &  att  the  end  of  her  time  hee  is  to  giue 

vnto  her  a  COWe  Calfe./  [Page  98  left  blank.] 


[*99.]  *J  Gen'all  Cowtc,  holdcn  att  Boston,  May  29",  1633. 

29  May. 

Pkesent,      The  Goan',  M"'  Coddington, 

Deputy  GoQn',  M^  Wintlu-op,  Ju"', 

]M'  Tres'',  S  :  Bradstreete. 
M"^  Nowell, 

JOHN  WINTHROP,  Sen--,  Es^J,  was  chosen  to  the  place  of  GoQn'"  for 
this  yeare  nexte  ensueing,  manefested  by  genlall  creccon  of  hands,  & 
did  in  psence  of  the  Courte  take  an  oath  to  his  place  belonging./ 

In  like  manner,  Tho :  Dudley,  Es^,  was  chosen  to  the  place  of  Deputy 


THE  MASSACHUSETTS  BAY  IN  NEW  ENGLAND. 


105 


GoQn*'  for  this  yeare  nexte  ensiieing,  &  did  in  ^sence  of  tlic  Court  take  an 
oath  to  his  place  belonging./ 

M'  Roger  Ludlowe,  M"-  AYiihn  Pinchon,  M"^  Will :  Coddiiigton,  M'  In- 
crease Nowell,  M'  Simon  Bradstreete,  &  SI'  John  Winthrop,  Jn',  was 
chosen  to  the  place  of  Assistants  for  this  yeare  nexte  ensucing,  &  till  newe  be 
chosen,  &  did  in  Courte  take  the  oath  to  their  place  belonginge./ 

M''  John  Endicott,  S'  Richard  Saltonstall,  Jolm  Hnmfry,  Es^,  was 
chosen  to  the  place  of  Assistants  for  this  yeare  nexte  ensueing./ 

It  ■was  ordered,  that  the  ffort  att  Boston  shalbe  finished  with  what  con- 
venient speede  may  be,  att  the  publique  charg./ 

M'^  John  Beniamyn  chosen  constable  of  Newe-Towne  for  tliis  yeare  nexte 
ensueing,  &  till  a  newe  be  chosen./ 

The  nexte  C'omt  is  to  be  holden  the  2  Tuesday  in  June./ 


1  G  3  3. 


29  May. 


62- 


mrt,  holden  att  Bosl 

'on,  June  ll'\  1633. 

[*100.] 

II  June. 

The  Goan--,    . 

W  Nowell, 

Deputy  Goan', 

jNI"'  Coddington, 

'My  Ludlowc, 

M'  Wintluop, 

M'  Tres--, 

S :  Bradstreete; 

Present, 


IT  is  ordered,  that  Wiihn  Dixon  shalbe  sett  in  the  bilbowes  for  disorder-  Dixon  in  bit- 
ing himselfe  with  drinke./ 

It  is  likewise  ordered,  that  John  Pemerton   shalbe  whipt,  bound  to  his  jn°  Pcmb'ton 
good  behav"^,  &  enioyned  to  make  his  appearance  att  the  nexte   Coiut,   for 
comitting  fornicacon  with  Ellz :  Marson./ 

John  Webb  is  sett  at  liberty  from  his  maister,  Wiiira  Parks./ 
There  is  leave  graunted  to  Tho :  Sellen  to  plant  att  Aggawam./ 
The  19""  day  of  this  moncth  is  appoyncted  to  be  kept  as  a  day  of  pub-  Thank.sgiring. 
Hque  thanksgiueing  throughout  the  seBall  plantacons,  ^d/  ^'^'7  ^ — 


i^A^r/ 


*A 

Court,  holden  att  Bosfi 

on,  July  2,  1633. 

[»101.] 

2  July: 

Present, 

The  GoOu'-, 

M'  Nowell, 

Deputy  Goan', 

INI''  Coddington, 

• 

M''  Ludlowe, 

M'  Winthrop, 

M'^  Endicott, 

S:  Bradstreete. 

M'  Tres% 

VOt..    1. 

U 

106 


THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


1633. 

2  July. 

64- 


Eet.  100". 
Got'  salary. 

Hob'  Allen 
find. 

James  White 
fined. 

Jn*  Bennet 
find. 

Go- 

Non  to  sell 
wine,  &c.,  w*" 
licenc. 


66- 


(13)<! 


Fen ;  to  pay 
d;im;ige  in 
case. 

Alex'  Wignalls 
goods  to  be  in- 
veutoried. 

67- 

Charle  Towne 
liberty. 

Lef  Mason 
recomp''. 

68- 

The :  Lambs 
liberty. 

69- 

Ralf  Glou" 
good  adm'"^  on. 
Swyne  may  be 
killed. 


^l"  Endicott,  being  chosen  an  Assistant  att  the  Gefilall  Court,  did  nowe 
take  an  oath  to  his  place  belonging./ 

M''  Lndlowe,  ]\P  Tres"',  &  JNI''  No-«'ell  are  chosen  as  cofiiittees  to  take 
an  accompt  of  the  debts  due  to  the  GoQn',  &  to  certifie  the  same  att  the 
nexte  Court,  that  they  may  be  discharged./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  there  shalbe  cl*  ||150*||  giuen  to  the  GoQn''  for  this 
present  yeare,  towards  his  publique  charges  &  extraordinary  expences./ 

Robte  Allen  is  fEned  v^  for  absenting  liimselfe  from  Comt,  being 
suiuoned  to  be  there  as  a  'Nvitnes,  ^.f 

James  Wliite  is  ifined  xxx^  for  drunkenes  by  liim  coiiiitted  att  Marble- 
head,  on  the  Sabboth  day./ 

Jolm.  Bennett  is  ffined  x"  for  being  drunke  att  Marblehead./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  noe  pson  shall  sell  either  wme  or  stronge  water  with- 
out leave  from  the  Goiln'^,  or  Deputy  Goiln'';  This  order  to  take  place  a 
fortnight  hence,  &  after  the  constable  of  the  same  plantacon  hath  published 
the  same,  &  that  noe  man  shall  sell,  or  (being  in  a  course  of  tradeing,)  giue 
any  stronge  water  to  any  ludean./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  if  any  corne  fence  shalbe  by  the  inhabitants  of  the 
to'vrae  iudged  insufficient,  &  the  owner  thereof  forbeare  mending  of  it  more 
then  2  dayes  after  warneing  giuen,  the  inhabitants  shall  mend  the  said  fence, 
&  the  corne  of  the  owner  of  the  said  fence  shalbe  liable  to  pay  the  charges  of 
the  mending  thereof./ 

M""  Woolridge  &  M''  Gibbons  are  appoyncted  to  joyne  w"'  M""  Graues  & 
M"'  Geneson  to  inventory  the  goods  &  chattells  of  Alex :  Wignall./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  ground  lyeiug  betwixte  the  North  Ryv'  &  the 
creeke  on  the  north  side  of  INI'  Maflacks,  &  soe  vpp  into  the  countiy,  shall 
belonge  to  the  inhabitants  of  Chai'lton./ 

Order  is  giuen  to  the  Tres'  to  deliii  to  Leifeten'  !Mason  x*  for  his  voy- 
age to  the  eastward,  when  hee  went  about  the  takeing  of  Bull./ 

There  is  demised  to  Tho :  Lambe,  of  slate  in  Slate  Ileand,  10  poolc 
towards  the  water  side,  &  5  poole  into  the  land,  for  3  yeares,  payeing  the 
yearely  rent  of  ij**  vj*'./ 

Administracbn  is  graunted  to  M""  IMayhewe  of  the  goods  &  chattells  of 
^P  Ealfe  Glover,  disccased,  ^tl/ 

It  is  ordered,  that  it  shalbe  lawfull  for  any  man  to  kill  any  swine  that 
comes  into  his  corne  :  the  pty  that  ow[n]es  the  swine  is  to  haue  them,  being 
kild,  &  allowe  recompence  for  the  damage  they  doe,  ic./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  107 

*A  Court,  holden  alt  Boston,  Mgust  6'\  1633.  16  3  3. 

Present, 


The  GoQii--, 

M--  Nowell, 

— » 

6  August. 

Deputy  GoQn', 

]\I''  Coddington, 

[*102.] 

M"^  Ludlowe, 

M'  Wiiithrop, 

W  Trcs--, 

S :  Bradstreete. 

MR  JOHN  WOOLRIDGE  is  ffined  1"  for  distempmg  himselfe  w'"  drinkc,  Wooird  find, 
aboard  M"'  Graucs  his  shipp./ 
It  is  agreed,  that  there  shalbc  a  sufficient  cartbridgc  made  in  some  con-  mo- 

vement place  oner  Muddy  Eiuer,  &  another  ouer  Stony  Ryver,  to  be  done  Caitbridg. 
att  the  charge  of  Boston  &  Rocksbury.    INP  Coddington,  IM'  Colbran,  &  INI"" 
Samford  are  chosen  to  see  it  done  for  Boston,  &  M'^  Tres'',  Jehu  Burr,  & 
John  Johnson  for  Rocksbury./ 

It  is  further  ordered,  that  if  any  ram  goate  be  found  amongst  ewe  goates  7l_ 

betwixte  the  fii-st  of  July  &  10""  of  Novemb',  it  shalbe  lawful!  for  any  man  to  1^"'"  §""*  'e- 

streiued. 

sease  on  him  before  witnesses,  &  to  convoy  him  to  some  safe  i^lace  till  the 
said  10*  of  Novemb'",  &  then  halfe  of  Hm  is  to  goe  to  the  publique,  &  the 
other  halfe  to  the  pty  that  seases  on  Irim.  This  order  to  take  place  on  Tliurs- 
day  nexte./ 


A  Court,  holden  att  Boston,  Sep'  8,  1633.  3  September. 

Present,      The  Goiin'',  M''  Nowell, 

Deputy  Goibi%  M'  Coddington, 

M"'  Ludlowe,  M"^  Winthrop, 

M'  Tres--,  S  :  Bradstreete. 

JOHN  SHOTSWELL  is  ffiiied  xl'  for  distemping  himselfe  with  drinke  att  shotwell  find. 
Aggawam./ 

Robte  Coles  is  ffined  x*,  &  enioyned  to  stand  w*  a  white  sheete  of  pap  Rob'  Coles  find 
on  his  back,  wherein  a  drunkard  shalbe  written  in  greate  ires,  &  to   stand   "■■ ' "'"  ''"^^*- 

'  o  >  tjee  p.  107. 

therew*  soe  longe  as  the  Court  thinks  meete,  for  abuseing  himselfe  shame- 
fully w'^  drinke,  intiseing  John  Shotswell  wife  to  incontincncy,  &  oth'' 
misdemean"'./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  goods  of  Thomas  "VValford  shalbe  sequestred,  &  w.iifordsgood3 
remaine  in  the  hands  of  Anchient  Gcnnison,  to  satisfie  the  debts  hee  owes  in  p^'  j^jj  debts. 
the  Bay  to  seflall  psons./ 

There  is  administracbn  graunted  to  Wiihn  Gallard  &  Wiiim  Rockwell,  '~~ 

Russells  estat 

of  the   goods   and   chattels   of  Jolm  Russell,  of  Dorchester,  whoe  disceased  adm-ed. 
August  26'",  1633./ 


lt)8 


THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


16  33. 


3  September. 
Desbres  estat. 
adni'ed. 
Differeuc.  bet. 
Dilling:  & 
Dexter  referd. 


[*103.] 

Cap*  Jii«  Stones 
Bent. 


73- 

All  bands  to 
Boston  Fort 
except,  &c. 
Mr.  Palmer. 


Alex^  'Wignall 
find  10^  for  dru. 
quarr.  &  con- 
tempt. 

Kicb :  Arnold 
estat  admsted 
on. 

M»  Jn»  Win- 
throp,  Ju',  lib- 
erty, ic. 
M'  Jn»  Bar- 
kroft'  acknO. 


Administracon  graunted  to  M'  John  Moody  of  the  goods  &  chattells 
of  Thomas  Desbre  disceased,  &  soe  to  remaiue  in  his  hands,  to  be  accompt- 
able  for  them./ 

By  consent  of  John  Dillingham,  Richard  Wright,  &  Thomas  Dexter,  the 
differences  betwixte  them  are  referd  to  M"'  Endicott  &  M'"  Nowell,  &  power  is 
graunted  them  by  the  Court  to  depose  ■witnesses,  heare,  &  determine  the  said 
differences./ 

*Capt  Jolm  Stone  for  his  outrage  coinitted  in  confronting  aucthority, 
abuseing  M"'  Ludlowe  both  in  words  and  behavour,  assaltiug  liim  &  calling 
him  a  inst  as,  {d,  is  ffined  c*,  &  phibited  comeing  within  this  pattent  w"'out 
Icaue  from  the  Goflm*,  vnder  the  penalty  of  death./ 

It  is  ordered,  (accorchng  to  a  former  order  att  the  GeiJall  Court,)  that 
cily  hand  (except  magistrates  &  ministers)  shall  aford  there  helpe  to  the 
finishing  of  the  ffort  att  Boston,  till  it  be  ended./ ' 

M''  Palmer  is  ffined  x^  for  absenting  himseKe,  being  warnd  to  serue  of  a 

Alex :  Wignall  is  ffined  x*  for  drunkenes,  quarrelling,  breach  of  an 
order  of  Court,  &  contempt  of  aucthority./ 

Administracon  graunted  to  Wiiim  Stitson  of  the  goods  &  chattells  of 
Richard  A-rnoU,  of  Wenetsem*,  disceased./ 

There  is  liberty  graimted  to  M"'  John  Winthi-op,  Jun'',  Sc  to  liis  as- 
signes,  to  sett  vj^p  a  trucking  howse  vpp  Merrymak  Ryver./ 

M"^  John  Barcrofte  doeth  acknowledge  to  owe  vnto  o''  SoQaigne,  the  the 
King,  the  soiue  of  xl*,  &  M'  Sam"!  Slaflacke  the  soine  of  xx*,  id.  The  con- 
dicbn  of  tliis  recognizance  is,  that  Jane  Barcrofte,  ^viie  of  the  said  John,  shall 
be  of  good  behav""  towards  all  psons./ 


1  October. 


^  Court,  holden  att  Boston,  Octob''  1"',  1638. 


M'  Pe'kins  & 
Tho  :  Dexter 
tined. 


[Present,]    The  Goiln'-, 

Deputy  GoQn'', 
M''  Ludlowe, 
W  Tres% 


]\'P  Nowell, 
M'  Coddington, 
S :  Bradstreete. 


IT  is  ordered,  that  S'ieant  Perkins  shall  carry  40  turfes  to  the  ffort,  as  a 
punishm'  for  drunkenes  by  him  coinitted./ 

Also,  it  is  ordered,  that  Thomas  Dexter  shalbe  ffined  xx'  for  the   like 
offence./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  109 

It  is  ordered,  that  if  any  trained  solder  slialhe  absent  from  traincing,      1  G  3  3. 
vp'on  their  traineing  dayes,  haueing  lawfull  warneing,  shall  forfect  v%  &  that 
it  shalbe  lawfull  for  one  of  the  s'"ieauts  appoyncted  by  the  capt  of  the  com- 
pany to  levye ;  vnles  w'^n  2  dayes  after  it  be  demauuded,  the  pty  offending 

.  .  _  Abscn  from 

bring  a  certificate  from  the  nexte  Assistant  that  hee  had  a  necessary  occacon  to  tr^jug. 
be  absent./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  maister  carpenters,  sawers,  masons,  elapboard-ryvers,  Octob'  3,  1633. 
brickclayers,  tylars,  joyners,  wheelewrights,  mowers,  i8,  shall  not  take  abouc  Woikmon 

p     ,    .  ,  wages  liiuittcd 

2'  a  day,  findemg  themselues  dyett,  &  not  aboue  14'^  a  day  if  they  haue  dyett 
found  them,  vnder  the  penalty  of  v',  both  to  giuer  &  recea?,  for  eQy  day  that 
there  is  more  giucn  &  receaved.  Also,  that  all  other  inferior  workemen  of 
the  said  occupacons  shall  haue  such  Avagcs  as  the  constable  of  the  said  place, 
&  2  other  inliabitants,  that  hee  shall  chuse,  shall  appoynct./ 

*Also,  it  is  agreed,  that  the  best  sorte  of  labourers  shall  not  take  aboue  r*ifl4.  i 
18'  a  day  if  they  dyett  themselues,  &  not  aboue  8*  a  day  if  they  haue  dyett  October  i">, 
found  them,  vnder  the  aforesaid  penalty,  both  to  giuer  &  receaver./ 

Likewise,  that  the  wages  of  inferior  labours  shalbe  referd  to  the  constable 
&  2.  other,  as  aforesaid./ 

]\P  taylours  shall  not  take  aboue  13''  a  day,  &  the  inferior  sorte  not  aboue 
S*",  if  they  be  dyeted,  vnder  the  aforesaid  penalty ;  &  for  all  oth"^  worke  they 
doe  att  home  ppconably,  &  see  for  other  worke  that  shalbe  done  by  the  greate 
by  any  other  artificer./ 

Further,  it  is   ordered,  that  all  workemen  shall  worke   the  whole   day,  75_ 

alloweing  convenient  tj'me  for  foode  &  rest.  Tliis  order  to  take  place  the 
12"^  of  this  ^sent  moneth./ 

It  is  further  ordered,  that  noe  pson,  howse  houlder  or  oth',  shall  spend   i  76— 

his  time  idlely  or  vnpflitably,  vnder  paine  of  such  pimishm'  as  the  Court 
shall  tliinke  meete  to  inflicte ;  &  for  this  end  it  is  ordered,  that  the  constable 
of  eiiy  place  shall  vse  spetiall  care  &  deligence  to  take  knowledge  of  offend- 
ers in  this  kinde,  espetially  of  comon  coasters,  vnpfittable  fowlers,  &  tobacco 
takers,  &  to  ^sent  the  same  to  the  2  nexte  Assistants,  whoe  shall  haue  power 
to  heare  &  determine  the  cause,  or,  if  the  matter  be  of  importance,  to  transferr 
it  to  the  Court./ 

In  regard  of  the  many  &  extraordinary  mercyes  w*  the  Lord  hath  beenc  D.-.y  of  thanks- 
pleased  to  vouchsafe  of  late  to  this  plantacon,  vzj,  a  plentifuU  harvest,  ships  *'"'"S" 
safely  arriued  w*""   psons  of  spetiall  vse  &  qualhty,  {d,  it  is  ordered,   that 
Wednesday,  the  IG""  day  of  this  present  moneth,  shalbe  kept  as  a  day  of  pub- 
lique  thanksgiueing  through  the  seQall  plantacSns.     And  whereas  it  is  found  77- 

by  coiuon  expeiiencc  that  the  kcepeing  of  lectui'es   att  the  ordinary  howres 


(14) 

Idlencs  to  be 
punisht. 


110 


THE    RECORDS    OP    THE    COLONY    OP 


1G3  3. 

1  October. 

78- 

Times  for  lec- 
tures. 


iiowe  obserued  in  the  forc-iioone  to  bo  dyvcrs  wayes  giiudiciall  to  the  coinon 
good,  both  in  the  losse  of  a  whole  day  &  bringing  oth''  charges  &  troubles  to 
the  place  where  the  lectvue  is  kept,  it  is  therefore  ordered,  that  hereafter 
noe  lecture  shall  begin  before  one  a  clocke  in  the  afternoone./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  there  shalbe  400*  collected  out  of  the  seQall  plantacons, 
to  defray  publique  charges,  vzj  :  — 


Boston,     .     . 

.     48*  00^  00^ 

Saugus,      .      . 

.     36* 

00^ 

001 

Rocksbury,    . 

.     48    00    00 

Salem, .      .      . 

.     28 

00 

00 

Newe-Towne, 

.     48    00    00 

Wenetsem',    . 

.     08 

00 

00 

Waterton, 

.     48    00    00 

]\Icadford, 

.     13 

00 

00 

Charlton, .     . 

.     48    00    00 

Aggawam,     . 

.     08 

00 

00 

Dorchester,  . 

80    00    00 

Suui  tot : 

412*  00  00./ 

[*105.] 

5  November. 


*A  Court,  hotden  alt  Boston,  JYovcmb'-  5'\  1633. 


Present,    The  GoQn'", 
M'  Ludlowe, 
M"^  Nowell, 


M'  Tresu', 

M"^  Coddington, 

S :  Bradstreete. 


80- 

2. 

Secret,  to  name 
&■  pumo^  juryes 
14  days,  &c. 
price  of  corne 
6«  r  bush. 

Ord^  ab*  swyne. 


Bi- 
ll'Rich: 
Bro\\nie  al- 
lowed to  keep 
a  ferry. 

Ensigne  Morris 
discharged. 


IT  is  ordered,  that  when  all  the  plantac8iis  in  the  Bay  hath  done  2  dayes 
worke  a  peece  att  the  ffort,  there  shall  order  goe  forth  to  Salem,  Agga- 
wam, &  Saugus,  to  send  in  their  money  for  S  dayes  worke  towards  it,  for  efly 
man,  except  magistrates  &  miuister./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  pees  shall  be  directed  by  the  Secretary  to  the  beadle, 
for  the  warneing  of  24  jurors,  14  dayes  before  the  Coiut,  to  be  named  by  the 
Secritary./ 

It  is  likewise  ordered,  that  corne  of  the  country  shall  passe  att  6'=  the 
bushell  till  the  nexte  Court./ 

Fiu'ther,  it  is  agreed,  that  noe  man  shall  giue  his  swine  any  corne  but 
such  as,  being  vewed  by  2  or  3  neighbors,  shalbe  iudged  vnfitt  for  mans  meate./ 

Also,  that  eQy  plantacon  shall  agree  howe  many  swine  eiiy  pson  may 
keepe,  whiter  &  sumer,  aboute  the  plantac8n ;  this  order  to  take  place  10 
dayes  hence./ 

M"^  Rich :  Browne  is  allowed  by  the  Court  to  keepe  a  fferry  ouer  Chai-les 
Byver,  against  his  howse,  &  is  to  haue  2"^  for  cQy  single  pson  hee  soe  trans- 
ports, &  j**  a  peece  if  there  be  2  or  more./ 

Ensigne  Morris  is  discharged  of  his  place  of  ensigne,  &  M""  Thomas 
Mooteham  chosen  in  his  roome./ 

S'^ieant  Stoughton  is  chosen  ensigne  to  Capt  I\Iason./ 


c 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  HI 

It  is  ordered,  that  James  Pcii,  the  beadle,  shall  haue  allowed  him  hy  the  1  G  3  3. 

Tresurer  the  soiiie  of  30',  to  builde  a  howse,  w'^''  is  to  be  for  his  vse  while  liee  '* 

.  5  November. 

remaines  in  the  place  ol  beadle,  &  after  to  be  disposed  of  as  the  Court  shall  q,, 
thinke  mcete./ 


*JVovemb'  8'\  1G8S.  [*106.] 

WHEREAS,  by  order  of  Court,  holden  in  OctoV  last,  the  wages  of  oq 

workemen  were  reduced  to  a  ccrtaincty,  in  regard  of  the  greate  extor-  Comodities  to 
con  vsed  by  dp-ers  psons  of  little  conscience,  &  the  greate  disorder  w'^''  grewe  excTecu'nK'li 
herevpon,  by  vaine  and  idle  wast  of  much  precious  tyme,  &  expcnce  of  those  P^""  shilling 

. _  ■  p'lit. 

imoderate  gaynes  in  wyne,  stronge  water,  &  other  supfluitics,  nowc,  least  the 
honest  &  conscionable  workemen  should  be  wronged  or  discoiu-aged  by  exces- 
siue  prizes  of  those  coiiiodityes  w'=''  are  necessary  for, their  life  &  comfort,  wee 
have  thought  it  very  iust  &  eqiiall  to  sett  order  also  therein.  Wee  doe  there- 
fore hereby  order,  that  after  publiqiie  notice  hereof,  noe  psons  shall  sell  to  any 
of  the  inhabitants  witlrin  this  jurisdiccon  any  pvision,  cloathinge,  toolps,  or 
other  coiiiodities,  above  the  rate  of  ffoure  pence  in  a  sliilling  more  then  the 
same  cost  or  might  be  bought  for  ready  money  in  England,  vpon  paiue  of  foi-- 
fecting  the  valewe  of  the  thinge  solde,  (except  cheese,  w'^'',  in  regard  of  the 
much  hazard  in  bringing,  &  wyne,  oyle,  vineger,  &  stronge  waters,  w'^'',  in 
regard  of  leakeing,  may  be  solde  att  such  rates  (pvided  the  same  be  moderate) 
as  the  buyer  &  seller  can  agree./) 

And  for  lynnen  &  other  coinodities,  w"'*',  in  regard  of  their  close  stowage 
&  small  hazard,  may  be  afforded  att  a  cheap  rate,  wee  doe  advise  all  men  to 
be  a  rule  to  themselues,  in  kecpeing  a  good  conscience,  assurcing  them  that, 
if  any  man  shall  exceede  the  bounds  of  moderacon,  wee  shall  punish  them 
seuerely./ 


*.>i  Court,  hohlen  alt  Boston,  March  4'\  1633.  1  G 3 3-i. 

P"SENT,     The  Goun^  W  Tresurer,  ^  jj^_.^.^ 

Deputy  GoQn',  M'  Nowell,  r*107  1 


M""  Ludlowe,  M'  Coddington, 

Cap?  Endicott,  S  :  Bradstrccte. 

IT  is  ordered,  that  all  the  swamps  conteyneing  aboue  100  ac",  cither  belongV  84— 

ing  to  any  towne  or  not,  shall  lye  in  coiiion  for  any  free  inhabitant  to  '  "^'"''^ 
fetch  wood  att  seasonable  tymes,  w"'out  piiidice  to  the  inhabitants  where  the 
same  is,  (that  swampe  oucly  excepted  lycing  within  the  Ncwc-Townc  jiale, 
towards  the  bay./) 


4  March. 


112  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

16  3  3—4.  It  is  ordered,  that  M'  Dumer  shalbe  rated  viij*  to  the  publique  stocke, 

vz^ :  V*  x^  for  his  estate  in  Rocksbmy,  &  ?  in  Saugus ;  the  tresury  is  to  lose 
the  rest  that  hee  was  rated  in  Sauffus./ 

M'  Dumer  rat.  ' 

M'  Downincs  The  Court  hath  ordered,  that  M"^  Dillingham  shalbe  rated  for  the  cattell 

r!ted  '°  *""       ^""^  ^^  possessed  of,  of  W  Downeings./ 

Boston  ni'ket.  It  is  ordered,  that  there   shalbe  a  markett  kept  att   Boston  vpon  eQy 

Thursday,  the  fifth  day  of  the  weeke./ 
M'  Turn',  capt.  M"^  Nath  :  Turner  is  chosen  cap'E  of  the  millitary  company  att  Saugus./ 

Sayles  cens.  It  is  ordered,  that  John  Sayles  shalbe  seuerely  whipt  for  ruuing  from  his 

inaister,  M'  Coxeall./ 
Twitchells  re-  It  is  ordered,  that  v*  of  the  iudgem'  against   Joseph  Twitchwell   shalbe 

'  abated,  it  appcareing  to  the  Court  that  Joseph  Mannering  hadd  not  paid  the 

same,  as  was  foriflly  conceavcd./ 
M' Morris,  left.  ftP  Eich :  Moriis  is  chosen  Icifcten'  to  Capl  Vnderhill./ 

85—  It  is  ordered,  that  noe   pson  whatsoeuer    shall   buy    any  land  of  any 

Land  not  to  be  i,idean  without  Icaue  from  the  Court./ 

bought  of  Ind. 

■K^ont  leaue.  Christopher  Tarling  is  to  be  whipt  for  stealeing  victualls  from  liis  m'',  & 

TarlinQS  cons.     ^  _.  , 

ior  runmg  away./ 
M'  w»  Denni-  M""  Wiiim  Dennison  is  chosen  constable  of  Rocksbury./ 

son,  cos  a    .  John  Chapman  is  ffincd  xx*  for  selling  boards  att  8'  p  10  x,  contrary  to 

an  order  of  Court,  &  is  remitted,  vpon  pmise  of  300  of  4:  inch  planke  towards 

the  sea  ffort./ 
Ri ;  TV'"  fin«.  Rich  :  Williams  is  ffined  40'  for  di-unkenes  coiuitted  att  Bowmans  howse./ 

W"  Cooiey  Wiiim  Cooley  is  ffined  40'  for  the  like  offence./ 

find.  -  J,  .  ,. 

Tm»  Haukins  Tymothy  Hawkins  &  Jolm  Vauhan  ffined  xx'  a  pccce  for  mispendnig 

&  Jn»  Vauhan  i\^q\j.  tying  i^  company  keepeing,  diinkeing  stronge  water,  &  sellmg  other, 
contrary  to  an  order  of  Court/ 

Allowed  to  the  witnes  bound  ouer  to  the  Court,  to  glue  evidence  against 
them,  v'./ 
[*108.]  *Edward  Howe  is  ffined  xx'  for  selling  stronge  water,  contrary  to  an  order 

of  Court./ 

Robt  Coles  dis-  It  is  Ordered,  that  Eofete  Coles,  for  drunkenes  by  him  coiiiitted  att  Rocks- 

lury,  shalbe  disfrancliized,  weare  aboute  his  necke,  &  soe  to  hange  vj^on  liis 

to  weare  lett'  outward  garm',  a  D,  made  of  redd  cloath,  &  sett  vpon  white  ;  to  contjaiue  this 
for  a  yeare,  &  not  to  leave  it  of  att  any  tyme  M'hen  hee  comes  amongst  com- 
pany, vnder  the  penalty  of  xl'  for  the  first  offence,  &  v*  the  second,  &  after  to 
be  punished  by  the  Court  as  they  thinke  mecte  ;  also,  hee  is  to  weare  the  D 
outwards,  &  is  enioyned  to  appeare  att  the  ncxte  Geflall  Court,  &  to  contynue 
there  till  the  Court  be  ended./ 


EdW  How 
find. 


franchise  for 
drunkenes,  & 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  113 

Josuah  Harris  is  bound  as  an  apprentice  with  Frauncis  Weston,  for  5    10  3  3-4. 
yeares  from  tHs  day,  his  said  maister  findeing  him  meate,  di'inke,  &  cloathes./  ' 

i  March. 

Ensigne  Stoughton,  The  :  Ford,  &  Wiitm  Felpes,  &  Wiiim  Galard  are  j^siah  Harris 
appovncted  to  sett  out  the  bounds  betwixte  Boston  &  Rocksburv,  ^v^*"  is  nowe  P"'  aprcntice 

^'     •  •  '  to  Fra  Weston. 

in  difference  betwixte  them./  Bounds  be- 

The  ware  att  Misticke  is  graunted  to  John  Winthrop,  Es^,  psent  GoQn"',  „  !f°  b°r°" 
&  to   M""  JIathewe   Cradocke,  of  London,  merch*,  to  enioy  to  them  &  their  86— 

i_    •  /•  ,  Mistick  Waire 

herres  tor  euer./  .   ,,,  ,,,• 

/  to  M»  n  m- 

Vpon  consideracon  of  the  vsefullness  of  a  moveing  ffort  to  be  builte,  40  ^'^''P  *  *i' 

Craddock. 

ffoote  longe  &  21  ffoote  wide,  for  defence  of  this  colony,  &  vpon  the  ffree  offer  g~_ 

of  some  gentlefu  lately  come  ouer  to  vs  of  some  large  somes  of  money,  to  be 
imployed  that  way,  it  is  thought  fitt  that  this  matter  shalbe  moued  to  such 
men  of  ability  as  haue  not  borne  their  pte  in  the  greate  charges  of  the  ffounda- 
con  of  this  colony ;  &  for  this  end  it  is  desired  that  eQy  Assistant  shall  vnder- 
take  the  bn  sines  for  treatcing  with  su.ch  as  are  within  the  towne  where  they 
dwell,  &  if  they  see  fitt,  they  may  desire  some  other  of  the  Assistants  to  iojTic 
w*"^  them./ 

There  is  x'  pmised  M'  Steuens,  for  his  care  &  expedicon  in  this  worke. 
to  be  pd  when  the  worke  is  finished./ 

*Gyven  &  pmised  towards  the  Sea  Fort :  —  [  *109.  ] 

M'  Haynes, 1* 

Cap?  Turner, x* 

M''  Coxeall, v* 

Rich :  AVright,  4  inch  plancke,  ....  400 

John  Chapm,  4  inch  planke,      ....  300 

M"^  Aspmwall, 1" 

John  Johnson, xx" 

M"^  Nowell, iij* 

Frauncis  Johnson, xl' 

Josuali  Hewes, xx' 

James  Pen, xx» 

M'  Wiiim  Dennison, xl' 

M"'  Harding, iij* 

M"'  George  Alcocke, •   xl' 

M'  Israeli  Stovighton,  to  be  pd  within  9  or 

10  monthes, xx* 

M'  John  Coggin, v' 

VOL.  1.  15 


THE    RECORDS    OF    THE    COLONY    OF 


Tlio :  Ecacle, 

M'  Parker,  of  Eocksbuiy,     .     . 

M''  Duiner, 

riiillip  Tabor,  4  inch  plancke,  . 
Garrett  Church,  4  inch  plancke, 
M'^  John  "Wilson, 


XX' 

1^ 

XXX* 

200 
200 


[Page  110  left  blank.] 


144*  &  1100  4  inch  pi. 


[nil.] 


*A  Court,  holden  att  Boston,  Aprill  1'",  1634. 


[Pkesent,]    The  GoQn'', 

Deputy  Goflu"^, 
M'  Ludlowe, 
M"'  Endicott, 
M"'  Tresurer, 


■M'  Nowell, 
M"^  Coddington, 
]\I'  Winthrop, 
S :  Bradstreete, 


88- 

Sam :  Dud. 
Dan :  Den. 


89- 

200  acr"  to  M' 
Nowcll. 

90- 

M'  Oldam- 

graunt. 

91- 

Impivcmcnt 
of  fiirmes. 

92- 

M'  John  AVU- 
sons  grant  of 
his  fanne  of 
200  acres. 
Jn"  Lcc  ccns. 


The ;  Fox  sent. 


Ro :  Jlonlton 
const :  Ch.irls. 

93- 

M'  Stoughtons 
libe'ty  to  build 
a  ncarc. 


THERE  is  a  thousand  acres  of  land,  &  greate  px  graunted  to  .John  Hajaies, 
Es^,  ffyxe  hundred  a5  graunted  to  Thomas  Dudley,  Es^,  Deputy 
GoQn"",  X  hundi'ed  to  M''  Sam"  Dudley,  &  two  hundred  acres  x  Daniell  Denni- 
son,  all  lyeing  &  being  aboue  the  ffalls,  x  easterly  side  of  Charles  Ryver,  to 
enioy  to  them  &  x  heires  for  euer./ 

There  is  two  hundred  acres  of  land  graiuited  to  M'  I.  Nowell,  lyeing  & 
being  on  the  west  side  of  the  North  Eyv,  otherwise  called  the  Three  Myle 
Brooke./ 

There  is  fiyre  hundred  acres  of  land  graunted  to  ]\P  Jo :  Oldlram,  lyeing 
ucare  Mount  Feakes,  on  the  north-west  of  Charles  Ryvcr./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  if  any  man  that  hath  any  greate  quan  x  of  land  graunted 
liim,  &  doeth  not  builde  vpon  it  or  imp  x  within,  three  yeares,  it  shalbe  f&ee 
for  the  Com-t  to  disp  x  of  it  to  whome  they  please./ 

There  is  two  himdred  acres  of  land  graunted  to  M'  Jo :  Wilson,  pastor  of 
the  church  of  Boston,  lyeing  nexte  the  land  graunted  to  ]\I''  Nowcll  on  the 
t-iiuth,  &  nexte  Mcadford  on  the  north./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  Jolni  Lee  shalbe  wliipt  &  fhned  for  calling  IM''  Lud- 
lowe false-hearted  knave,  &  hai'd-heart  knave,  heavy  ffriend,  ^d/ 

Thomas  Foxe  is  ffined  x^  for  want  of  appearance,  being  sum  to  giue  evi- 
dence against  John  Lee./ 

Robte  Moultou  is  chosen  constable  of  Chai'lton,  &  sworne./ 

M"'  Israeli  Stoughton  hath  liberty  graunted  him  to  builde  a  myll,  a  ware, 
&  a  bridge  ouer  Naponsett  Ryver,  &  is  to  sell  the  alewyves  hee  takes  there 
att  5"  the  thousand./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND. 


It  is  ordered,  that  if  any  boy  (that  hath  bene  ■\vhipt  for  ruuing  fro  liis' 
maisterj  be  taken  in  any  other  plantacon,  not  haneing  a  note  from  his  maistcr 
to  testifie  his  business  tliere,  it  sh[albe]  lawfull  for  the  constable  of  the  said 
plantacon  to  whip  liim  a[ud]  send  him  home./ 

There  is  power  graunted  to  M''  Ludlowe  &  M'  Coggin  to  inventory,  & 
take  into  safe  keeping  the  goods  &  chattells  of  M'  John  Tilley,  to  satisfie 
such  debts  as  hec  ownes  in  y°  Bay./ 

The  price  of  corne  is  lefte  at  liberty  to  be  soldo  as  men  can  agree./ 

M'^  Chester  hath  bound  himsclfe  m  x*  to  appcarc  at  the  next  Court,  to  be 
holden  in  June,  to  answer  to  such  tilings  as  shalbe  obiected  against  him./ 

Garrett  Church  &  Phillip  Tabor  hath  bound  themselues  [in]  xP  a  peece, 
to  appeare  then  to  giue  testimony  agst  M'  Ch  x  for  selling  coiuodities  contrary 
to  order./ 

Long  Hand,  Deere  Hand,  &  Hogg  Hand  graimted  to  Boston  for  ex,  for 
the  yeai'ely  rent  of  ij*,  to  be  paid  Jc  x  Treasui'er  x  first  day  of  the  second 
moneth  yearely./ 

*It  was  further  ordered,  that  eQy  man  of  or  above  the  age  of  twenty 
yeares,  whoe  hath  bene  or  shall  hereafter  be  resident  within  tliis  jurisdiccon  by 
the  space  of  sixe  mouethes,  as  an  householder  or  soiomer,  and  not  infranchised, 
shall  take  the  oath  here^^lder  written,  before  the  Goiin',  or  Deputy  Goiln'',  or 
some  two  of  the  nexte  Assistants,  whoe  shall  haue  power  to  convent  liim  for 
that  purpose,  and  vpon  liis  refuseall,  to  binde  him  ouer  to  the  nexte  Court  of 
Assistants ;  and  vpon  his  refuseall  the  second  tyme,  hee  shalbe  banished,  ex- 
cept the  Court  shall  see  cause  to  giue  him  fiuther  respite./ 


1G34. 

1  April. 
(15)        9-i- 
Runaways  to 
be  sent  home. 
M'  Jn»  Tilley 
cstat  admstrcd 
on. 


M'  Chester 
bound  ou'. 


95- 

Hands  g'ntcd 
t[o  Boslun.] 


)  [*ii2.] 


(16) 


[Resildenta 
oatli. 


The  Oath. 

I  DOE  heare  sweare,  and  call  God  to  witnes,  that,  being  nowe  an  inhabitant 
within  the  lymitts  of  this  jurisdiccon  of  the  Massachusetts,  I  doe  acknowl- 
edge myselfe  lawfully  subiect  to  the  aucthoritie  and  gouerm'  there  estabhshed, 
and  doe  accordingly  submitt  my  pson,  family,  and  estate,  to  be  ptected, 
ordered,  &  gouerned  by  the  lawes  &  constitucons  thereof,  and  doe  faithfully 
pmise  to  be  from  time  to  time  obccUeut  and  conformeable  therevnto,  and  to  the 
aucthoritie  of  the  GoQn'',  &  all  other  the  magistrates  there,  and  then-  success''s, 
and  to  all  such  lawes,  orders,  sentences,  &  decrees,  as  nowe  are  or  hereafter 
shalbe  lawfully  made,  decreed,  &  published  by  them  or  their  success""?.  And 
I  will  alwayes  indeav""  (as  in  duty  I  am  bound)  to  advance  the  peace  &  well- 
faire  of  tliis  body  pollitique,  and  I  will  (to  my  best  power  &  mcanes)  seeke  to 
devert  &  prevent  whatsoeuer  may  tende  to  the  ruine  or  damage  thereof,  or  of 
y*  Gofln',  Deputy  Goiin'',  or  Assistants,  or  any  of  them  or  their  success",  and 


116 


THE    RECORDS    OF    THE    COLONY    OF 


1G3  4. 


1  April. 


[*113.] 

97- 


(17)^ 


Assurance  of 
lands. 


mil  glue  sjieedy  notice  to  them,  or  some  of  them,  of  any  sedicon,  violence, 
treacherie,  or  oth''  hmtc  or  euill  w'''*  I  shall  knowe,  heare,  or  vehemently  sus- 
pect to  be  plotted  or  intended  against  them  or  any  of  them,  or  against  the  said 
Coiiion-wealth  or  goUm'  established.     Soe  helpe  nice  God./ 

*It  was  further  ordered,  that  the  constable  &  foure  o[r]  more  of  the  cheife 
inhabitants  of  efly  towne,  (to  be  chosen  by  all  the  ffree  men  there,  att  some 
mccteing  there,)  ■\vith  the  advise  of  some  one  or  more  of  the  nexte  Assistants, 
shall  make  a  surveyinge  of  the  liowses  backeside,  corne  feildcs,  moweing 
ground,  &  other  lands,  impved,  or  inclosed,  or  gramitcd  by  speciall  order  of  y" 
Court,  of  eueiy  ffree  inhabitant  there,  &  shall  enter  the  same  in  a  booke,  (fairely 
written  in  words  att  lenght,  &  not  in  ffigures,)  with  the  seilall  boimds  &  quan- 
tities, by  the  neerest  estimacbn,  &  shall  dcliuer  a  transcript  thereof  into  the 
Court,  within  sixe  monethes  nowe  nexte  ensueing,  &  the  same  soe  entered  and 
recorded  shalbe  a  sufficient  assurance  to  efly  such  ffree  inhabitant,  liis  &  theire 
lieires  and  assignes,  of  such  estate  of  inheritance,  or  as  they  shall  haue  in  any 
such  howses,  lands,  or  ffranke-tenem*s. 

The  like  coiu'se  shalbe  taken  for  assurance  of  all  howses  &  to^nie-lotts  of 
all  such  as  shalbe  hereaff  enfrancliised,  &  eiiy  sale  or  graunt  of  such  howses 
or  lotts  as  shalbe  from  time  to  time  entered  into  y*  said  booke  by  the  said 
constable  &  foure  inhabitants  or  their  success",  (whoe  shalbe  still  supplyed 
vpon  death  or  removeall,)  for  which  entry  the  purchaser  shall  pay  sixe  pence, 
&  the  Hke  suine  for  a  coppy  thereof,  vnder  the  hands  of  the  said  surveyers,  or 
thi-ee  of  them./     See  p'  190. 

[Pages  112  and  113  contain  lists  of  freemen.] 


[*114.] 

14  May. 


*Mt  a  Gen'all  Courte,  holden  att  Boston,  May  14^\  1634. 


P"SENT,    The  GoQn^ 

Deputy  Gofin'', 
M'  Ludlowe, 
M""  Endicott, 

M'  Good^\'^n, 
M''  Spencer, 
M"^  Talcott, 
M''  Feakes, 
M"'  Browne, 
M'  Oldham, 
M''  Beecher, 
M''  Talmer, 
Rottc  Moulton, 


M''  Tresu', 
M"'  Nowell, 
M'  Coddington, 
M'  Bradstreete  ; 

M'Coxeall, 
Edmond  Quinsey, 
Cap?  John  Vnderhill, 
John  Joluison, 
Wiihn  Heath, 
M'  Alcocke, 
M'  Israeli  Stoughton, 
Wiiim  Felpes, 
George  Hull, 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY"    IN    NEW    EXGLAND. 


11' 


Cap?  Turner, 
M^  Willis, 
M'  Edw :  Tomlins, 
M"'  Ilolgraue, 


M"^  Conant, 
Frauncis  Weston, 
id. 


IT  was  agreed  &  ordered,  that  the  former  oath  of  fFreemcn  shalbe  revoked, 
soe  farr  as  it  is  dissonant  from  the  oath  of  ffreemen  here  vnder  written,  & 
that  those  that  receaved  the  former  oath  shall  stand  bound  noe  further  thereby, 
to  any  intent  or  purpose,  then  this  newe  oath  tyes  those  that  nowe  takes  y"  same./ 

The  Oath  of  a  Freeman. 

I  A.  B.,  being,  by  Gods  providence,  an  mhabitant  &  ffreeman  within  the 
•  jurisdiccon  of  tliis  coinonwcale,  doe  freely  acknowledge  my  selfe  to  be 
subiect  to  the  goverm'  thereof,  &  therefore  doe  heere  sweare,  by  the  greate  & 
dreadful!  name  of  the  euerlyvcing  God,  that  I  wilbe  true  &  faithfull  to  the 
same,  &  will  accordingly  yellde  assistance  &  support  therevnto,  with  my  pson 
&  estate,  as  in  equity  I  am  bound,  &  will  also  truely  indeav''  to  mainetaine  & 
preserue  all  the  libertyes  &  previhdges  thereof,  submitting  my  selfe  to  the 
wholesome  lawes  &  orders  made  &  estabUshed  by  the  same ;  and  furth"",  that  I 
will  not  plott  nor  practise  any  evill  against  it,  nor  consent  to  any  that  shall  soe 
doe,  but  will  timely  discover  &  reveale  the  same  to  lawfidl  aucthority  nowe 
here  established,  for  the  speedy  preventing  thereof  INIoreouer,  I  doe  solemnely 
bynde  my  mysclfe,  in  the  sight  of  God,  that  when  I  shalbe  called  to  giue  my 
voice  toucliing  any  such  matter  of  tliis  state,  wherein  ffreemen  are  to  deale,  I 
will  giue  my  vote  &  suifrage,  as  I  shall  iudge  in  myne  owne  conscience  may 
best  conduce  &  tend  to  the  publique  wealc  of  the  body,  without  respect  of 
psons,  or  fav'  of  any  man.     Soe  helpe  mee  God,  in  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ./ 

Further,  it  is  agreed,  that  none  but  the  Gefiall  Court  hath  power  to  chusc 
and  admitt  ffreemen./ 

That  none  but  the  GeQall  Court  hath  power  to  make  and  establishe  l;n\  cs, 
nor  to  elect  and  appoynct  officers,  as  GoQn'^,  Deputy  GoQn'',  Assistants,  'L'rcs- 
ui'er.  Secretary,  Capt,  Leiueten'%  Ensignes,  or  any  of  Hke  moment,  or  to 
remove  such  vpon  misdemeanor,  as  also  to  sett  out  the  dutyes  and  powers  of 
the  said  officers./ 

That  none  but  the  GenJall  Court  hath  power  to  raysc  moneyes  &  taxes,  & 
to  dispose  of  lands,  vzj,  to  giue  &  confirme  pprietycs./ 

Thomas  Dudley,  Escp,  was  chosen  Gofln"^  for  this  yeare  nexte  ensueing, 
&  till  a  newe  be  chosen,  &  did,  in  ^sence  of  the  Court,  take  an  oath  to  his 
said  place  belonginge./ 


16  3  4. 


14  Mny. 


98^ 


99- 
100- 


101- 


Dudlcy,  Tho", 
chosen  Gov. 


118 


THE    EECOllDS    OF    THE    COLONY    OF 


1G34. 


14  May. 


[*115.] 

Assistants 
chosen. 


Rob'  Coles 
sent,  reu's'. 


This  ffync  of] 
x''  was  remit-  | 
ted  by  the  I 
Court.  ) 


103- 


(21)^ 

No  trialls 
w'^out  ajury. 

104- 

R :  283. 


105- 

Deputycs,  their 
liberty  &  pow- 
er. 


In  like  manner,  Roger  Ludlowe,  Es^,  was  chosen  [to]  the  place  of  Depu- 
ty GoQn'',  for  this  yeare  nexte  ensueing,  &  till  a  newe  be  chosen,  &  did  take 
an  oathe,  in  presence  of  the  Court,  to  his  said  place  belonginge./ 

*John  Winthrop,  Sen'',  Jolin  Humfrey,  John  Haynes,  John  Endicott, 
Es^,  M'  Wiihn  Pinchon,  M"^  Increase  Nowell,  M-'  Wiilrm  CodcUngton,  M' 
John  Winthrop,  Ju"",  M''  Simon  Bradst7-eete,  were  chosen  to  the  place  of 
Assistants  for  this  yeare  nexte  ensueing,  &  till  newe  be  cho.sen,  &  did,  in  pres- 
ence of  the  Court,  take  an  oath  to  the  said  place  belongeing,  IVt  Humfry  &  M'' 
Winthrop,  Jun',  oucly  excepted,  whoe  were  absent./ 

M'  Wiihn  Coddington  was  also  chosen  Trcsiux-r  for  this  yeare  nexte 
ensueinge,  &  till  a  newe  be  chosen./  • 

In  Uke  manner,  INI"'  Simon  Bradstreete  was  chosen  Secretary  for  this  yeare 
nexte  ensueinge,  &  till  a  newe  be  chosen./ 

The  sentence  of  Court  inflicted  vpon  Eofete  Coles,  March  4"',  1633,  for 
di-unkenes,  i§,  by  liim  coiiiitted,  is  nowe  reversed,  vpon  his  submission,  &  tes-  _ 
timoney  being  giuen  of  his  good  behav''./ 

It  is  agreed,  that  there  shalbe  x*  ffiiie  sett  vpon  y'=  Court  of  Assistants, 
&  M'  Mayhewe,  for  breach  of  an  order  of  Court  against  imployeing  ludeans 
to  shoote  with  peeces,  the  one  halfe  to  be  payde  by  M''  Pinchon  &  M"'  May- 
hewe, offending  therein,  the  other  halfe  by  the  Court  of  Assistants  then  in 
bemg,  whoe  gaue  leave  therevnto./ 

It  was  further  ordered,  that  the  constable  of  cQy  plantacon  shall,  vpon 
pees  receaved  from  the  Secretary,  giue  tymely  notice  to  the  ffreemen  of  the 
plantacon  where  hee  dwells  to  scud  soe  many  of  their  said  memb''-'  as  the  pees 
shall  direct,  to  attend  vpon  publique  service ;  &  it  is  agreed,  that  noe  tryall 
shall  passe  vpon  any,  for  life  or  banishment,  but  by  a  jury  soe  suinoned,  ||or  by 
the  Geiiall  Courte./||       [The  last  five  words  are  in  the  handwriting  of  Mr.  Nowell.] 

It  is  likewise  ordered,  that  there  shalbe  foure  Geiiall  Courts  held  yearely, 
to  be  suiiioned  by  the  Gofln'",  for  the  tjone  being,  &  not  to  be  dissolved  with- 
out the  consent  of  the  maior  fite  of  the  Court./ 

It  was  further  ordered,  that  it  shalbe  lawful!  for  the  ffreemen  of  efly 
plantacon  to  chuse  two  or  tliree  of  each  towne  before  eQy  GeiJall  Court,  to 
conferre  of  &  fpare  such  pubi  busines  as  by  them  shalbe  thought  fitt  to 
consider  of  att  the  nexte  Geiiall  Court,  &  that  such  psons  as  shalbe  here- 
after soe  deputed  by  the  ffreemen  of  [the]  seiiall  plantacons,  to  deale  in  their 
behalfe,  in  y«  publique  affiiyres  of  the  coinonwealth,  shall  haue  the  full  power 
&  voyces  of  all  the  said  ffreemen,  deiyved  to  them  for  the  makeing  &  estab- 
lisliing  of  lawes,  graunting  of  lands,  {p,  &  to  deale  in  all  other  affaires  of  the 
coinonwealth  wherein   the    ffreemen  haiie    to   do.c,  the  matter  of  elecc6n  of 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  119 

magistrates  &  other   officers  oncly  cxccpicil, 'wlierein  eOy  freeman  is  to  gyve     1  G  o  4. 
his  ovrne  voyce./  *~    ^'      ^ 

*A11  former  orders  concerneing   swine  are  repealed.     And  it  is  agreed      r«  1 1  ^  n 
that  efly  to-«aie  shall  haue  liberty  to  make  such  ord"  aboute  swine  as  they  lofi— 

shall  iudge  best  for  themselucs,  and  that  if  the  swine  of  one  towno  shall  come  swine  to  be 
■Nvithin  the  lymitts  of  another,  the  owners  thereof  shalbe  lyeable  to  the  ord""'  of  ''     °  K 
that  townc  where  their  swine  soe  trespasseth./  icguit. 

Vpon  a  complaynte  made  to   John  Winthrop,  Es^,  then  GoQn'',  by  a  107— 

kinsman  of  John  Hocking,  lately  slaine  att  Kenebecke,  by  one  of  the  Plym-  ^""(^  "^""u^fgd 
outhe  plantacSn,  desireing  that  justice  might  be  done  vpon  the  offend"',  the  ^^^"• 
Court,  takeing  into  consideraCon  the  same,  hath  ordered  that  M"'  John  Alden 
(being  fhere  pisent  when  the  said  Hocking  was  slaine)  shalbe  detained  here, 
till  answer  be  receaved  from  those  of  Plymouthe,  whither  they  will  trye  the 
matter  there  or  noe,  or  that  sufficient  security  shalbe  taken  that  hee,  the  said 
John  Alden,  shall  not  dcpte  out  of  the  lymitts  of  this  pattent,  without  leaue 
from  the  Court  or  GoQuy 

iP  John  Alden  doeth  acknowledge  to  owe  vnto  our  SoQaigne  Lord  the  M'  Aldens 
King  the  soiiie  of  two  hundred  pounds ;  &  M"^  Tymothy  Hetherly  &  Leiue-  kin„  &j. 
ten'  Rich :   Morris,  in  an  hundred  poiuid  a  peece,  to  be  levyed  of  their  goods 
&  chattells,  (5./ 

The  condicon  of  this .  recognizance  is,  that   John  Alden  shall  not  depte 
out  of  the  lymitts  of  this  pattent  without  leaue  from  the  Court  or  Gouerny 

There  is  leaue  graunted  to  the  inhabitants  of  Newe  Towne  to  seeke  out  1  OS- 

some  convenient  place  for  them,  with  pmise  that  it  shalbe  confirmed  vnto  ^''^  '"^""^^ 
them,  to  which  they  may  remove  their  habitacons,  or  haue  as  an  addicbn  to 
that  w'^''  ah-eady  they  haue,  provided  they  doe  not  take  it  in  any  place  to  piu- 
dice  a  plantacon  ah-eadji-setled/ 

It  was  further  ordered  that  Rofete  Way  shall  remaine  w"^  the  Deputy  109- 

Goan>^  till  M"^  Way  come  out  of  England,  for  w*  hee  is   to  allowe  the  said  °"^''' "'"'"' 

•'  °  '  Ilobert  Way. 

Robte  Way  such  recompenc  as  the  Court  shall  thinke  meete./ 

Furthermore,  the  Court  hath  ordered,  that  Boston  shall  haue  convenient  110- 

inlargem'  att  jSIount  Woohston,  to  be  sett  out  by  foure  indifferent  men,  whoe  ''"^'""'  "'■ 

°  'J  '  largm'. 

shall  drawe  a  plott  thereof,  &  p''sent  it  to  the  nexte  Gefiall  Comt,  when  it 
shalbe  confii-med.  M''  Oldham,  M"^  Aspinwall,  M'  Coxeall,  S''icant  Stoughton, 
&  AViffim  Felpes  are  chosen  to  vewc  the  place,  &  to  certifie  the  nexte  Gefiall 
Court  thereof./  [*11'^-] 

*It  was  ffurther  ordered,  that  AVinetsemet,  &  the  howses  there  builte  &  ,.,.        1 1 1- 

Wmncscinet  to 

to  be  builte,   shall  ioyne   themselues  eith"^   to  Charlton  or  Boston,  as  mem-  b"  '"J<1 '"  i^"*- 

ton  or  Charla 

bers  of  that  towne,  before   the    nexte    Gefiall  Court,  to  be   holden  the   first  Tounc. 


120 


THE    RECORDS    OF    THE    COLONY    OF 


16  34. 

14  May. 

112- 

Sea  fort  to  be 
buUt. 


113- 

Cofiiittee  as  to" 
y  ordinances. 


114- 

Dorchest'  Ub- 
e'ty  for  3  pee. 


115- 

Absent  from 
Court. 


116- 

A  ward  eu' 
night  at  Bos- 
ton. 


117- 

(22)^ 

Rates,  how 
raised. 

118- 


[*118.] 
119- 

Rich*  Daucn- 
port,  ens. 
A  iratch  2  a 
night  in  eu' 
towne. 

120- 

Coiuittee  to 
take  M'  Win- 
throps  acco'. 

121- 

fiOO  acr«  g'  to 
SjTnon  Brad- 
strcct,  Esq'. 


Wednesday  in  Septemb''  nexte,  or  els  to  be   layde  then  to   one  of  those  two 
tcsviics  by  the  Court./ 

ISI"^  Beeeher,  M"^  Peirce,  &  Robte  Moulton  are  desired  to  treate  &  bar- 
gaine  with  M'  Stevens  &  M'  Mayhewe,  or  with  either  of  them,  for  the 
building  of  the  seafFort  by  the  greate,  &  the  Court  promiseth  to  pforme  what 
bargaine  they  shall  soe  make,  for  manner  &  time  of  payeni*./ 

M"^  Edward  Tomlyus  &  M''  John  Samford  are  intreated  by  the  Court  to 
take  notice  of  the  ordinances,  powder  and  shott,  &  to  make  reporte  to  the 
nexte  Court  in  what  coudicon  they  are  in./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  Dorchesf  shall  haue  three  peeces  of  ordinances,  to 
ffortifie  themselues  withall,  one  drake  &  two  other  peeces,  to  be  hadd  from 
Charlton./ 

It  was  ifurther  ordered,  that  if  any  Assistant,  or  any  man  deputed  by 
the  ffreemen  to  deale  in  publique  occacons  of  the  comonwealthe,  doe  absent 
himselfe  w*''out  leaue  in  tyme  of  publique  busines,  hee  shalbe  fEned  att  the 
discrec(5n  of  the  Court./ 

It  was  ordered,  that  there  shalbe  a  ward  of  two  kept  eQy  day  att  the  ffort 
att  Bostoir,  dureing  the  tyme  of  any  shipps  rydelng  there,  to  be  borne  by  the 
publique,  &  to  be  ordered  by  Capt  Vnderhill ;  &  it  is  agreed  that  those 
plantacons  that  (by  reason  of  their  remotenes)  are  vnwilling  to  send  men, 
shall  pay  ij^  a  day  for  a  man,  to  such  as  Capt  Vnderhill  shall  hire,  when  it 
conies  to  their  turne./ 

It  is  further  ordered,  that  in  all  rates  &  publique  charges,  the  townes 
shall  haue  respect  to  levy  eQy  man  according  to  his  estate,  &  with  consider- 
ac6n  of  all  other  his  abilityes,  whatsoeuer,  &  not  according  to  the  number  of 
his  psons./ 

INI"^  Eofete  Harding,  Wiiim  Baulston,  &  Ralfe  Sprage  are  chosen  s'ieants 
to  Captaine  Vnderhill,  &  John  OUyver  chosen  corporall  to  the  said  cap- 
taine./ 

*Eichard  Daniford  was  chosen  ensygne  to  Cap?  Traske./ 

It  was  further  ordered,  that  there  shalbe  a  watch  of  two  a  night  kept  in 
efly  plantacon  till  the  nexte  GeEall  Court./ 

The  Deputy  GoQn"",  M'  Israeli  Stoughton,  &  INI'^  Coxeall  are  desired  by 
the  Court  to  take  an  accompt  of  John  Winthrop,  Es^,  for  such  comodityes  as 
hee  hath  receaved  of  the  coiiion  stocke./ 

There  is  500  acres  of  land  graunted  to  M''  Simon  Bradstreete,  lyeing 
nore  west  from  the  lands  of  Jolin  Hayncs,  Es^,  &  aboue  the  falls  of  Charles 
Ryver,  ncere  the  weire  ;  provided,  there  be  not  iust  reason  shewed  agaiast  it 
att  the  nexte  Court,  why  it  may  not  be  graunted  him./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  121 

There  is  liberty  also  graunted  to  M'^  Israeli  Stoughton  &  M''  Wulcott      1  G  3  4. 
to  looke  out  ffermes  for  themselues,  with  promise  to  accomidate  them./  '       ^f       ^ 

U  May. 
Libet  to  M' 
Israeli  Stough- 
ton to  look  out 
for  a  fame,  &c. 

*A  Court,  holden  at  JVewe  Towne,  June  3, 1634.  [*119.] 

3  June. 

P'SENT,    The  Goan^  M'  Pinchon, 

Deputy  Gofln'-,  M""  Nowell, 

M"  Wiutluop,  Sen',  M>^  Winthi-ope, 

M"^  Haynes,  S :  Bradstreete. 
M'  Tresurer, 

LTWEED  PUMEEY  swome  constable  of  Dorchester./ 


E 


Whereas  Thomas  Lane,  late  serv'  to  Jolm  Burslyn,  by  the  pvidence  of  o«'«'  ^^  ">  J"° 

Bmsly'  lames 

God,  is  fallen  lame  &  impotent,  &  hath  since  remayned  att  Dorchesf,  where 
hee  hath  bene  chargeable  to  that  plantacon,  &  like  soe  to  contynue,  it  is  there- 
fore ordered,  that  the  inhabitants  of  Wessaguscus  shall  send  to  Dorchester  for 
the  said  Thomas  Lane,  &  shall  pay  for  all  the  charges  they  haue  beene  att  in 
keepeing  him  diu'eing  his  aboade  att  Dorchesf./ 

M'  John  Winthrop,  Jun',  being  chosen  an  Assistant  att  the  last  Gefiall 
Court,  did  nowe  take  an  oath  to  his  said  place  belonging,  in  presence  of  the 
Court./ 

By  consent  of  Willm  Gallerd,  admstraf  to  Jolin  Russell  &  Rotte  Fibbin,  Rob'  Fibbins 

rcleas. 

it  is  ordered,  that  in  consideracon  of  some  service  pformed  att  sea  by  the  said 
Eo%te  Fibbia,  &  3  monthes  servis  in  Newe  England,  that  the  said  Rofete 
Fibbin  shalbe  sett  free,  &  haue  1*,  13%  5*  forgiuen  him,  w"^''  hee  ought  to  his 
said  maisf,  John  Russell./ 

M'  Thomas  ISIayhewe  is  intreated  by  the  Court  to  examine  what  hurt  the  Damag  donne 
swyne  of  Chailton  hath  done  amongst  the  Indean  barnes  of  come,  on  the  north  charis  foune. 
side  of  Misticke,  &  accordingly  the  inhabitants  of  Charlton  pmiseth  to  giue 
them  satisfacoon./ 

M''  Thomas  Mayhewe,  being  admstraf  of  M'  Ralfe  Glouer,  hath  nowe  Ord'  ab<  Ralph 
exhibited  an  inventory  of  the  said  estate  into  the  Coiu-t :  there  is  therefore  day 
giuen  till  the  first  Tuesday  in  August  nexte,  for  the  creditors  of  the  said  Ridfe 
Glouer  to  make  their  demaunds  of  such  debts  as  are  due  to  them,  or  els  the 
said  estate  shalbe  devided  betwixte  those  that  then  comes  in,  the  other  to  be 
excluded./ 

VOL.  I.  16 


122  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


1  G34.  *A  Court  of  Assistants,  hohlen  att  JVcwe  Townc,  July  l'\  1G34. 

1  July-  Present,   The  Goiin',  M'  Tresurer, 

[*120.]  Deputy  GoUn',  M'  Pinchon, 

M""  "Wiiitlu-op,  M''  Nowell, 

M''  Haynes,  S  :  Bradstreete. 
at  Endicot, 

Bob'  Way  to  TfT  was  Ordered,  that  Eotite  Way  shall  remaine  with  Ensigne  Gennison  tlU 
con  '^'"''J^  ^  J_  ]-^gg  make  it  appeare  to  the  Coiut  that  hee  hath  lawfully  assigned  him  to 
son,  &c.  some  other,  hee  confessiag  hee  was  assigned  to  liim  by  his  maisf,  "Way./ 

w»  Aimy  Wiihn  Almy  is  fyned  x*  for  not  appeareing  att  the  last  Court,  being 

suiiioud,  &  is  iniojTied  to  bring  to  the  nexte  Court  an  inventory  of  the  goods 

hee  receaved  of  Edw :  Johnsons,  duely  prized  by  indifferent  men./ 
Dorchester  to  It  is  ordered,  that  the  Tresurer  shall  pay  vnto  the  Deputy  Goiln'  &  some 

Lane.  Other,  the  inhabitants  of  Dorchester,  the  soine  of  tlu'ce  pounds,  being  charges 

they  haue  bene  att  with  Thomas  Lane,  an  impotent  pson./ 
Isaek  Aliirton  It  is  Ordered,  that  M"^  Isaack  Allerton  shall  pay  the  soine  of  xP  to  M' 

Wiilrm  Dennison,  for  charges  in  suyte  aboute  a  debte  of  an  hundreth  pound./ 
Kew  Townes  It  is  further  ordered,  that  the  inhabitants  of  Newe  Towne  shall  inioy  the 

^  "moda-      meadowe  on  the  north  side  of  y*^  pond,  (except  that  w'^''  John  Chapni  hath 
tion  by  mead-    ah'eady  moAven,)  &  after  to  be  decided  by  the  GeSall  Court,  to  whome  it  shall 

ows. 

belonge./ 
Difference"  be-  By  Consent  of  M'  Marryner,  his  company,  &  John  TyUcy,  the  difference 

1™!^  Ma™.   betwLxte  them  is  referred  to  John  Wintlirop,  Sen^  Es^),  M-^  Wiilm  Peh-ce,  M-^ 
uer,  &  Jn»        Thomas  Beecher,  M'  Stagg ;   also  the  difference  betwixte  M"'  John  Coggin  & 
to  a"couUtt.       Jolm  Tylley,  for  money  payde  by  M'  Coggin  to  the  sliipps  company,  by  their 
consent  is  referd  to  the  ptyes  before  menconed ;  as  Ukewise  the  difference  be- 
twixte John  Tylley  &  Henry  Cogan  is  referd  to  the  f  tyes  aforesaid.     In  this 
reference  there  is  a  bill  of  33*  of  Jo :  Tylley  excepted./ 


[*121.] 

*A  Court,  holclen  att  JVewc  Towne, 

August  5"\  m 

5  August. 

Present,  The  GoQn"", 

M'  Endicot, 

Deputy  Gofln"", 

]\P  Tresurer, 

]\I'  Wjnthrop,  ScnS 

M'  Pinchon, 

RP  Haynes, 

W  Nowell, 

M'  Humfry, 

S :  Bradstreete, 

I 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW   ENGLAND.  123 

T  was  ordered,  that  Wednesday,  the  20"^  of  this  moneth,  shalbe  kept  as  a      1  G  3  4. 

day  of  pubhque  thanksgiueing  thi-oughout  the  seQall  plantacons,  for  the    "       '    "^ 
safe  arriueall  of  shipps  and  passengers  this  sumer,  ^(5./  „     t-u    j^ ' 

It  is  ordered,  that  Aggawam  shalbe  called  Ipswitch./  Ipswich. 

It  was  witnessed  vpon  oath,  that  James  Eawlens  tooke  xviij''  aday  &  50' 

meate  and  drinke,  for  10  dayes  worke,  for  one  of  his  serv*^  for  weedeing  corne, 
contrary  to  an  order  of  Court,  &  therefore  is  to  pay  5^  for  cQy  day  hec 
hath  soe  transgressed./ 

Jolin  Humfry,  Es^,  being  chosen  an  Assistant  att  the  last  Genlall  Court,  Jm  Humphry, 
did  nowe  take  an  oath  to  liis  place  belonging  in  presence  of  the  Court./ 

Rich :  Cornishe  hath  bound  liimaelfe  in  x*  for  his  wyves  psonall  appear-  Rich :  Cornish, 
ance  att  the  Coiut  in  Octob"^  nexte,  to  answer  to  such  things  as  shalbe  ob- 
iected  against  her./ 

Frauncis  Godson  hath  bound  liimselfe  in  x*  for  his  psonall  appearance  att  Fra  Godson 
the  Court  to  be  holden  in  Octob'  nexte,  to  answer  for  breach  of  an  order  of 
Court  in  takeiag  to  greate  wages,  {S./ 

SaiaF  Hosier  chosen  &  sworne  constable  of  Waterton./  Sam :  Hosie', 

It  was  ordered,  that  Katherine  Gray  shalbe  wliipt  for  her  filthy  &  vnchast  j^^jj^g'.  cra't 
behav"^  w""  Thomas  Elkpi./  ^^  whips  &e. 

Rich :  Hitchcocke  hath  bound  himselfe  in  xx*  to  make  his  psonall  appear-  Ri :  Hitchcock 
ance  att  the  Court  to  be  holden  the  first  Tuesday  iu  Octob''  nexte,  to  answer  ...  court. 
to  such  things  as  shalbe  obiected  against  him./ 

It  was  ordered,  that  such  moneyes  as  shalbe  layde  out  for  the  maincte-  Widdo  Boz- 

worth'  prouis- 

nance  of  Widd  Bosworth  &  her  famyly,  shalbe  payde  agaiae  by  the  Treasurer./  ^jon 

AVTiereas  it  was  made  knowcu  to  the  Court  that  Robte  Way  was  lawfully  ^°^'  "'"y  *" 

abide  w^^  Edw* 

assigned  by  Ensigne  Genuison  to  Edward  Burton,  it  was  therefore   ordered,  Burton, 
that  the  said  Bmton  shall  keepe  the  said  Way,  according  to  covenant./ 

John  Humfiy,  Es^,  &  M'  Increase  Nowell  was  desyred  by  the  Court  to  M'  Aspinwalls 
take  deposicbns  of  the  witnesses  of  M'  Aspinwall,  in  a  case  betwixte  S''  Witim  t,^l^g^  i^^_ 
Brewerton,  Bar['],  &  the  said  M'  Aspinwall./ 


*Jtt  a  Getfall  Court,  holden  att  JVewe  Toicne,  Sept:  8, 16-34.  [*122.] 

8  September. 

IT  was  ordered,  that  there  should  be  a  plattforme  made  on  the  north  east  1.'22— 

syde  of  Castle  Ileland,  &  an  house  built  on  the  topp  of  the  liill  to  defend  „^,^^  isUnd" 
the  said  plattforme./ 

It  was  fmther  ordered,  that  war"  shalbe  sent  to  y*  constable  of  eQy  plan-  123— 

tacon,  to  send  in  money  or  workcmen  to  make  that  wliich  they  haue   already 


124 


THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


124- 


(23). 

Power  to  im- 
p'sse  for  pub- 
lick  workes. 


125- 


[*123.] 

Comittee  for 

fortiffications. 


M'Isr:  Stougli- 
ton. 

M'  The : 
Beech'. 


126- 

Capt"  to  trajne 
y*ir  souldiers 
on?  a  mo. 


done,  thi-ee  days  a  peece  towards  the  fFort  att  Boston,  both  of  newe  comers  & 
oth''s  for  eQy  hand  able  to  worke  (except  magistrates  &  minisfs)  that  are 
behinde,  to  be  deliGed  to  Captayne  Vnd''hill,  before  the  nexte  Coiut  of 
Assistants./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  in  all  ordenary  publiqne  workes  of  the  coinonweale, 
the  ouerseer  of  the  worke,  with  the  helpe  of  an  Assistant,  shall  haue  power 
to  send  their  war'  to  the  constable  of  the  nexte  plantacons  to  send  soe  many 
labourers  &  artificers  as  the  war'  shall  directe,  which  the  constable  &  two 
oth'^,  or  more,  of  the  ffreemen  which  hee  shall  take  to  himselfc,  shall  forthwith 
execute,  for  w'^''  service  the  Assistant  &  oilseer  shall  haue  power  to  giue 
such  extraordinary  wages  as  they  shall  .iudge  the  worke  to  disserue,  proyided 
that  for  any  ordenary  worke,  noe  man  be  compelled  to  worke  from  home 
more  then  a  weeke  att  a  tyme.  And  for  all  extraordinary  puhlique  workes  it 
is  ordered,  that  the  ouerseer  of  the  worke  &  an  Assistant  shall  haue  power 
to  send  their  war'  to  the  constable  of  any  plantacon  to  send  soe  many  of  any 
condicon  (except  magistrates  &  officers  of  churches  &  comonwealth)  as  the 
war'  shall  dii-ect,  w'^''  the  constable  &  two  or  more  that  hee  shall  chuse  shall 
forthwith  send./ 

It  is  ffurther  ordered,  that  there  shall  be  a  fortificacon  made  att  the 
poynte  neere  Eofete  Moultons,  att  Charlton,  &  another  either  att  the  Deputy 
GoQn''s,  or  att  Foxe  PojTite :  ■^"ither  the  coiuittees  for  that  busines  shall 
iudge  most  convenient  for  ffortificacon,  &  howe  many  peeces  shalbe  in  each 
place,  is  referd  to  the  comittees  &  ouerseers  of  the  workes  :  this  is  to  be  done  by 
the  pubUque,  provided,  that  if  Salem  shall  soe  fortifie  themselues  as  to  satisfie 
the  Court  within  theis  12  monethes,  that  then  they  shall  haue  such  moneyes 
returned  them  as  they  haue  contributed  to  the  said  iforts  of  Castle  Ileland, 
Charleton,  &  Dorchester./ 

*Captaine  Ynderhill,  Capt  Patricke,  Capt  Mason,  Cap?  Traske,  Cap? 
Turner,  Leiueten'  Feakes,  Leiueten'  Morris,  are  chosen  comittees  to  find  out 
the  convenient  places  for  scituacon,  as  also  to  lay  out  the  seQall  workes  for 
fortificacSn  att  Castle  Ileland,  Charelton,  &  Dorchester.  Also  y'  Deputy 
GoUn"'  is  chosen  ouerseer  for  the  worke  att  Castle  Ileland,  M''  Israeli  Stough- 
ton  for  that  att  Dorchester,  &.M>'  Thomas  Beecher  for  that  att  Charlton.  It 
is  likewise  ordered,  that  the  forenamed  coiuittees  shall  appoynct  what  further 
addicon  of  worke  shalbe  done  to  the  ffort  at  Boston./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  captaines  shall  traine  their  bands  once  eQy 
moneth,  giueing  a  weekes  warneing  before,  (except  in  July  and  August,)  and 
that  the  capt  shall  haue  liberty  to  traine  all  such  vnskillfull  men  as  are  att 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  125 

their  owne  hands,  soe  often  as  they  please,  provided  they  exceede   not  tliree      1  G  3  4. 
dayes  in  a  weeke./  *""    ^^        ' 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  present  GoQno',  John  Winthrop,  Sen'",  John  Haynes,  .  j,„' 

Jolm  Humfrey,  &  Jolm  Endicott,  Es^*,  shall  haue  power  to  consulte,  direct,  ConUttoe-  pow- 
&  giue  coiiiand  for  y"  managcing  &  ordering  of  any  warr  that  may  befall  vs  „a„  for  a 
for  the  space  of  a  yeare  nexte  ensueing,  &  till  further  order  be  taken  herein./  5'^"®- 

M'  Thomas  Beecher,  M""  .John  Coxeall,  M'^  Eichard  Dumer,  M'  Nicholas  128- 

Easton,  M-^  Israeli  Stoughton,  ]M^  John    Oldham,   W  Dan"  Dennison,   M'  er°fo  "uTer"" 
John  Holgraue,  &  M'  Tymothy  Tomlyns  are  chosen  ouerseers  of  the  powder  ?""<'<'"■•  *"^'  "^ 
&  shott,  &  all  other  amunicon,  in  the  seQall  plantacons  where  they  lyve,  M'^  townes. 
Oldham  for  Waterton  &  Meadford./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  all  the  musketts,  bandeleroes,  &  rests  lately  come  ouer  129— 

this  yeare,  shalbe  equally  devided  amongst  the   seQall  plantacSns ;  and  the  L  T,  ^  1'-  """ 
townes  to  haue  att  all  tymes  soe  many  in  a  readynes  as  a  towne  stocke./  lately  come,  to 

be  diuided 

It  is  ordered,  that  M'  Edward  Tomlyns,  or  any  other  putt  in  his  place  amongst  y 
by  the   coiuissioners   for  warr,  with  the    helpe    of  an  Assistant,  shall  haue 
power  to  presse  men  &  carts  for  ordinary  wages,  to  helpe  towards  the  make-  M'  Edw-i  Tom- 
ing  of  such  carriages  &  wheeles  as  are  wanting  for  the  ordinances./ 

It  is  likewise  ordered,  that  there  shalbe  an  oath  giuen  to  the  cap?,  &  131— 

another  to  the  ouerseer  of  the  armes,  sutcable  to  their  places./  „i,,gjj  j^  .      , 

W  John  Samford  is  chosen  canoncere  for  the  ffort  att  Boston ;   &  itt  is  *  °"'^^'^  °^  5" 

armes. 

ordered,  that  for  two  yeares  service  that  hee  hath  ah'eady  done  att  the  said  132— 

fFort,  &  for  one  yeare  more  hee  shall  doe,  to  be  accompted  from  this  day,  hee  M'Jn-Sam- 

'  •'  '  r  J }  fgjj^  cannon- 

shall  haue  allowed  him  out  of  the  treasury  the  soiuc  of  xx*./  eer,  &  sallery. 

*It  is   further  ordered,  that  eQy  trayned  soldier,  as  well  pykemen  as      [*124.] 

others,  shalbe  furnished  with  musketts,  bandeleroes,  &  rests,  powder  and  shott,  _     ,^  ^    , 

'  7  ;  J  r  '   Penalty  for  de- 

according  to  the  ord'  for  musketeers,  vnder  the  penalty  of  x^/  feet  in  aj-mes. 

Further,  it  is  ordered,  that  noe  trayned  soldier  shall  make  any  shott  vpon  1 3-4— 

any  traineing  day,  but  with  bulletts,  att  a  mke,  by  direccon  of  the  captaines,  m^de  w^out 
vnder  the  penalty  of  xij*  for  eSy  such  shott./  '"'^^<=*'''  *^- 

It  is   ordered,    that    M''   Oldham,    M'   Dan"  Dennison,    Ralfe    Sprage,  135- 

Edmond  Quinsey,  M""  Duiiier,  Ensigne  Stoughton,  John  Kirman,  Peter  Pal-    ^°ej(°°"t 
fry,  &  M''  John  Spencer,  or  the  maior  pte  of  them,  shall  haue  power  to  sett  bounds  of 

,  townes. 

out  the  bounds  of  all   townes  not  yet  sett  out,  or  in  difference  betwixte  any 

towne,  pvided  that  the  comittees  of  those  townes  where  the  difference  is  shall 

havie  noe  vote  in  that  pticular,  &  the  cofiiittees  are  appoyncted  to  returne  into 

136— 
the  nexte  Court,  in  Novemb"",  what  they  haue  done  herein./  Winisemet  to 

It  is  ordered,  that  Wynetsem'  shall  belonge  to  Boston,  &  to  be  accompted  ^^°°^  '°    *"' 

as  pte  of  that  towne./ 


12G 


THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


1G3  4. 

3  September. 

137-       E. 

Ordinary 
keep's  allow- 
anc  p"^  nieale, 
&c. 

138- 

Tobacco  not  to 
be  took  in  ordi- 
naiy. 

139- 

Ab'  tobacco 
restrict. 

140- 

Courts  zcale 
ag'  new  fash- 
ions. 


[*125.j 


141- 

Ferry  at  W'in- 
isemct  granted 
to  M'  Sam : 
Mau'ick  &  his 
heircs. 

142- 

Peddockes 
Hand  to 
Charles 
Towne. 


It  is  ordered,  that  noe  psou  that  keepes  an  ordinary  shall  take  above  vj* 
a  meale  for  a  pson,  &  not  above  j'^  for  an  ale  quarte  of  beare,  out  of  meale 
tyme,  vnder  the  penalty  of  x^  for  eQy  offence,  eith'  of  dyet  or  beare./ 

Likewise,  that  victulars,  or  keeps  of  an  ordinary,  shall  not  suffer  any 
tobacco  to  be  taken  in  their  howses,  vnder  the  penalty  of  v^  for  efly  offence,  to 
be  payde  by  the  victuler,  &  xij*  by  the  pty  that  takes  it./ 

Further,  it  is  ordered,  that  noe  pson  shalj  take  tobacco  publiquely,  ■^^lder 
the  penalty  of  ij^  vj'',  nor  privately,  in  his  owne  howse,  or  in  the  howse  of 
another,  before  strangers,  &  that  two  or  more  shall  not  take  it  togeather,  any 
■where,  vnder  the  aforesaid  penalty  for  efly  offence./ 

The  Court,  takeing  into  consideracon  the  greate,  supfluous,  &  vnneccs- 
sary  expences  occaconed  by  reason  of  some  newe  &  iuiodest  fashions,  as  also 
the  ordinary  weareiug  of  silver,  golde,  &  silke  laces,  girdles,  hatbands,  {d, 
hath  therefore  ordered  that  noe  pson,  either  man  or  woman,  shall  hereafter 
make  or  buy  any  appcU,  either  woUen,  silke,  or  lynnen,  with  any  lace  on 
it,  siluer,  golde,  silke,  or  threed,  vnder  the  penalty  of  forfecture  of  such 
cloathes,  ^6./ 

*Also,  that  noe  pson,  either  man  or  woman,  shall  make  or  buy  any 
slashed  cloathes,  other  then  one  slashe  in  each  sleeue,  and  another  in  the  backe ; 
also,  all  cuttworks,  unbroidered  or  needle  worke  capps,  bands,  &  raylcs,  are 
forbidden  hereafter  to  be  made  &  worne,  vnder  the  aforesaid  penalty ;  also,  all 
golde  or  silver  gu-dles,  hattbands,  belts,  ruffs,  beav''  hatts,  are  prohibited  to  be 
bought  &  worne  hereafter,  vnder  the  aforesaid  penalty,  {S./ 

Moreouer,  it  is  agreed,  if  any  man  shall  iudgc  the  weareing  of  any  the 
forenamed  pticulars,  newe  fashions,  or  longe  haire,  or  any  thing  of  the  Hke 
nature,  to  be  vncomely,  or  piudiciall  to  the  coinon  good,  &  the  pty  offending 
rcforme  not  the  same  vpon  notice  giuen  him,  that  then  the  nexte  Assistant, 
being  informed  thereof,  shall  haue  power  to  buide  the  pty  soe  offending  to 
answer  it  att  the  nexte  Coiut,  if  the  case  soe  requii'cs  ;  provided  &  it  is  the 
meaneiag  of  the  Coiu-t  that  men  &  women  shall  haue  liberty  to  weare  out  such 
appell  as  they  are  nowe  proveded  of,  (except  the  iiiioderate  greate  sleeues, 
slashed  appcU,  iiiioderate  greate  rayles,  longe  wings,  ^  ;)  tliis  order  to  take 
place  a  fortnight  after  the  publislring  thereof./ 

The  fferry  att  Wynysemet  is  graunted  to  M'  Sam"  Maflacke,  to  enioy  to 
him  &  liis  heires  &  assigncs  forcucr ;  &  it  is  agreed,  that  the  Court  shall,  fi-om 
tyme  to  tyme,  appoynct  what  slialbe  payde  for  the  transportacon  of  one  alone, 
&  what  for  two  or  more,  both  to  Boston  &  Charlton./ 

Peddock's  Ileland  is  graunted  to  the  inhabitants  of  Charlton,  to  enioy  to 
them  &  their  heires,  for  the  space  of  one  &  twenty  yeares,  for  the  yearely  rent 


[*126.] 
.(24)144- 

Se'^'allts  al- 
lotm*  on  ynr 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  127 

of  twenty  shillings,  pvided  that  if  there  be  a  plantacou  in  the  meane  tymo     1  G  3  4. 
setled  by  the  Court  att  Natascett,  then  this  ^sent  graunt  to  be  voyde./  "        ''       ^ 

It  is  ordered,  that  hereafter  noe  man  shalbe  lyeable  to  pay  the  forfect  of  ,  ,o 

v"  for  glueing  more  wages  to  workemen  then  the  Court  hath  sett ;  also,  that  ija  for  diet, 
if  any  pson  that  hath  bargayned  for  any  worke  by  the  greate  shall  complaine 
to  the  towne,  att  some  meeteing,  (either  letter  or  taker,)  that  the  bargaine 
proues  not  equall  on  his  pte,  it  shalbe  lawfull  for  the  to-mie  to  appoynct  three 
men  that  shall  sett  an  equall  rate  thereon ;  also,  it  is  agreed,  that  ij'^  a  day  for  ' 
dyett  shalbe  abated  to  all  workemen,  &  soc  much  allowed  them  more  in  their 
wages./ 

*It  is  ordered,  that  noe  servant  shall  haue  any  lott  of  land  allowed  him, 
in  any  plantaSSn,  till  hee  hath  approued  his  faithfuUnes  to  his  master  durdng 
the  tyme  of  his  service./ 

S''ieant  PerMns  is  chosen  ensigne  to  the  company  att  Eocksbury,  &  11"'     sood  ca'idge. 
Pinchon  is  desired  to  giue  him  possession  thereof./  Pckins,  en- 

It  is  ffm-ther  ordered,  that  the  njne  coiTiittees  appojucted  to  sett  out  the  ^'^"'' '°  ^°^' 
bounds  of  townes  shall  haue  ij^  vi*  aday  allowed  eQy  one  of  them  out  of  the  146- 

tresury,  for  soe  many  dayes  as  they  expend  in  tliat  service./  Comittee"  al- 

'  lowe. 

It  is  ordered,  that  eQy  captaine  shalbe  mainetayned  by  his  owne  com-  147- 

pany,  &  where  any  company  consists  of  two  townes  or  more,  the  seQall  townes  C'^p'  to  be 

•  i  1  •  PI  •  maintevnd  by 

shall  contribute  to  the  mametcnance  of  that  captame,  pporconably  to  the  num-  j.^h-  compa. 
ber  of  soldiers  in  each  towne./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  it  shalbe  lawfull  for  any  EngUshe  man  to  imploy  any  148- 

Indean  to  shoote  with  a  peece  that  the  Geiiall  Coiut  shall  giue  leaue  vnto./        "  /'"  '  '*'  ^ 

There  is  leaue  graunted  to  the  Deputy  Goiin'',  John  Winthrop,  Es^,  &  149— 

John  Winthrop,  Jun'',  each  of  them   to  intertaine  an  Indean  a  peece,  as  a  ^^'  Winthrops 

libe^t)',  &u. 

howseholde  serv'./ 

Further,  there  is  leaue  graunted  to  the  Deputy  Gofin"^  to  haue  his  Indean  M'  Ludlow 
trayned  with  the  rest  of  the  company  at  Dorchester,  &  to  shoote  at  fowle  ;      "^  ^' 
also,  there  is  leaue  graunted  to  M"'  John  Winthrop,  Jun"^,  to  imploy  his  Indean 
with  a  peece,  to  shoote  att  fowle./ 

It  is   ordered,  that  noe   man  shall    fishe  with  a  nett  ncerer  the  weire  1.50- 

att  Waterton  then  the  further  pte  of  the  ileland  in  the  lyver,  &  there   also  ^^tts  forbidcn. 
never  to  crosse  the  ryver  wholy  with  any  nett,  except  it  be  att  highe  water, 
or  after./  •  Tii_ 

There  is  leaue  graimted  to  the  inhabitants  of  Salem  to  keepe  a  markett  S.ilcm  libciy 
weekely,  on  the  fourth  day  of  y"  weeke,  coiiionly  called  Wednesday./  ,  -(, 

The  weire  att  Naponsett  is  graunted  to  ]\I'  Israeli  Stoughton,  to  cnioy  to  Naponset 

wyer  fri^  to  M» 

him  &  his  heires  for  cuer,  after  this  manner,  vzj :  to  haue  the  sole  prcvilidgc  stoughton. 


128 


THE    RECORDS    OF    THE    COLONY    OF 


[*127] 
153- 

Cambridge  lib- 
erty for  a  Avyer. 

154-p'  178 

"hi'  VVinthrops 
acco*  to  be  re- 
corded, p.  127- 

155- 

Letters  to  seu' 
gent". 
Comittes  to 
choose  a  Tres- 
ure',  &  giue 
Tresu'^  Har- 
■wood  a  dis- 
charge. 

Countess  of 
"Warwick. 


156-  ( 

No  membe*'  j 

to  intervp*  j 

another.  [ 

157- 

Day  of  humil- 
Ua. 


of  the  ryver  from  the  said  wcire  to  the  bridge,  &  also  betweeiie  the  said  weire 
&  the  salte  water,  according  to  his  agreem'  with  the  towne  of  Dorchester.  And 
it  is  agreed,  that  M''  Stoughton  shall  make  &  keepe  in  repaire  a  sufficient 
horse  bridge  ouer  the  said  lyver,  &  shall  alwayes,  from  tyme  to  tyme,  sell  the 
alwyves  hee  takes  there  att  v^  p  thousand./ 

*There  is  leaiie  graunted  to  the  inliabitants  of  Newe  Towne  to  builde  a 
weire  vpon  any  place  of  Winotimles  Ryver,  within  their  o^vne  bounds./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  declaratory  acconipt  of  John  Winthrop,  Es^,  late 
GoQn'',  nowe  exhibited  into  Court,  shalbe  recorded/ 

It  is  ordered,  that  there  shalbe  ires  written  to  theis  gentlem  here  vnder 
mencbned,  &  signed  by  the  Couj't  of  Assistants,  vzj,  ]SP  George  Harwood, 
M"  John  Eevell,  M"'  Thomas  Andrewes,  INI''  Richard  Andi-ewes,  M'^  Frauncis 
Kirby,  'M'  Frauncis  Webb,  M"^  George  Foxecrofte,  &  W  Robte  Keane,  {§,  to 
intreate  them  to  make  choise  of  a  man  amongst  themselues  to  be  Tresu"^  for  a 
yeare,  for  tliis  plantaoon,  &  also  to  giue  them  power  to  receave  an  accompt  of 
M'  Harwood,  nowe  Tresu',  as  also  to  giue  the  said  M"^  Harwood  a  full 
discharge/ 

Also,  it  is  agreed,  that  there  shalbe  ires  of  thankefullnes  signed  by  the 
Co\irt,  &  sent  to  the  Countesse  of  Warwdcke,  M''  Paynter,  M''  Wood,  & 
others,  that  haue  bene  benefactors  to  this  plantacon./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  if  any  member  of  the  Court  shall  begin  any  speech, 
while  another  is  speakeing,  to  interrupt  the  former,  hee  shall  forfect  ij'*  vi**  for 
cily  offence/ 

It  was  the  geSall  desii-e  of  the  Coui-t,  that  the  fourth  day  of  the  nexte 
^\■eeke  might  be  kept  as  a  day  of  publique  humiUacon  throughout  the  seGall 
plantactSns./ 

The  Court  is  adiorned  till  this  day  fortnight,  the  24""  day  of  this  pres- 
ent moneth./ 


25  September. 

158- 

Doct :  Wilsons 
guift. 

159- 

Amunition 
house. 

160- 

James  Pcnn, 
marshall. 

161- 

Gou'uo*  allow- 

AllC. 


Sept :  25'\ 

M'  Plnchon  is  intreated  to  receave  all  such  ordinances,  goods,  &  ac- 
compts  as  are  nowe  sent  in  the  shipp  GrifHn,  by  M'  Keane,  as  pcell  of 
Docf  Wilsons  guifte  to  the  plantacon./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  there  shalbe  an  aiiiunicSn  howse  builte  att  Newe 
Towne,  att  the  publique  charges./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  James  Pen  shall  haue  allowed  him  the  some  of  xx*, 
for  tliis  yeare,  to  be  ended  att  the  Gefiall  Court  in  May  nexte,  his  office  to 
be  marshall  of  the  Court./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  GoQn''  shall  haue  c*  allowed  him  for  this  yeare, 
towards  his  extraordinary  charges,  ^6./ 


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129 


*It  is  further  ordered,  that  there  shalbe  sixc  hundred  pounds  Icvycd 
out  of  the  seflall  plantacSns  for  publique  vses,  the  one  halfc  to  be  levyed  forth- 
with, the  other  halfe  before  the  uexte  GeBall  Court,  vzj  :   out  of 


Dorchesf,   . 
Rocksbiuy, 
Newe  Towne, 
Waterton,  .     , 
Saugus, 
Boston,        .     , 


80*  00'  OO'i 
70  00  00 
80  00  00 
60  00  00 
50  00  00 
80  00  00 


Ipswitch,     . 
Salem,    . 
Charlton,     . 
ISIeadford,   . 
Wessaguscus, 
Barecove,    . 


50*  00'  00'' 
45  00  00 
45  00  00 
26  00  00 
10  00  00 
04  00  00 


1G34. 

25  Septpnibor. 

[*128.] 
162- 

Ratc  for  600". 


Sum  tot:  600*  00'  OO-^./ 


M'  Wiiini  Coddington,  being  chosen  to  the  place  of  Tresu*'  att  the  last 
Gefilall  Court,  did  nowe  take  an  oath  to  his  said  place  belonging,  in  the 
'  ^sence  of  the  Court./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  efly  pson  that  desii'cs  to  enter  an  accon  against 
another  shall  pay,  before  the  entry  thereof,  the  soine  of  xij*  to  the  Tresurer 
for  the  tyme  being./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  it  shalbe  lawfull  for  the  Tresurer  to  pay  to  any  three 
of  the  cuiuissioners  for  martiall  affaires,  or  to  any  of  the  ouerseers  of  ffor- 
tificacons,  such  money  as  vnder  their  hands  they  shall  require,  w^''  shalbe  a 
sufficient  discharge  to  the  Tresurer,  for  soe  much  money  disbursed  by  him, 
the  like  for  any  money  appoyncted  by  the  Court  to  any  pticuler  pson./ 

John  Haynes,  Esq),  is  desired  to  ouersee  the  aiiiunicon  howse,  to  be 
builte  att  Newe  Tovme./ 

M''  Brenton  is  likewise  desired  to  oversee  the  howse  of  correccbn,  to  be 
builte  att  Boston./ 

M''  Edward  Gibbons  is  chosen  ensigne  to  Cap^  Vnd''Hll./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  Scottishe  &  Irishe  gentlemen  w'^''  intends  to  come 
hither  shall  haue  liberty  to  sitt  downe  in  any  place  vpf)  Merimacke  Ryver, 
not  ^possessed  by  any./ 

It  is  ordered,  with  the  consent  of  Waterton,  that  the  meadowe  on  this 
syde  Waterton  weire,  conteyneing  aboute  30  acres,  be  the  same  more  or  lesse, 
&  nowe  vsed  by  the  inhabitants  of  Newe  Towne,  shall  belonge  to  the  said 
inhabitants  of  Newe  Towne,  to  inioy  to  them  &  their  heirs  for  eucr,  fd./ 

*Also  it  is  ordered,  that  the  ground  aboute  !Muddy  Rj^yer,  belonging  to 
Boston,  &  vsed  by  the  inhabitants  thereof,  shall  hereafter  belonge  to  Newe 
Towne,  the  wood  &  timber  thereof  groweinge  &  to  be  groweinge  to  be  reserved 
to  the  inhabitants  of  Boston,  provided,  &   it   is   the   meaneing   of  the   Court, 

VOL.  1.  17 


163- 

M'  Codding- 
ton, Trcs', 
swome. 

164- 

12''  entry  for 
any  action. 

165- 

Tres'  orde'  & 
disch.  for  pay- 
ment of  mony* 
to  comi8sion''s 
millit. 


165- 

Jn"  Heyne, 
Esq',  ou'ser 
amition  hous. 

167- 
168- 

M'  Gibbons, 
ensi. 

169- 

Scotch  &  Irish 
gra"  libe'tj'. 

170- 

30  acr's  mead- 
ow to  Cam- 
bridge, &!:. 


[*129.] 
171- 

Muddy  Kiuer 
land  gr'cd  to 
Canibridf^c  on 
cundiOun. 


130  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

16  3  4.     that  if  JSI''  Hooker  &  the  congregacbn  nowe  setled  here  shall  remove  hence, 
'       '  I  that  then  the  aforesaid  raeadowe  ground  shall  rcturne   to  Waterton,  &  the 

25  September.  J  «-     i  n      -r>  t> 

ground  att  Muddy  Ryver  to  Boston./ 

172—  There  is  an  hundi-ed  &  fifty  acres  of  meadowe  ground  graunted  to  ]M' 
t^'iNt  St  "'''h  Is^'^sll  Stoughton,  lyelng  aboute  8  or  9  myles  vpp  Naponsett  Ryver,  to  inioy 
*o°-                 to  liim  &  liis  heires  foreuer./ 

173—  It  is  ordered,  that  Salem  shall  haue  the  vse  of  two  olde  sakers,  landed 
2  old  sakc's       there  by  the  shipp  Neptune,  for  ^Y'^^  they  are  to  provide  carriages./ 

17-t—  It  is  likewise  ordered,  that  Saugus  shall  haue  the  vse  of  two  di'akes,  to 

two  drakes.  ^®  hadd  from  Boston,  for  w"^*"  they  are  to  pro%'ide  cai'riages./ 

175—  It  is  ordered,  that  Ipswitcli  shall  haue  the  vse  of  two  sakers  &  a  drake, 

sakers  &  a  ^"^  ^^"^^  ^^^J  ^^  ®  ^°  provide  Carriages  w^'in  a  moneth  after  they  haue  them./ 

'^"'"^-  It  is  ordered,  that  Boston  shall  haue  iulargem*  att  Mount  WoolUston  & 

1  */^ 

Bosto"^  in-        Rumney  Marslie./ 

largra'  at  Lastly,  it  is  ordered,  that  Leiueten'  Morris  shall  traine  the  companv  att 

MountWoolUs-  J'  '  r      j 

ton.  Rocksbury,  {&./ 

177- 
r*130.1  *Tlie  Accompt  of  John  Winthrop,  Es^,  late  GoQn'./ 

,  Jo_         '  Whereas,  by  order  of  the  last  Gefiall  Court,  coiiiission"  were  appoyncted, 

vzj,  Roger  Ludlowe,  Escp,  the  Deputy  Gofln'',  &  M''  Israeli  Stoughton,  gen?,  to 
receave  my  accompt  of  such  things  as  I  haue  receaved  &  disbiu'sed  for  pubi 
vse,  in  the  time  of  my  goQm',  in  all  due  observance  &  submission  to  the 
order  of  the  s*  Coiut,  I  doe  make  this  declaratory  accompt  eiisueinge./ 

First,  I  affii-me  that  I  never  receaved  any  monyes  or  oth'  goods  coinitted 
to  mee  in  trust  for  the  coinonwealth,  othenvise  theri  is  hereafter  expressed./ 

II :  I  acknowledge  I  haue  in  my  custody  certaine  barrells  of  conio  pow- 
der, &  some  match  &  diumeheads,  with  some  things  belonging  to  the  ordi- 
nances ;  w*  powder  being  landed  att  Charles  Towne,  &  exposed  to  the  iniury 
of  the  weather,  I  tooke  &  bestowed  first  in  a  tent  w"''  I  made  of  myne  owne 
broad  cloath,  (being  then  worth  viij'  the  yard;  but  in  that  service  much 
spoiled ;)  after  I  removed  it  to  my  store  howse  att  Boston,  where  it  still  re- 
maines,  (save  tliat  some  of  it  hath  bene  spent  in  pubi  service,  &  fyve  baiTells 
delifled  to  Dorchesf,  &  foure  to  Rocksbury,  &  tlucc  barrells  I  solde  to  some 
shipps  that  needed  them,  w'^''  I  will  allowe  powder  or  money  for  ;)  the  rest  I 
am  ready  to  deliuer  vpp  to  such  as  shalbe  appoyncted  to  receave  them./ 

I  receaved  also  some  mcale  &  pease  from  ]\I'"  Wliite  of  Dorchesf  in  Eng- 
land, &  from  M''  Roe  of  London,  vf'^  was  bestoAved  vpon  such  as  hadd  neede 
thereof  in  the  seiiaU  townes,  as  ;dso  x*  gyven  by  M"^  Hewson.  I  receaued  also 
from  M"^  Humfiy  some  ruggs,  freese  suits,  shoes  &  hoosc,  (the  certaine  valewe 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    I\    NEW    ENGLAND.  131 


4  September. 


•whereof  I  must  knowe  from  liimselfc,;  with  ires  of  direccoii  to  make  vse  of  the  16  3  4. 
greatest  pte  thereof  as  giuen  to  helpe  beare  out  my  charge  for  the  publique. 
I  paid  for  the  fraight  of  theis  goods,  &  disposed  of  the  greatest  pte  of  them 
to  others  ;  but  howe  I  camiot  sett  dowuc.  I  made  vse  also  of  two  pare  of  car- 
riage wheeles,  w'^''  I  will  allowe  for.  I  hadd  not  medlcd  with  them  but  that 
they  lay  vselesse,  for  want  of  the  carnages,  w*  were  lefte  in  England./ 

For  my  disbiu-sem'*  I  haue  foruJly  dchuered  to  the  nowe  Deputy  a  bill 
of  pte  of  them,  amounting  to  neere  300*,  w*  I  disbursed  for  pubi  service 
dyvers  yeares  since,  for  w''''  I  haue  receaved  in  corne  att  ^•j''  the  bushell,  (& 
w*  will  not  yeild  mee  above  iiij*,)  aboute  180*,  or  neare  soe  niuche./ 

I  disbursed  also  for  the  transportacon  of  M"^  Phillijjs  &  his  fiamily,  w"*"  was 
to  be  borne  by  the  gen",  tiU  hee  should  be  chosen  to  some  pticular  congre- 
gacbn./ 

Nowe  for  my  other  charges  by  occacon  of  my  2>lace  of  GoQn'',  it  is  well 
knowen  I  haue  expended  much,  &  some  wliat  I  haue  receaved  towards  it,  w'"'' 
I  should  haue  rested  satisfyed  w*,  but  that  being  called  to  accompt,  I  must 
mencon  my  disbursem''  with  my  receipts,  &  in  both  shall  referre  my  selfe  to 
the  pleasure  of  the  Com-t./ 

*I  was  ffirst  chosen  to  be  GoQn''  "ndthout  my  seekeing  or  expectac6n,  (there  ['ISl.T 
being  then  dyvers  other  gent,  whoe  for  their  abilityes  eQy  way  were  farr  more 
fitt :)  being  chosen,  I  fiu'nished  my  selfe  with  serv*^  &  provisions  accordingly, 
in  a  farr  greater  pporcbn  then  I  would  haue  done,  hadd  I  come  as  a  private 
man,  or  as  an  Assistant  onely.  In  this  office  I  contynued  foui'e  yeares  &  neere 
an  halfe,  although  I  earnestly  desired,  att  efiy  eleccSn,  to  haue  bene  freed.  In 
this  tyme  I  haue  spent  above  500'  p  aun,  of  w<''>  200*  p  anil  would  haue 
mainetained  my  ffamily  iu  a  private  condicon./ 

Soe  as  I  may  truely  say,  I  haue  spent  by  occacon  of  my  late  office  above 
1200* :  towards  this  1  haue  receaved  by  way  of  benevolence  from  some  townes 
aboute  50*,  &  by  the  last  yeai'es  allowance  150*,  &  by  some  provisions  sent  by 
M"'  Humfry,  (as  is  before  menconed,)  aboute  50*,  or  it  may  be  somewhat  more./ 

I  also  disbui-sed  att  o''  comeiug  away  iu  England,  for  powder  &  greats 
shott,  216*,  v,'"^^  I  did  not  putt  into  my  bill  of  chai-ges,  foriSly  deliuered  to  the 
nowe  Deputy,  i6,  because  I  did  expect  to  haue  paid  my  selfe  out  of  that  pte 
of  M""  Johnson's  estate,  w""*"  hee  gaue  to  the  pubi ;  but  findeing  that  it  will  fall 
farr  shorte,  I  must  putt  it  to  this  accompt./ 

The  last  tiling  w'^  I  offer  to  the  consideracon  of  the  Court  is,  that  my 
longe  continuance  in  the  s"^  office  hath  putt  mee  into  such  away  of  vnavoydeable 
charge  as  wilbe  still  as  chargeable  to  mee  as  the  place  of  GoQn''  will  be  to  some 
oth'./ 


132  '^HE    llECOUDS    OF    THE    COLONY    OF 


4  September. 


1  (5  3  4.  Ill  all  tlieis  things  1  referre  my  selfe  to  the  wisedome  &  justice  of  the 

Court,  with  this  protestacbn,  that  it  rcpeuteth  mee  not  of  my  cost  or  lab''  be- 
stowed in  y*  service  of  this  comonwealth,  but  doe  heartyly  blesse  the  Lord 
our  God,  that  hee  hath  pleased  to  hon''  mee  soe  farr  as  to  call  for  any  tlung  hee 
hath  bestowed  vpon  mee  for  the  service  of  liis  church  &  people  here,  the 
pspty  whereof  &  his  gracious  acceptance  shalbe  an  abundant  rccompence  to 
mee.  I  conclude  with,  this  one  request,  (w"''  in  justice  may  not  be  denyed 
mee,)  that  as  it  staiids  vpon  record  that  vpon  the  discharge  of  my  office,  I  was 
called  to  accompt,  soe  tliis  my  declaracon  may  be  recorded  also  ;  least  here- 
after, when  I  shalbe  forgotten,  some  bleamishe  may  lye  \'pon  my  posteritie, 
when  there  shalbe  noething  to  cleare  it,  {d../ 

Sept.  4^  1634.  JOHN  WINTHROP. 

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[•133.]  *Jtt  a  Court,  holden  at  JVewe  Towne,  Octob'  6%  1634. 

6  October. 

P'SENT,    The  Goiln^  M'  Pinchon, 

Deputy  Gofln'-,  M"^  Nowell, 

M"^  Wiutliiop,  M'  Winthi-op,  Jii'', 

M'  Haynes,  M'  Bradstreete. 
M'  Eudicott, 

Ensigne  Jemii-  TT  is  ordered,  that  Ensigue  Jennison  shalbe  ffyned  the  soiue  of  xx*  for  vp- 
JL  braydeing  the  Coiut  with  iniustice,  vttering  theis  words :  I  pray  God 
deliuer  mee  from  this  Coiut,  professing  hee  had  wayted  from  Court  to  Court, 
&  could  not  liaue  iustice  done  hun,  {6./ 

M'  Crafords  It  is  ordered,  that  Leiueten'  Feakes,  M"'  Rich :  Browne,  INI''  Pendleton,  & 

g  o  3 1    e     .   -gpj^j^.^jjj  Childe  shall  take  an  inventory  of  the  goods  &  chattells  of  M'     ^ 
Craford,  lately  disceased,  &  retiu'ne  the  same  into  the  nexte  Coiut./ 

Damage  in  It  is  ordered,  that  M"'  Hvill,  Wiiim  Gallerd,  Eltweed  Puineiy,  M''  Wiiim 

Tho'  Richaids 

come.  Hill,  &  M"  Wiilm  Haythorne  shall  haue  power  to  heare  &  determine  the 

seEall  tresjpasses  that  hath  bene  done,  by  the  swme  of  seQall  psons  in  the 
corne  of  Thomas  Richards,  as  also  for  the  chai-ge  hee  hath  bene  att  in  keepeing 
liis  come,  &  for  other  charges  incident  therevnto./ 

Clement  Brig"  Clem'  Briggs  is  ffined  x^  for  intertaineing  an  Indean  without  leaue,  &  is 

find  for  cntg" 

lndc;m.  cuioyned  forthwith  to  discharge  liimselfe  of  Irim./ 

Kirkmans  Jolui  Kirniau  tooke  oath  hee  was  suiTiond  by  Rich :  Kent  to  appeare  this 

du£us. 

day  att  the  Court,  to  answer  him  in  an  accou  of  trespasse,  &  nowe  gsecutes 
not ;  soe  the  Court  hath  giuen  him  x'  damage./ 
Jn«  Lees  cens.  It  is  ordered,  that  John  Lee  shalbe  whipt  &  fFvned  xl*  for  speakeing  re- 

for  reproaching        i  <•  n  ■     i        /-, 

)-(i.nnio'.        pchfully  ot  the  Gofln'",  sayeing-   hee  Avas  but  a  lawer's  clerke,  &  what  vnder- 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  I33 

standing  hadd  hee  more  then  himselfe ;   also  taxeiug  the  Court  for  makeing      16  3  4. 
lawes  to  picke  mens  purses ;  as  also  for  abuseing  a  mayde  of  the  Goiln''s,  pre-  ''        ' 

Ti  ■!  p  •  11-ic  c  !•  11        6  October. 

tending  love  in  the  way  of  marriage,  when  himselie  professes  hee  intended 
none  ;  as  also  for  intiseing  her  to  goe  with  him  into  the  cornefeild,  {&./ 

Sam"  Hall  is  ffined  v'  for  dinnkenes  by  liini  coiuitted  a  sliipboard,  liim-  Sam :  Hall  find 

It*     I*       1  r       •         t  '        n^  ,  for  drunk. 

selie  ireely  conlessnig  his  onence./ 

Rich :  Lambert  hath  forfected  lus  bond  of  x*,  w"^*"  bound  him  to  appeai'e  Ri :  Lamberts 
att   tliis  Court.     And  it  is  ordered,  that  Beniamin  Gilliam  &  Rofete  Walker 
shall  haiie  v'  apeece  allowed  them,  being  witnesses  sumoned  to  appeare./ 

John  Humfry,  Es^,  is  deputed  by  the  Court  to  take  deposic6ns  of  the 
witnesses  to  the  ■ftill  of  Wiiini  Payne,  lately  disceased./ 

*Vpon  a  complaynt  of  y*  saggamore  of  Aggawam  for  hurte  done  in  his      [*1.'34.] 
come  by  the  swine  of  Charlton,  it  is  ordered,  that  M'  Nowell  shall  heaxe  his  ^sawams 

•^  (lamag.  by 

witnesses,  &  appoynct  what  satisfacc6n  hee  shall  haue,  &  whoe  shall  giue  it,  charis  Towne 
&  to  binde  ouer  to  the  Coui-t  those  that  refuse  payem'./ 


Att  a  Court,  holden  att  JVewe  Towne,  JVovemb''  7'\  1634.  7  November. 

Present,    The  Goflu'',  M''  Tresui-er, 

Deputy  Goiin%  M"^  Pinchon, 

M'^  Winthi-op,  M""  Nowell, 

M"^  HajTies,  M''  Bradstreete. 

IT  is  ordered,  that  the  goods  and  chattells  of  Cliristopher  Ollyver,  nowe  in  ouiu-  goods  se. 
the  custody  of  Roger  WilHams  &  Thomas  Okam,  or  the  proceede  thereof,  """^^  '^ 
shalbe  sequestred  &  remaine  in  the  hands  of  M'  Israeli  Stoughton,  till  the  said 
Chiistopher  Olyver  shall  satisfie  such  debts  as  are  due  fiom  him  to  M"'  Israeli 
Stoughton  &  John  Hoskins,  Seny  Hen :  Bright8 


censure  for 
swearing. 

It  is  ordered,  that  Eiisigne  Daniford  shalbe  sent  for  by  war',  with  coinaund  Ens :  Rich : 

Dauenport 
sent  for,  for 


It  is  ordered,  that  Henry  Bright  shalbe  set  in  y*  bilbowes  for  swearing./ 

■'  °  •'  "'        swearing. 

Ens  :  Ricl 

to  bring  his  co^s  with  him  to  the  nexte  Couit,  as  also  any  other  that  hath  de-     ^"''°p°'" 

iiiced  the  said  C0l''s./  defacnge  his 

coulo's. 

Wiiini  Knopp  is  bound  in  x*  to  appeare  att  the  nexte  Court,  &  to  abide  W"  Knop 
the  sensure  of  the  Court  for  sweareing./ 

'  Seu'all,  for  age, 

M'  John  Beniamin,  Wiiim  Pancry,  &  Henry  Goldston  are  (by  reason  dismis'  from 
of  their  age  &  infirmities)  dismissed   from  traineing,  onely  they  are  to  haue  _  '  ^ 
in  readines  att  all  tymes  sufficient  armes  for  themselues,  besides  for  theu'  serv's./  fi'"'  f"''  drunk- 
Christ :  Graunt  is  ffined  xx*  for  drunknes,  by  him  coniitted./  p,  ^j  j^. 

There  is  30*  of  John  Lee  his  ffines  of  xl*  remitted  him./  ^ecs  6ne  re- 

'  mitted  him. 


134 


THE    RECORDS    OF    THE    COLONY    OF 
*Att  a  Court,  holden  att  JVewe  Towne,  March  3,  1634. 


3  March. 
[*135.] 


Peesent,    The  GoQn"', 

Deputy  GoQn'', 
M"^  Wiuthrop, 
M''  Ha3aies, 
M''  Endicott, 


M''  Tresu"-, 
M'^  Pinchon, 
M"^  Nowell, 
S :  Bradstieete. 


Cons*b.  find. 


Lockwoods 
writing. 


Edw :  Hub- 
bard, cons'ble. 

M's  Ann  Loo- 
mans  goods  to 
be  invento. 


Jn"  Stanley  es- 
tat  diuided  & 
set'.ed. 


THE  constable  of  Dorchesf  is  ffined  xx^  for  not  retorneing  his  war'  for 
the  last  levy  into  the  Com-t./ 

The  constable  of  Boston  is  ffined  the  seine  of  xx'  for  y*^  like./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  Ruth  Lockwood,  widd,  shall  bring  all  the  writeings 
that  her  husband  lefte  in  her  hands  to  John  Haynes,  Es^,  &  Simon  Brad- 
streete,  on  the  third  day  of  the  nexte  weeke,  whoe  shall  detaine  the  same  in 
their  hands  till  the  nexte  Court,  when  they  shalbe  disposed  of  to  those  to 
whome  they  belonge./ 

Edmond  Ilubbert,  Sen'',  chosen  constable  of  Charlton  for  this  yeare  nexte 
ensueing,  &  till  a  newe  be  chosen./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  goods  &  chattells  of  ]M''*  Ann  Looman  shalbe  inven- 
toryed  by  3  or  4  of  the  ffreemen  of  Eocksbiuy,  &  retourned  mto  the  Court  in 
Aprill  nexte.     M'  Pinchon  is  desired  to  appoynct  the  men  that  shall  doe  it./ 

Whereas  Jolm  Stanley  dyed  intestate,  in  the  way  to  Newe  England,  & 
lefte  tlii'ee  cliilchen  vndisposcd  of,  the  yongest  whereof  is  since  disceased, 
haveing  also  lefte  an  estate  of  cxvj*,  in  goods  &  chattells,  {d,  it  is  therefore 
ordered,  with  the  consent  of  Thomas  Stanley,  brother  to  the  said  John,  dis- 
ceased, that  hee  shall  haue  forthwith  the  seine  of  Iviij*  of  the  s''  estate  putt 
into  his  hands  ;  in  consideracon  whereof,  the  said  Thomas  Stanley  shall  educate 
&  bring  vpp  Jolm.  Stanley,  sonne  of  John  Stanley,  disceased,  findeing  him 
meate,  drinke,  &  appell,  till  hee  shall  accomplishe  the  age  of  xxi  yeares,  &  att 
the  end  of  the  said  tearme  shall  giue  vnto  the  said  John  Stanley  the  some  of 
ffifty  pounds./ 

Also,  it  is  further  ordered,  with  the  consent  of  Tymothy  Stanley,  another 
brother  of  the  afores''  Jolm  Stanley,  disceased,  that  the  other  Iviij*  of  the  afore- 
said estate  shalbe  put  iiito  the  hands  of  the  said  Tymothy  Stanley,  in  consid- 
eracon whereof  the  said  Tymothy  shall  educate  &  bring  vpp  Eueth  Stanley, 
daughter  of  the  afores'^  John  Stanley,  disceased,  findeing  her  meate,  drinke,  & 
appell,  till  shee  shall  attaine  the  age  of  one  &  twenty  yeares  ;  &  att  the  end 
of  the  said  tearme,  or  att  the  day  of  her  marriage,  with  Tymothy  Stanleyes 
consent,  shall  giue  vnto  the  s*  Ruth  Stanley  the  soine  of  tlmty  pounds ;  pro- 
vided, if  eyther  of  the  said  children  shall  dye  before  the  expiracbn  of  the  said 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  135 

tearmes,  then  the  pty  whoe  kept  the  said  childe  shall  stand  to  the  order  of    163  4-5. 
the  Couit  for  payeing  soe  much  to  the  survyveing  childe  as  the   Court  shall    '       '"'    "^ 

3  Majch. 

appoyncty 

*It  is  ordered,  that   Eich :  Cokar   shalbe  whipt  here   this  day,  &  on  the      [*136.] 
fifth  day  of  the  nexte  weeke,  att  Boston,  for  intiseing  seiiall  psons  that  were  ^''  ^°^'^'^ 

sent,  to  be 

servants  to  run  away  to  the  Dutch  plantacbn,  &  to  steale  dyv"  things,  to  carry  whipt. 
with  them./ 

Also,  it  is  ordered,  that  Sam''  Johnson  shalbe  whipt  for  the  like  offence./  Sam:  Johnsons 
It  is  referd  to  John  Ilumfry  &  John   Endicott,  Es^,  to  heare  &  deter- 
mine all  matters  of  difference  concerneing  the  estate  of        ^         Willust,  dis- 
ceased,  w"'"'  is  betwixte  any  that  layes  claime  to  any  pte  thereof./ 


*Mt  a  Gen'all  Court,  holden  att  J\'ewe  Towne,  March  4",  1634.        [*137.] 

4  March. 

Present,     The  Gofln"',  M"^  Endicott, 

Deputy  Goiin',  M'  Tresu'', 

M"^  Wintluop,  M"-  Pinchon, 

M'  Humfiy,  M'  Nowell, 

M"^  Haynes,  S  :  Bradstreete  j 

W  Belllngham,  M"'  Abr  :  Palmer, 

Cap?  Turner,  M-^  Will :  Colbran, 

Leiueten'  Feakes,  M'  Woolridge, 

Ensigne  Jennison,  Ensigne  Stoughton, 

Ensigne  Gibbons,  M""  John  Spencer, 

M''  Rich :  Browne,  M'  Tym  :  Tomlins, 

INI''  Coxeall,  M"^  Tho  :  Newberry, 

JI''  Talcott,  John  Kirman, 

M"^  Will :  Spencer,  M"'  John  Holgraue, 

John  Steele,  Charles  Gott, 

M''  Will :  Dennison,  Peter  Palfry, 

John  Johnson,  Cap?  Mason. 
Leiueten'  Morris, 

PON  a  certificatt  of  5  coinissioners,  chosen  by  the  Court  to  consider  Deputy  elec- 
of  the  eleccbn  of  the  deputyes  of  Ipswich,  it  did  appeare  to  the  Court 
that  two  of  them,  vzj,  M'  Easton  &  Henry  Shorte,  were  vnduely  chosen,  whoe 
were  forthwith  dismissed  ;  soe  M''  John  Spencer  onely  stands  legally  elected, 
in  the  opinion  of  the  Court./ 

Whereas   IVP  Israeli   Stoughton  hath  written  a  certaine  booke  w''''   hath  179— 

occacbned  much  trouble  &  offence  to  the  Court,  the  s*  M'  Stoughton  did  desu'e  ^^'  stouKhton, 

book,  and  cena. 

of  the  Court  that  the  s*  booke  might  forthwith  be  burnt,  as  being  weake  and 
offensiue./ 


V 


136 


THE    RECORDS    OF    THE    COLONY    OF 


1 6  3  4-5. 

4  March. 

180- 

Fort  at  Castle 

Isl. 

This  reraited 

M'  Pinch. 

Kemited. 


Salem  remited. 


H.  Norton. 


181- 

Comittee  to 
diuid  Ipswich, 
lands. 


182- 

M'  Sfoughtoii! 


No  Ge :  Co  : 
till  May. 


[*138.] 
183- 

luhiibitant  pro- 
hibb.  to  going 
aboa/df  &c. 


184- 

Tobacco  pro- 
hibited to  be 
bought  or  sold, 


It  is  ordered,  tliat  the  ffort  att  Castle  Hand,  nowe  begun,  shalbc  fully 
pfected,  the  ordinances  mounted,  &  eQy  other  thing  aboute  it  ffiuished,  before 
any  other  fortificacon  be  further  proceeded  in./ 

M'  Pinchon  is  fEned  the  sofne  of  v*,  for  refuseing  to  pay  his  pte  of  the 
last  rate  for  Rocksbury,  without  dlstreyneing,  because,  as  hee  alleadged,  that 
towne  was  not  equally  rated  with  others./ 

The  towne  of  Saugus  is  ffined  the  some  of  xP  for  refuseing  to  pay  their 
levy,  according  to  ord''  of  the  Court./ 

The  towne  of  Salem  is  ffined  likewise  the  soine  of  xl',  for  not  payeing 
their  levy  att  the  tyme  appoyncted./ 

Theis  three  ffynes  were  remitted  by  the  Court./ 

Henry  Norton  acknowledgeth'  to  owe  vnto  o'  SoQaigne  Lord,  the  King, 
the  soine  of  xx*,  to  be  levyed  of  his  goods  &  chattells./ 

The  condicon  is,  that  hee  shalbe  of  good  behav"^  towards  all  men  till  this 
tyme  twelue  moneth,  fS.f 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  Tresu'',  !M''  Nowell,  &  M''  C'oxeall  shall  take  the 
accompt  of  M''  Pinchon,  late  Tresu"",  &  make  retourne  thereof  into  the  nexte 
Court./ 

It  is  ordered  that  John  Winthrop,  John  Humfry,  &  John  Endicott, 
Es^,  or  any  two  of  them,  shall  haue  power  to  devide  y'  lands  att  Ipswitch, 
within  4  myles  of  the  towne,  to  pticular  psons,  as  in  equity  they  shall  thinke 
raeete./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  M'  Israeli  Stoughton  shalbe  disinabled  for  beareing 
any  pub!  office  in  the  coiiionwealth,  within  this  jurisdicoon,  for  the  space  of 
three  yeares,  for  affirmeing  the  Assistants  were  noe  magistrates./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  there  shalbe  noe  more  GefJall  Courts  before  the  6*''  of 
Maye  nexte,  notwithstanding  the  former  order  toucliing  the  keepeing  of 
Geiiall  Courts./ 

*It  is  ordered,  that  noe  pson  whatsoeu"^  shall  goe  aboard  any  shipp  with- 
out leaue  from  some  of  the  Assistants,  vntill  shee  hath  lyen  att  anchor  24 
howres  att  Natascett,  or  within  some  harbor  that  is  inhabited,  nor  then, 
vnlesse  it  be  apparent  y'  shee  is  a  ffriend,  \Tider  paine  of  coniiscacbn  of  all  his 
estate,  &  svich  further  punishm'  as  the  Court  shall  thinke  meete  to  inflict./ 

It  is  further  ordered,  that  noe  pson  w'soeuer  shall  either  buy  or  sell  any 
tobacco  witliin  this  jurisdiccbn  after  y'  last  of  Septemb""  nexte,  vnder  the  pen- 
alty of  x'  a  pound,  &  soe  pporconably  for  more  or  lesse  to  be  paide  by  buyer 
«&:  seller,  &  that  in  the  meane  tyme  noe  pson  shall  buy  or  sell  any  tobacco  att  a 
higher  price  then  it  shalbe  valued  att  by  the  GoQn'='  for  the  tyme  being,  & 
two  other,  whome  hee  shall  please  to  chusc,  vnder  the  penalty  aforesaid./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  I37 

It  is  ordered,  that  there  shalbe  forthwith  a  beacon  sett  on    the  sentry    1  G  3  4-5. 
hill  att  Boston,  to   giue  notice   to  the   countiy  of  any  danger,  &   that  there  ^'        ' 

4  Marcli 

shalbe  a  ward  of  one  pson  kept  there  from  the  first  of  Aprill  to  the  last  of  .^^ 

Sepf,  &  that  vpon   the  discoQy  of  any  danger,  the  beacon  shalbe  fired,  an  Beacon  to  be 
allarum   giuen,  as  also   messengers   presently  sent   by  that  towne  where  the  ^^  ^^' 
danger  is  discoQed,  to  all  other  townes  within  this  jurisdicc6n./ 

Whereas,  M''   CuUimor,  serv'  to  M"^  Abr :  Mellowes,  is  necessarily  im-  Ordc  ab'  im- 
ployed    in    pubt     service  01   the   comonwealth  in  makemg   carriages,   it  is  ^^^^^^^^ 
therefore  ordered,  that  John  Humfry  &  John  Endicott,  Es^,  shall  haiie  power 
to  presse  any  oth'  carpenter  to  supply  the  neede   of  ^l'  Mellowes  in  lue   of 
his  s'^  serv'./ 

It  was  voted  by  themaior  pte  of  the  Coui-t  that  the  act  of  M''  Endicott,  186- 

in  altering  the  crosse  in  the  ensigne   att  Salem,  shalbe  referd  for  heareing  *^'  Endecot 

"^  °  "   censure. 

&  determineing  thereof  till  the  nexte  GeSall  Court./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  hereafter  farthings  shall  not  passe  for  currant  pay./  187— 

It  is  likewise  ordered,  that  muskett  bulletts,  of  a  full  boare,  shall  passe  Musket  bullets 
currantly  for  a  farthing  a  peece,  provided  that  noe  man  be  compelled  to  take  things. 
above  xij'^  att  a  tyme  in  them./ 

John  Winthrop  &  Rich  :  Bellinghani,  Es^,  are  desired  by  the   Court  to  Comitte  ab«  }■• 
take  a  vewe  of  all  orders  already  made,  &  to  informe  the  nexte  Gefiall  Court 
Vf'^  of  them  they  iudge  meete  to   be  altered,  ebreviated,  repealed,  corrected, 
inlarged,  or  explained,  ^(3./ 

*It  is  ordered,  that  all  fforfectures  for  want  of  armes,  or  not  observeing      [*139.] 
traineing  dayes,  shalbe  distreyned  by  the  clerke  of  the  band  where  the  oflfence  loo— 

_ .  "  .  Clarks  of  j" 

is  comitted,  whoe,  togeath'  with  the  capl  &  other  officers,  shall  have  power  to  bands. 
buy  therew*  drumeheads,  &   such  armes   as  poore   men  want,  &  arc  not  able 
to  pvide  themselves  of./ 

It  is   further   ordered,  that  eQy  man   of  or   above  the  age   of  sixteene  "1  189— 

yeares,  whoe  hath  bene,  or  shall  hereafter  be,  resident  within  this  jurisdiccon 
by  the  space  of  sixe  monethos,  (as  well  servants  as  others,)  &  not  infranchized, 
shall  take  the  oath  of  residents  before  the  GoQii"",  Deputy  Goiin'',  or  two  of 
the  nexte  Assistants,  whoe  shall  haue  power  to  convent  him  for  that  purpose,  & 
vpon  his  refuseall,  to  binde  him  ouer  to  the  nexte  Court  of  Assistants,  &  vpon 
his  refuseall  the  second  tyme,  to  be  punished  att  the  discrecSn  of  the  Court./ 

Further,  it  is  agreed,  that  the  order  made  in  Aprill,  1634,  for  the  assure-  I  190- 

ing  of  lands  &  towne  lotts  for  ffieemen,  shall  forthwith  be   putt  in   execucSn, 
&  that  those  w"''  are   not  ftVeemen   that   haue  taken,  or   shall  hereafter  take,    >-</-") 
their  oathes  res]>ectiuely,  shall  haue  the   same  assurance   of  laud  as   in   that 
order  is  provldoil  tor  Hieemen./ 

\c>i,.    1.  18 


(25) 

Residents 

oath. 


suraiic  of 
lands  to  tin 
put  in  execu- 
tion. 


138 


THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OP' 


1 6  3  4-5. 


Comittee  as  to 
millitary  af- 
faj-res,  &c. 


[*140.] 
192- 

Ord'  as  to  am- 
unition  house 
rcpe". 

193- 

Eu'  toT\'ne  to 
prouid  a  place 
for  poude'. 

M'  Stoughton' 
orde"^  to  pay  y" 
Tresu'wh'  is  in. 
his  hands. 

194- 

A  rate  for  300. 


Constables 
duty. 


195- 

Cap'  main- 
tenanS. 


It  is  ordered,  that  the  present  Goilii'',  Deputy  Gofin',  John  Wintlirop, 
John  Humfry,  John  Haynes,  John  Endicott,  Wiiim  Coddington,  Wiiim 
Pinchon,  Increase  Nowell,  Kich :  Bellingham,  Es^,  &  Simon  Bradstreete,  or 
the  maior  pte  of  them,  whoe  are  deputed  by  this  Court  to  dispose  of  all  milli- 
tary affaires  w'soeuer,  shall  haue  full  power  &  aucthority  to  see  all  former  lawes 
concerneing  all  millitary  men  &  mu^uicon  executed,  &  also  shall  haue  full 
power  to  ordeyue  or  remove  all  millitary  officers,  &  to  make  &  tend"'  to  them 
an  oathe  suteable  to  their  places,  to  dispose  of  all  companyes,  to  make  orders 
for  them,  &  to  make  &  tender  to  them  a  suteable  oath,  &  to  see  that  strickt 
dissipline  &  traineings  be  observed,  &  to  coiiiand  them  forth  vpon  any 
occacSn  they  thinke  meete,  to  make  eith''  offensiue  or  defensiue  warr,  as  also 
to  doe  whatsoeuer  may  be  further  behoofefuU,  for  the  good  of  this  plantaobn, 
in  case  of  any  warr  that  may  befall  vs,  and  also  that  the  afores*  comission- 
ers,  or  the  maior  pte  of  them,  shall  haue  power  to  imprison  or  confine  any 
that  they  shall  iudge  to  be  enemyes  to  the  comonwealth,  &  such  as  will  not 
come  vnder  coiiiaund  or  restrainte,  as  they  shalbe  required,  it  shalbe  lawful! 
for  the  s*  comissioners  to  putt  such  psons  to  death.  This  order  to  continue 
till  the  end  of  the  nexte  Gefiall  Couit./ 

*The  order  for  building  an  amunicSn  howse  att  Newe  Towne  is  repealed./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  eily  towne  in  this  jurisdiccou  shall,  before  the  G""  of 
Aprill  nexte,  pro^-ide,  att  their  owne  charges,  a  safe  &  convenient  place  to 
keepe  such  powder  &  aiiiunicon  in  as  the  coiiiissioners  for  martiall  afFaii'es  shall 
appoynct  them  to  fetch  from  Boston,  vnder  the  penalty  of  x*,  to  be  p*  by  the 
towne,  as  also  shall  att  all  tymes  haue  soe  much  in  readines  for  publique  ser- 
vice, vnder  the  afores*  penalty./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  M'  Israeli  Stoiighton  shall  forthw"'  giue  an  accompt  to 
the  Tresvirer  of  the  xP  hee  receaved  of  him,  as  also  to  repay  to  the  Tresurer 
that  w''''  hee  hath  not  already  disbursed  for  publ  vses./ 

It  is  ordered,  there  shalbe  300*  levyed  out  of  the  seQall  plantacSns,  accord- 
ing to  the  last  rate  of  townes,  to  be  paide  to  the  Tresurer  before  the  6*  of 
May  nexte./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  constable  of  eQy  plantacSn  shall  dellucr  to  the  dep- 
utyes  to  be  chosen  for  the  nexte  Genlall  Court  a  coppy  of  their  towne  rates,  to 
be  considered  of  by  them,  to  the  end  that  those  townes  w''*'  haue  bene  ouer 
rated  in  the  900*  levy  may,  in  the  nexte  levy,  receaue  equall  satisfacc6n  for 
the  tyme  past  Si  to  come./ 

It  is  ordered,  that,  from  tliis  day  forward,  the  captaines  shall  receave 
mainetenance  out  of  the  tresury,  &  not  from  their  companyes./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  139 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  fFreemens  oath  shalbe  gyven  to  eiiy  man  of  or  above    16  3  4-5. 
the  age  of  16  yeares,  the  clause  for  eleccbn  of  magistrates  onely  excepted./  ~    '^       ^ 

!•     ,        ff       -n  4  March. 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  Deputy  Goiin',  overseer  of  the  ffortihcacon  att 
Castle  Ileland,  shall  haue  power  to  presse  men  for  that  worke,  for  soe  longe  Freemens  oath 
tvme  as  in  his   dlscrecbn  hee  shall  thinke  meete,  notw'^standmg  the  tormer  aboue  16  ex- 
order  in  Sept  to  the  contrary./  ""'^*'  ^^ 

The  difference  betwixte  Boston  &  Dorchest"'  aboute  their  boiuids  att  M' Ludlow 
Mount  Woolliston  is  referd  to  Leiueten'  Feakes,  M'  Talcott,  &  M'  Woolridge,  ^^^^^^  ^J"' 
to  vewe  &  determine,  as  also  the  bounds  betwixte  Mount  "V^^olliston  &  Wessa-  198- 

guscus,  w'*'  the  Court  enioynes  them  to  pforme  before  the  29"^   day  of  tliis  b^*^^"^^^^!,^, 
present  moneth,  -snider  the  penalty  of  v*  a  peece./  referd. 

*Ensigne  Gibbons  &  Wiihn  Felpes  are  appoyncted  to  goe  alonge  ^vith      L  I^I-] 
them,  to  shewe  what  ground  each  towne  requires  ;  all  other  psous  are  j^rohib- 
ited  goeing  alonge  -with  them,  vnd'  paine  of  contempt./ 

The  difference  betwixte  Boston  &  Charlton,  aboute  their  bounds  of  land  199- 

att  Eumney  Marche,  &  the  lands  thereabouts,  is  referd  to  the  fHuall  determi- 
nacon  of  John  HajTies,  Es^,  John  "Winthrop,  Es^,  Cap?  Turner,  &  M' 
Beecher ;   &  uoe  other  are  allowed  to  accompany  them./ 

Deere  Hand,  Hogg  Hand,  Longe  Ileland,  &  Spectakle  Ileland  are  graunted  200- 

to  the  inliabitants  of  Boston,  to  enioy  to  them,  their-  heues  &  successors,  that  Islands  to  Bos- 
ton, 
shall  inhabite  there,  for  eu'',  payeing  to  the  Tresurer  for  the  tyme  being  the 

yearely  rent  of  iiij%  &  the  former  rent  of  iij*  is  remitted  them./ 

The  rent  of  xx%  to  be  p'*  by  the  inhabitants  of  Charlton  for  Peddocks  201- 

Iland,  is  remitted  them  to  xij''./  f(,r  Pedoc  M. 

Whereas  the  yearely  rent  of  the  GoGn's  gai-den  was  the  5"^  pte  of  all  the  rem.  to  12'. 
ffruict  that   shall  growe  there,  it  is  ordered,  by  this  present  Court,  (att  the  ~  ~~ 

'  One  lihd  ;  of 

request  of  John  Winthrop,  Esqp,)   that  the  rent   of  the  said  ileand  shalbe  a  wine  yearly. 
hogshead  of  the  best  wyne  that  shall  grow  there,  to  be  paide  yearely,  after  the 
death  of  the  said  John  Winthrop,  and  noething  before./ 

Tompsons  Hand  is  graunted  to  the  inhabitants  of  Dorchest',  to  enioy  to  203- 

them,  theii-  hekes  &  successors,  yv"^  shall  inhabite  there,  foreuer,  payeing  the  Tomp^sons 
yearely  rent  of  xij"*  to  the  Tresurer  for  the  time  being./ 

The  difference  betwixte  Newe  Towne  &  Waterton,  concerneing  all  bounds  204— 

of  lands  in  difference  betwixte  them,  is  referd  to   M'  Palmer,  M'  Colbran,  &  f'^"'^'  ^V. 

'  ti\ixt  New  lo  ; 

John  Johnson,  "whoe  are  appoyncted  to  defermine  the  same  before  the  nexte  &  Wnter 
Court  of  Assistants,  vnder  the  penalty  of  v*  a  peece.     SP  Spencer  &  Epharim 
Childe  are  onely  allowed  to  accompany  them./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  Rofete  Cole  shiill  not  pay  more  of  his  ffyne  of  x*,  for 
drunkenes,  ^6,  then  hath  bene  already  le\yed  in  stronge  water./ 


140  THE  KECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


4  March 

205 


16  3  4-0.  Whereas,  att  the  Genall  Court  in  May  last,  there  M'as  fyve  hundred 

acres  of  land  graunted  to  Simon  Bradstreete,  on  the  south  syde  of  Charles 
Eyver,  vpon  a  condicon  there  expressed,  it  is  therefore  ordered,  by  this  pres- 

M'  Bradstreef  ent  Court,  that  the  said  Simon  Bradstreete  shall  haue  the  s'^  quantity  [of]  500 
acres  aj      ^^j.gg  ^f  land,  lyelng  norewest  of  the  lands  of  John  Haynes,  Es^,  to  enioy  to 
[*142.]      liim,  his  heires-  &  assignes,  for  e[ver.]     *And  it  is  agreed,  that  hee  shall  take 
noe  pte  thereof  witliin  a  myle  of  Waterton  weire,  in  case  the  bounds  of  Water- 
ton  shall  extend  soe  farr  on  that  syde  the  ryver./ 

M'  Ailirtons  It  is  agreed,  that   M'  AUerton   shalbe  sent  for,  by  pcesse,  to  the  nexte 

Court  of  Assistants,  to  the  intent  that  hee  ftiay  vnderstand  the  desire  of  the 
country  for  his  removeall  from  Marble  Harbor,  &  soe  to  be  eniopied  to  be  att 
the  nexte  Geiiall  Court,  or  otherwise  to  be  dealt  withall,  as  the  pticular  Court 
shall  tliinke  meete./ 

Transportation  It  is  ordered,  that  noe  pson  w'soeuer  shall  from  henceforth  transport  any 

ormeale.  Indean  corne  or  meale  out  of  this  jurisdiccon,  till  the  nexte  harvest,  vnder 

the  penalty  of  viij^  p  bushell,  for  any  corne  or  meale  that  shalbe  soe  trans- 
ported./ 

Whereas  complainte  hath  bene  made  to  tliis  Coiut  that  dyvers  psons 
■within  tliis  jurisdiccon  doe  vsually  absent  themselues  from  church  meeteings 
vpon  the  Lords  day,  power  is  therefore  giuen  to  any  two  Assistants  to  heare 
&  sensure,  either  by  fiyne  or  imprisonm',  (att  their  discrecon,)  all  misdcmean" 
of  that  Idnde  coinitted  by  any  inhabitant  within  this  jurisdiccbn,  pro\'ided  they 
exceede  not  the  iSne  of  v^  for  one  offence./ 

207-  The  order  of  the  5"^  of  June,  1632,  for  payeing  xij*  a  pound  for  beav' 
traded  with  Indeans  is  no  we  repealed./  ' 

The  matter  of  marriage  betwixte  Englishe  &  Indeans  is  referd  to  after 
consideracSn./ 

208-  It  is   ordered,  that  M"^  Sam"  MaQacke  shall,  before  the  last  of  Decemb' 
M'  Maruereck    nexte,  remove  his  habitacon,  for  himself  &  his  ffamily,  to  Boston,  &,  in  the 

to  remoove  to 

Boston,  &  not  meane  tyme,.  shall  not  giue  intertainem'  to  any  strangers  for  longer  tyme  then 
„„„        '     '  one  night,  Avithout  leaue  from  some  Assistant ;  &  all  this  to  be  done  vnder  the 

None  to  set  vp  pcTlulty  of  C*./ 

house  w"out  ■'•*  i^  ordered,  that  noe  pson  whatsoeuer  shall  keepe  a  coinon  victualing 

\)Tn^  howse,  without  licence  from  the  Coui-t,  vnder  the  penalty  of  xx'  a  weeke./ 

Bevar  to  pass  It  is  Ordered,  that  ffilchantable  beav'  shall  passe  att  x°  the  pound./ 

1 A  **  It  is  ordered,  that  it  shalbe  lawfuU  for  any  man  to  pay  his  rate  to  the 

Rates  payable  Tresurer  in  liJchantable  corne  of  the  country  at  v'  the  bushell ;  this  order  to 

in  rn'rh*"'* 

come.  continue  till  the  nexte  harvest./ 


206- 


(27)<j 

Absenc  from 
chh :  meet- 
ings. 


Custom  on  be- 
var repealled. 


THE  MASSACHUSETTS  BAY  IN  NEW  ENGLAND.  141 

*A11  the  ground,  as  well  vpland  as  meadowc,  lyeing  &  being  betwixte    16  3  4-5. 
the  lands  of  M'  Nowell  &  M'  Wilson,  on  the  east,  &  the  pticon  betwixte  Mis-    '       ^^        ' 

4  March. 

ticke  bounds,  on  the  west,  bounded  with  Misticke  Ry\'er  on  the  southe  &  the      r«i  in  -i 
rocks  on  the  north,  is  graunted  to  M""  Mathewe  Cradocke,  merch',  to  enioy  to  212— 

1  .        n    1  •     1     ■  r  I  Lands  firanted 

him  &  his  heires  for  euer./  ^^  ^j,  jj^^^^„. 

It  is  ordered,  that  M'  Nowell  &  M'  Mayhewe  shall  sett  out  the  bounds  Cradock. 
betwixte  SauRus  &  Salem,  &  betwixte  Salem  &  ]\Iarble  Harb'',  as  also  betwixte  „  _.^    ~/'' 

^  '  '  Comittee  to 

Marble  Harb""  &  Saugus,  before  the  SS"*  of  this  present  moneth,  vnd"^  the  pen-  bound  Saiem 

&  Sagus,  als. 

alty  of  V*  a  peece.      John  Humfry  &  John  Endicott,  Es^,  are  allowed  to  goe  Lynn. 
alonge  with  them  for  Saugus  &  Salem,  &  M''  Holgraue  for  ^larble  Harb''./ 

There  is  a  hmidred  acres  of  vpland  ground  &  an  hundred  acres  of  mead-  214— 

owe  ground  graunted  to  M'  Thomas  Newberry,  lyeing  nexte  to  the  lands  of  ^^]  i  ewbcry 
M'  Israeli  Stoughton,  aboute  8  or  9  myles  vpp  Naponsett  Ry  ver,  on  the  north 
side  of  the  said  ryv'',  to  enioy  to  him  &  his  heires  for  euer./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  land  aboute  Cocliichowicke  slialbe  reserved  for  an  215- 

inland  plantacon,  «&  that  .whosoeuer  will  goe  to  inhabite  there  shall  haue  three  "'^  iLtatiou 
yeares  iinunity  from  all  taxes,  levyes,  publique  charges  &  services  whatsoeuer, 
(millitary  dissipline  onely  excepted.)  John  Winthi-op,  Rich :  Bellingham,  & 
Wiihn  Coddingtou,  Es^,  are  chosen  a  coriiittce  to  licence  any  that  they  thinke 
meete  to  inhabite  there,  &  that  it  shalbe  lawfull  for  noe  pson  to  goe  tliither 
without  their  consent,  or  the  maior  pte  of  them./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  such  moneyes  of  the  900*  levy  w'^''  shall  not  be  dis-  216- 

bursed  aboute  publique  aifidres  of  the  coinonwealth  shalbe  p''  to  John  Win-     '     '"'  ''°^l 

"  i:  ^  ^  grant  of  remd'. 

throp,  Es^,  as  prcell  of  an  olde  debt./ 

There  is  v*  remitted  to  M''  Pinchon  of  his  agreem'  of  xxv*  for  his  beav'  M'  Pinchon 

remitted  S". 

trade./ 

Whereas  there  hath  bene  a  complainte  made  to  tlus  Coiut  that  many  highe  217- 

wayes  in  the  country  are  inconveniently  layde  out,  it  is  therefore  ordered,  that  be  layd  mu  &" 
the  Court  of  Assistants  shall  haue  power  to  lay  out  such  liigh  wayes  as  are  rectified, 
wanting,  &  rectifie  those  that  are  amisse./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  M"'  Rich  :  Duiiier  &  John  Johnson  shall  builde  a  sufficient  218— 

cart  bridge  over  Muddy  Ryv'  before  the  nexte  Genlall  Court,  &  that  Boston,  ^etaiitat^*^ 
Rocksbury,  Dorchesf,  Newe  Towne,  &  Waterton  shall  equally  contribute  to  Muddy  Riuer. 
it,  t6./ 

*It  is  ordered,  that  noe  pson  whatsoeuer,  either  people  of  tliis  jurisdiccon      [*144.] 
or  strangers,  shall  buy  any  comodity  of  any  shipp  or  other  vessell  that  comes  219— 

r^  /.  1  .  1     •  J        None  to  buy 

into  this  juris.dicc6n  w"'out  licence  from  the  Goiin'  for  the  time  beuig,  vnder  ^^^^^  of  jjupg^ 
the  penalty  of  confiscacSn  of  such  goods  as  shalbe  soe  bought,  or  the  valewe  of  *'^- 
them./     Rep. 


142 


THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


220- 

Courts  diet  to 
be  p*  by  y« 
Tresuf. 


Newtown  & 
Roxbury  com*** 
ou  bounds. 


Indian  not  to 
be  sold  aboue 
6'  p'  bush. 


221- 

(28) 

Deputies 
power. 

[*145.] 
222- 

Gou'^ne's 
guard. 


223- 

Orde'  to  con- 
sult vniformi- 


Cap?  Turner,  ]\P  Duncan,  M'  Wiiim  Dennison,  W  Coxeall,  M'  Wool- 
ridge,  M'  Mayhewe,  M"'  Wiiim  Spencer,  M'  John  Holgraue,  &  M'  Bai-thol- 
mewe,  or  any  one  of  tliem,  are  aucthorized  by  the  Coiut,  after  any  shipp,  or 
other  vessell,  hath  lyen  2-4  houres  att  anchor,  &  is  discoQed  to  be  a  ffriend,  to 
board  her,  take  notice  of  what  coiuodityes  shee  hath  to  sell,  conferre  aboute 
the  prizes  thereof,  &  after  to  acquainte  their  ptuers  therewith,  whoe,  togeath'', 
or  the  maior  pte  of  them,  shall  haue  liberty  to  buy  all  such  coiiiodityes  as 
they  shall  iudge  to  be  vsefull  for  the  country,  for  present  payem'  or  bills  of 
exchange,  &  att  such  prizes  as  they  can  agree,  w"^""  goods,  being  soe  bought, 
shalbe  layde  vpp  by  the  s*  merchants  in  some  maggasen,  neere  to  the  place 
where  the  shipp  anchors  ;  &  the  said  merchants  shall,  att  any  tyme  dureing 
the  space  of  twenty  dayes  after  the  said  goods  are  landed,  &  notice  thereof 
giuen  to  the  seiiall  townes,  sell  to  any  inhabitant  within  this  jiu-isdiccJin  su.ch 
comodityes  as  hee  needes,  after  v*  p  centum  pfitt,  &  not  above./      Eep.  239. 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  charges  of  dyett  for  the  Goflu',  Deputy  GoQn'', 
Assistants,  &  Dcputyes  of  seQall  townes,  dureing  the  tyme  of  efly  Couit,  as 
also  the  dyet  for  the  coiiiissioners  for  martiall  discipline,  att  the  tymes  of  their 
meeteings,  shalbe  paide  out  of  the  tresiuy./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  bounds  of  ground  betwixte  Xewe  Towne  &  Rocks- 
bury,  aboute  Muddy  Ey\"er,  &  soe  vpp  into  the  country,  shalbe  sett  out  by 
Ensigne  Jennison,  before  the  nexte  Coiu't  of  Assistants,  vnder  the  penalty  of 
V*.  M'^  Dan"  Dennison,  ]NP  Jolm  Sampford,  &  Wiiim  Parks,  &  noe  other, 
ai-e  allowed  to  goe  alonge  ivith  them./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  noe  Indean  corne  (except  seede  corne)  shalbe  sold  for 
above  vi'  p  bushell,  vnder  the  penalty  of  fforfecture  of  such  corne,  or  the 
valewe  of  it ;  this  order  to  continue  till  harvest  nexte./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  when  the  deputyes  of  seQall  townes  are  mett  togeather 
before  any  Gefilall  Coiu-t,  it  shalbe  lawfull  for  them,  or  the  maior  pte  of  them, 
to  heare  &  determine  any  difference  that  may  arise  aboute  the  eleccon  of  any 
of  their  members,  &  to  order  things  amongst  themselues  that  may  concerne  the 
well  ordering  of  their  body./ 

*rurther,  it  is  ordered,  that  att  eQy  Gefiall  Court  there  shalbe  sixe  men 
appoyncted  by  the  GoQn"'  for  the  tyme  being,  out  of  the  towne  where  hee  ly\'es, 
to  attend,  with  halberds  &  swords,  vpon  the  pson  of  the  GoQn"',  &  the  rest  of 
the  members  of  the  Court,  dureing  the  space  of  the  first  day  of  efiy  Geiiall 
Coiu-t,  &  that  there  shalbe  two  men  appojiicted  by  the  Golin'  to  attend,  in  like 
mann',  att  euy  pticular  Court,  att  the  publique  charge./ 

This  Couit  doeth  intreate  of  the  elders  &  brethren  of  euy  church  within 
this  jurisdiccSn  that  they  will  consult  &  advise  of  one  vniforme  order  of  dissi- 


MO 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    HAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND. 

pline  in  the  churclies,  agreeable  to  the  Scriptures,  &  then  to  consider  howe  farr 
the  magistrates  are  bound  to  interpose  for  the  preservacon  of  that  vniformity 
&  peace  of  the  churches./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  coinissiouers  for  maitiall  discipUne  shall  take  an 
oath  suteable  to  their  places  before  they  execute  any  pte  of  their  coiuission./ 

There  is  power  giuen  to  Jolin  Humfry,  Esqp,  to  giue  M'  Endicott  his 
oathe ;  all  the  other  couiission"^  for  martiaU  dissiphne  did  take  their  oathes 
respectiuely  in  the  presence  of  the  Court,  ^./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  there  shalbe  two  graii  juryes  suiiioned  eQy  yeare,  the  one 
to  informe  the  Court  in  March,  the  other  to  informe  the  Court  in  Septemb'', 
yearely,  of  the  breaches  of  any  order,  or  other  niisdemean",  that  they  shall 
knowe  or  heare  to  be  coiuitted  by  any  pson  or  or  psons  w'soeuer  witliin  this 
jurisdiccSn,  or  to  doe  any  other  service  of  the  comonwealth  that  they  shalbe 
enioyned./ 


143 
1634-5. 

4  March. 

224- 

Coniission's 
for  marshall 
disipline  to 
take  oath. 


.(29) 

Ord'  iibt 
grand  jurjes. 


*^tt  a  Court,  holden  alt  jYewe  Towne,  Jlprill  7**,  1685. 


163  5. 


M'  Tresu'', 

7  April. 

M"^  Pinchon, 

[♦146.] 

M'  Nowell, 

S  :  Bradstreete. 

Present,     The  Goan"-,    • 
Deputy  GoGn"^, 
M''  AViutlu-op, 
M''  Haynes, 

IT  is  referd  to  John  Haynes,  Es^,  &  M'  Rotte  Feakes,  to  audit  the  ac- 
compts  betwixte  Edward  Howe  &  Wiiim  Knopp,  to  sweare  witnesses, 
&  examine  them  what  they  can  say  in  the  case,  &  to  make  retume  thereof 
into  the  nexte  Court./ 

Ensigne  Jennisons  ffine  of  xx*  is  remitted  him  vpon  his  submission  &  Ens.  Genisons 
acknowledgem*  of  his  offence./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  Nahanton  shall  giue  two  skins  of  beav"'  to  M''  Blacke-  Nahaton  find  2 

«,  1  I'.i*  •!  •  /•  /».\  akins  bevar. 

Stone,  tor  damage  done  him  in  his  swine  by  setting  ot  trapps,  xP-j 

Further,  it  is  ordered,  that  Capl  Traske  shall  pay  to  Jolm  Kirman,  out  of  ^j,,  pi^^  p^t. 

the  estate  of  the  company  of  husbandm,  the   soiiie  of  ffoiu'e  &  twenty  pounds  ''^'''" 

eleven  shillings  &  fyve  pence,  being  the  remainder  of  the  eight  pte  of  the  said 

estate,  w'^''  was  by  order  of  Court  gyven.  the  said  John  Kirman.     Provided,  if 

hereafter  it  shall  appeare,  that  there  is  not  soe  much  due  to  y'=  said  John  out 

of  the  said  8"^  pte,  that  then  hee  shalbe  acconij)table  for  the  same./ 

It  is  refered  to  the  chuich  of  Waterton,  with  the  consent  of  Robte  Lock-  Lockwood  es- 
tate, 
wood,  execuf^  of  Edmond  Lockwood,  disceased,  to  dispose  of  the  children  & 

estate  of  the  said  Edmond  Lockwood,  gyven  to  them,  to  such  psons  as  they 

thinke  meetc,  w'^*'  if  tliey  pforme  not  within  foureteene  dayes,  it  shalbe  lawful! 


144  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

for  the  GoQn',  John  Haynes,  Es^,  &  Simon  Bradstreete,  to  dispose  of  the  said 
children  &  estate  as  in  their  discrecbn  they  shall  thiuke  meete,  as  also  to  take 
an  accompt  of  the  said  Eohte  Lockwood,  &  giue  him  a  full  discharge./ 
Mountagues  It  is  ordered,  that  Griffin  ^lountague  shalbe  sett  in  the  bilbowes,  for  steale- 

ing  boards  &  clapboards  from  M'  Wilbore,  &  is  eniojTied  to  remove  his  habi- 
tacon  from  Muddy  Kp'er  before  the  nexte  Gefilall  Coiu-t,  vnder  the  penalty 
of  v*./ 

Wiiim  Swifte  promiseth  to  gyve  xx^  towards  the  cure  of    ^     his  late 
servant,  infii'me  &  lame./ 

It  is  referd  to  M"^  Tresurer  &  M'  Pinchon  to  examine  &  prepare  the 
business  betwixte  M'  Coxeall,  Sayles  his  daughter,  &  John  Levens,  &  to  re- 
turns the  same  into  the  nexte  Court./ 
Hewaids  sent.  Ordered,  that  John  Heward  shalbe  wliipt  for  sweareiug  &  stealeing./ 

gog_  The  lyne  betwixte  Rocksbiuy  &  Newe  Towne  is  layde  out  to  run  south 

The  lyne  be-     west  from  Muddy  Eyver,  neere  that  place  w'^''  is  called  M'  Nowells  bridge,  a 
X     ox  ury  ^^.gg  being  marked  on  foui-e  svdes,  &  from   the  mouthe   of  the  rvver  to  that 

&  New  Toivne.  °  ^         '  .' 

place  :  the  southe  syde  is  for  Rocksbury,  &  the  north  syde  for  Newe  Towne  : 
by  mee,  p  WILL'*'  JENNISOK 

r*  147.1  *Wil}m  Colbrau,  John  Johnson,  &  Abraham  Pahner  being   appoyncted 

227—  by  the   GeSall  Court  to    lay   out  the   bounds  betwixte  Waterton  &  Newe 

Towne,  chd  make  this  returne  into  the  Court :  — 

Bounds  be- 
twixt Watc  It  is  agreed  by  vs,  whose  names  are  here  vndenvritten,  that  the  bounds 

Towne  ^^  betweene  "Waterton  &  Newe  Towne  shall  stand  as  they  are  akeady,  from 
Charles  Ryver  to  the  greate  Freshe  Pond,  &  from  the  tree  marked  by  Water- 
ton  &  Newe  Towne  on  the  south  east  syde  of  the  pound,  ouer  the  pond,  to  a 
white  poplar  tree  on  the  norwest  syde  of  the  pond,  &  from  that  tree  vpp  into 
the  country  norewest  &  by  west,  vpon  a  straight  lyne  by  a  merydian  compasse ; 
and  flFiuther,  that  Waterton  shall  have  one  hundreth  rodds  ui  leught  above 
the  weire,  &  one  hundreth  rodd  beneath  the  weire  in  lenght,  &  three- 
scoore  rodd  in  breadth  from  the  rj'ver  on  the  southe  syde  thereof,  &  all  the 
rest  of  the  ground  on  that  syde  the  river  to  lye  to  Newe  Towne./ 

WILL*'   COLBRAN, 
JOHN   JOHNSON, 
ABRAIL\M   PALMER. 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IX    NEW    EN<JLAND. 


145 


*Att  the  Gen'all  Court,  holden  att  JWwe  Townc,  May  6'\  1635. 


1G8  5. 


Presext, 


The  (jouu'', 
Deputy  Gofin'', 
Jl'^  Wiutluop,  Sen'', 
M'  Ilayues, 
M'  Humfiy, 

jNI'-  Coxcall, 
M"^  Colbian, 
M""  Ilolgraue, 
John  Woodbeny, 
M''  John  AVulcott, 

6  May. 

[*148.] 

M"^  Euclicott, 
M'  Tresu% 

Eulfe  Sprage, 
Eobte  Moulton, 

M"^  Piucliou, 

Jolui  Johnson, 

M'  Nowell, 

Sam"  Wakenian, 

M''  Bradstreete  ; 

WiHm  Parker, 

togeather  w"'  the 

Epharini  Childe, 

deputyes  &  fFree- 
laen, 

Edw  :  Ilowe, 
M""  Newberry, 

Capt  Tuiuer, 

jM'"  Ha^  thorne. 

Leitbt'  Feakcs, 
^I""  Beecher, 

Wiihn  Felpes, 
M''  Bartholmewe, 

M'  Dau"  Di'uulsou, 

Thomas  Tlowlett, 

M"^  Takott, 
John  Steele, 

jSI''  John  Spencer, 
The  :  Smyth. 

M"'  Hutchingson, 

JOHN  HAYNES^  Esif ,  ^vas  choscu  Gouu'^  for  this  yeai-e  nexte  eusueing,  & 
till  a  newe  be  chosen,  &  did  take  an  oath  to  his  place  belonging  in  the 
presence  of  the  Court./ 

Richard  Bcllingham,  E.s^,  was  chosen  Deputy  Gofln'^  for  this  yeare  nexte 
ensueiug,  &  till  a  ncwc  be  chosen,  &  did  accordingly  take  an  oath  to  his  place 
belonging./ 

John  Winthrop,  Sen',  Tho :  Dudley,  John  Hunifiy,  Wiiim  Coddington, 
Wiiim  Pinchon,  Increase  Nowell,  Simon  Bradstreete,  John  Winthrop,  Ju'', 
Attcrton  Hough,  &  Richard  Dumer  were  chosen  Assistants  for  tliis  yeare 
nexte  eusueing,  &  did  take  an  oath  to  their  place  belonging  in  the  ^sence  of 
the  Court,  John  Winthrop,  Jim'',  onely  excepted,  whoe  was  absent./ 

M"^  Roger  Ludlowe,  att  his  owne  request,  was  dismissed  from  the  charge 
of  ouerseeing  the  fFortificacbn  att  Castle  Ileland./ 

il'  Brenton,  Richai'd  CoUicott,  Wiihn  Heath,  Abraham  Palmer,  Edward 
Stcbbons,  ^P  Oldham,  Tymothy  Touilyns,  Francis  Weston,  Humfry  Brad- 
streete, M"'  Goodwyu,  M''  Ollyver,  M''  ilayhewe,  M'  Spencer,  were  chosen  a 
coinittcc,  to  consider  of  the  act  of  M'"  Endicott,  in  defaccing  the  co^s,  &  to 
reportc  to  the  Couit  howe  fnr  they  iudgc  it  scnsurcablc./ 

vol..  I.  19 


146 


THE  HEC0KD3  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


1G3  5, 

6  May. 
228- 
M'  Eiidicot 
censu'. 


229- 

Newbe'y  plan- 
tation. 


230" 

Roxbury*  liber- 
ty to  remoove. 

231- 

CoiTiittee  ab* 
M'  Burners 
farme. 

[*149.] 
232- 

Cumittee  for 
millitary  af- 
fajres. 


^/  There  is  liberty  graunted  to  the  inlmbitauts  of  Waterton  to  remove  them- 
seUies  to  any  place  they  shall  thiulve  Bieete  to  make  choise  of,  pvided  they 
continue  still  vnd'^  tliis  goQni*./ 

The  comission'"s  chosen  to  consider  of  the  act  of  M""  Endicott  concerne- 
ing  the  col"  att  Salem  did  reporte  to  the  Court  that  they  apprehend  hee  had 
offended  therein  many  wayes,  in  rashnes,  vncharitablenes,  indiscrecSn,  &  ex- 
ceeding the  lymitts  of  his  calling  ;  wherevpon  the  Court  hath  sensured  him 
to  be  sadly  admonished  for  his  offence,  v/"^  accordingly  hee  was,  &  also  dis- 
inabled  for  beareing  any  office  in  the  comon  wealth,  for  the  space  of  a  yeare 
nexte  ensueing./ 

Wessacucon  is  allowed  by  the  Court  to  be  a  plantacSn,  &  it  is  referd  to 
^l'  Humfry,  M''  Endicott,  Capl  Tiu-ner,  &  Cap'!  Traske,  or  any  three  of  them, 
to  sett  out  the  bounds  of  Ipsw"'''  &  Wessacucon,  or  soe  much  thoi-eof  as  they 
can,  &  the  name  of  the  said  plantacon  is  changed,  &  hereafter  to  be  called 
Neweberry./ 

Further,  it  is  ordered,  that  it  shalbe  in  the  power  of  the  Court  to  take 
order  that  the  said  plantacon  shall  receave  a  sufficient  company  of  people  to 
make  a  competent  towne./ 

The  inhabitants  of  Eocksbuiy  hath  liberty  graunted  them  to  remove 
themselues  to  any  place  they  shall  tliinke  meete,  not  to  ^udice  another 
plantacbn,  pvided  they  continue  still  vnder  this  goflm'./ 

It  is  referd  to  M"^  Humfry,  M'  Endicott,  Cap?  Turner,  &  Cap?  Traske 
to  sett  out  a  fferme  for  ]\I''  Dumer,  aboute  the  falls  of  Xeweberr}',  not  exceed- 
ing the  quantity  of  500  acres,  pvided  also  it  be  not  piuditiall  to  Neweberry./ 

*The  GoQn'',  Deputy  Gofln"",  John  Winthrop,  Tho  :  Dudley,  John  Hum- 
fry,  Eoger  Lirdlowe,  Es^,  &  M'  Thomas  Beecher,  or  the  maior  pte  of  them, 
(whoe  are  deputed  by  tliis  Court  to  dispose  of  all  millitary  affaires  whatsoeuer,) 
shall  have  full  power  and  aucthoritie  to  see  all  former  lawes  concerneing  all 
millitary  men  &  municon  executed,  &  also  shall  have  full  power  &  aucthoritie 
to  ordeyne  &  remove  all  millitary  officers,  to  appoinct  the  gefiall  capt ;  their 
allowance  to  be  paid  out  of  the  tresury,  &  to  invest  all  officers  with  power 
to  make  &  tend'^  to  them  an  oath,  suteable  to  their  places,  to  disjiose  of  all 
companyes,  to  make  orders  for  them,  &  to  make  &  tender  to  them  a  suteable 
oath,  &  to  see  that  stricke  dissipline  &  traineings  be  observed,  &  to  coiiiand 
them  forth,  vpon  any  occacon  they  thinke  meete,  to  make  any  defensiue  warr, 
as  also  to  doe  w'soeuer  may  be  further  behoofefull  for  the  good  of  this  plan- 
tac5n,  in  case  of  any  warr  that  may  befiill  vs  ;  &  also  that  the  afores*  coiuis- 
sione",  or  the  maior  pte  of  them,  shall  have  power  att  any  tyme  to  imprison 
or  confine  any  that  they  shall  suspect  to  be  cnemyes   to  the  coinonwealth,  & 


THE  MASSACHUSETTS   BAY   IN   NEW   ENGLAND.  ]47 

to  bring  in,  either  alyve  or  dead,  such  as  shall  refuse  to  come  vnder  comand     16  3  5. 
or  restraiute,   as  they  shalbe  required ;  &  after  any  alarum   is  raised,  till  the  ' 

■  .  .  6  May. 

companyes  are  dismissed,  it  shalbe  lawfuU  for  the  said  comission''',  or  the 
maior  pte  of  them,  to  putt  any  offend"'  to  death,  by  a  martiall  tryall ;  this 
comission  to  continue  till  the  end  of  the  GeSall  Court,  tliat  shalbe  helde  in 
or  after  the  monethe  of  Septemb"^  nexte./  '^ 

Memorand :  that  ISI'  Ollerton  hath  giuen  to  Moses  Maiiacke,  his  sone  in  Moses  Mau-ick 
hnve,  all  his  bowses,  buildings,  &  stages,  that  bee  hath  att  Marble  Head,  to  bichead 
enioy  to  him  &  his  heires  for  euer./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  there  shalbe  a  plantaoon  att   Marble  Head,  &  that  the  MaVblehead. 
inhabitants  nowe  there  shall  have  liberty  to  plant  &  impue  such  ground  as 
they  stand  in  neede  of,  &  that  as  the  s''  plantaoSn  increaseth,  the  inhabitants 
of  Salem  shall  pte  with  such  ground  as  shalbe  impued  by  them  there  abouts, 
being  payde  for  their  lab'  &  cost.     Also,  it  is  agreed,  that  none  shall  goe  to 
inhabite  there  without  leave  from  the  Court,  or  two  of  the  magistrates.     Fur-  M'  Humfn' 
ther,  it  is  ordered,  that  the  land  betwixte  the  CUfte  &  the  Forest  Ryver,  neere   TrrJ^'^ 
Marble  Head,  shall  for   the  present  be  improved  by  John  Humfry,  Es^,  &  Marblehead. 
that  as  the  inhabitants  of  Marble  Head  shall  stand  in  neede  of  it,  the  said 
John  Humfiy  shall  pte  with   it,  the   said  inhabitants  alloweing   him   equall 
recompence  for  his  lab'  &  cost  bestowed  therevpon ;  provided,  that  if,  in  the 
meane  tyme,  the  inhabitants  of  Salem  can  satisfy  the  Court  that  they  have 
true  right  vnto  it,  that  then  it  shall  belong  to  the  inhabitants  thereof./ 

There  is  500  acres  of  land  &  a  frcshe  pond,  with  a  little  ileland  con-  2-33- 

teyneing  aboute  two  acres,  graunted  to  John  Humfry,  Es^,  lyeing  betwixte  Jy  '"^'^  *° 
nore  &  west  from  Saugus,  pvided  bee  take  noe  pte  of  the  500  acres  within 
5  myles  of  any  towne  nowe  planted.  Also,  it  is  agreed,  that  the  inhabitants 
of  Saugus  &  Salem  shall  have  liberty  to  build  stoore  bowses  vpon  the  said 
ileland,  &  to  lay  in  such  p\dsions  as  they  iudge  necessary  for  theu-  vse  in 
tyme  of  neede./ 

♦The  GoQn',  Deputy  Goan"",  John  Winthi-op,  &  Tho  :  Dudley,  Esf>,  are      [*150.] 
deputed  by  the  Court  to  make  a  draught  of  such  lawes  as  they  shall  iudge  r(,""ittee"aboit 
needefull  for  the  well  ordering  of  this  plantacon,  &  to  ^sent  the  same  to  the  >'  '""cs. 
Court./ 

M'  Thomas  Beecher  is  chosen  capt  of  the  ffort  att  Castle  Ileland./  M'  Tho : 

Bccclif*  ctipt. 

M'  Tho :  Neweberry  is  chosen  ouerseer  of  the  worke  att  Castle   Ileland, 
in  the  roome  of  Roger  Ludlowe,  Es^,  &  it  is  ordered  that  bee  shall  have  ■ 
the  same  power  to  presse  men  for  the  worke,  that  ^I'  lAidlowe   hadd,  as  also 
to  presse  carts  for  such  allowance  as  bee  thinks  meete./ 


148  THE  KECORDS  OP  THE  COLONY  OF 

1  G  o  .).  It  is  ordered,  that  there  shalbe  a  fferry  sett  vpp  on  Boston  syde,  by  the 

^  Wyndmyll  Hill,  to  transjjort  men  to   Charlton  &  Wenesemet  vjion   the  same 

^-_  rates  that  the  fferry  men  att  Charlton  &  Wenesemet  transports  men  to  Boston./ 

Boston  ffeny  It  is  referd  to  JM""  Holgraue,  M""  Colbran,  &  S''ieant  Sprage,  to  sett  out 

Towne  &  Win-  the  bouuds  of  land  beti^ixte   Boston   &   Charlton,  on  the   nore-east   svde  of 
Uemet.  Misticke  Eyver./ 

Bounds  be-  '  ' 

twixt  Boston  The  accompt  of  M'^  Pinchon,  late   Tresurer,  hath  bene   pused  by  the 

&  Chai-ls 

Towne.  present  Tresurer  &  M'  Nowell,  &  vpon  their  rej)ort  to  the  Court  that  it  is  a 

M'  T'  Pinchon'  true  accompt,  the  said  M''  Pinchon  is  discharged./ 

acco*  read,  &  ^  _ 

he  dischardgd.  It  is  ordered,  that  it  shalbe  lawfull  for  ]\I''  Leveridge  to  transporte  ten 

M' Leu'idg  bushells  of  corne  out  of  tliis  jurisdiccbn,  notwithstanding  any  former  order  to 
the  contrary./ 

The  Court  is  adiorned  till  the  first  AV(>dncsday  in  .June./ 

3  June.  June  3,  1685. 

M'  Hoigraves  It  is  Ordered,  that  M"'  Holgraue  shall  have  power  to  presse  men  to  helpe 

r"^*    'j\  A  vnlade  the  salte  att  Marble  Head,  &  such  thereof  as  is  to  be  brouciht  into  the 

p'ess  to  vndlad  ^  ^ 

s^''-  Bay,  &  himselfe  is  dismissed  to  ouersee  the  same./ 

Orde'  about  It  is  ordered,  that  noe  pson  w'soeuer  shall  keepe  any  piggs  for  longer 

&  feeding.  "  tvme  then  a  moneth  that  shall  fall  betwixte  the  last  of  July  &  the  first  of 
Janu''y,  vnder  the  penalty  of  x^  for  efly  pigg,  halfe  to  be  paide  to  the  informer 
thereof,  &  the  other  halfe  to  goe  to  the  tresury.  Further,  it  is  agreed,  that  there 
shalbe  noe  corne  giuen  to  any  swine  betwixte  the  last  of  July  &  first  of  Janu''y, 
(except  corne  brought  from  oth"^  pts,  &  refuse  corne  of  the  country,  to  be 
iudged  to  be  soe  by  the  constable  of  the  towne,)  vnder  the  penalty  of  x*  for  efly 
offence./ 

M'  Hilton'  lib-  There  is  leave  graunted  to  M''  Hilton  to  transport  30  bushells  of  corne 

e^tv  to  trans-  j*   ^  •     •      •    i-    ^^  •!  t  r-  ^  i 

po'tSOb:  ^'^^^  °f  *-his  junsdiccon,  notwithstanding  any  former  order  to  the  contrary./ 

'^°""'-  *It  is  ordered,  that  eQv  towne  within  this  iurisdiccon  shall  provide  a  pecke 

[*151.]  '  ^ 

..36- 

Weights  &        '''*°  ^  meate  yard,  all  to  be  made  by  the  standard  att  Boston,  &  sealed  by 

meas'.  Jainos  Peu,  the  marshall,  before  the  Gciiall  Court,  in  SeptemV,  vnder  the  pen- 

alty of  fforty  shillings  for  cQy  defect./ 
237—  There  is  like  leave  graunted  to  the  iuhabitants  of  Dorchesf,  for  their  re- 

Doreh'.'libe'ty  ,„o,.p^ii   ^,  Watertou  hath  n-raunte.l  to  them./ 

to  reinoove.  ~  ' 

Also,  there  are  three  peeces  graunted  to  the  plantacSns  that  shall  remove 
to  Conecticott,  to  ffortifie  themselues  withall./ 

The  Court  is  adiorned  till  the  fii-st  Wednesday  in  Tulv  nexte./ 


&  a  bushell,  as  also  for  waights  a  quarf,  halfe  a  pound,  1,  2,  4,  7,  &  14*,  as 


THE    xMASiACIIUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND. 


149 


Juhj  &",  1635. 

It  is  ordered,  that  M''  Ilolgraiie  shall  sett  out  the  bounds  of  Boston  & 
Saugus  aboute  Rumney  IVIarshe.  Wiiiin  Cheeseborougli  &  Thomas  Smyth 
are  allowed  to  accompany  them./ 

Tayloiu's  Ileland  is  grauuted  to  M"^  Wiihn  Hutchingson,  to  enioy  to  him 
&  his  heires  for  euer./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  there  shalbe  a  convenient  quantity  of  land  sett  out  by 
M''  Dumer  &  M"'  Bartholmewe,  within  the  bounds  of  Neweberry,  for  the 
keepeing  of  the  sheepe  &  cattell  that  came  ouer  in  the  Dutch  shipps  this  yeare, 
&  to  belonge  to  the  owners  of  the  said  cattell./ 

M'  Tresurer,  M'  Duiner,  M'  Neweberiy,  M'  Beecher,  &  Robte  Moulton 
are  chosen  as  coinittees  to  consider  of  &  drawe  vjip  an  ord''  aboute  swine,  & 
leturne  the  same  into  the  Court./ 

The  order  that  prohibited  the  buyeing  of  coiiiodities  of  shipps  or  other 
vessells  but  by  such  as  were  aucthorized  by  Court  is  nowe  repealed./ 

There  is  leave  graunted  to  21  ffamilyes  to  sitt  downe  at  Wessaguscus, 

^7  /^  ^  ^  A,  A,  A  A  A 

Joseph  Andrewes  sworne  constable  of  Barecove./ 

M"'  jSTeweberry  &  Wiiim  Phelpes  are  appoyncted  to  sett  out  the  bounds 
betwixte  Wessaguscus  &  Barecove./ 

it  Sam"  MaQacke  &  M"'  Thomas  Mayhewe  are  enioyned  to  bring  to  the 
nexte  Gcfiall  Coiut  their  accompts  for  publique  busines,  wherein  they  were 
imployed./ 

There  is  viij*  of  Tobyes  ffuie  of  x*  remitted  him./ 

•There  is  liberty  graunted  to  M'  Dumer  &  M'  Spencer  to  builde  a  myll 
&  a  weire  att  the  falls  of  Neweberry,  to  enioy  the  said  myll  &  weire,  with 
such  preuilidges  of  ground  &  tymber  as  is  expressed  in  an  agreem'  betwixte 
them  &  the  towne,  to  enioy  to  them  &  their  heires  foreuer./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  there  shalbe  cc*  levyed  out  of  y'  seflall  plantacSns  for 
pubt  vses,  the  one  halfe  to  be  levyed  ^sently,  the  other  halfe  before  the  nexte 
Geflall  Court,  vzj  :  -p— 

Dorchesf,    .     . 


16  3  5. 


Taylo'  Island 
to  k'  \V^ 
Hutchinson. 
Land  to  be  sett 
out  tor  keeping 
sheep  at  New- 
berry. 

Ord""  to  be 
driine  ab* 
sw\iie. 


Buy  goods  of 
ships  set  free. 

Wessaguscus 

new. 


Bounds  be- 
twixt Wessa- 
guscus &  Bare 
Coue  to  be  set 
out. 


8"  remitted  of 
Toby"  fine. 

[*152.] 
240- 

M'  Dumers 
mill. 


Boston,  . 
Newe  Towne, 
Eocksbury, 
Waterton,    . 
Charlton, 


27*    6^ 
27     6 


(V  1 

20 
20 
16 


6 
0 
0 
0 


0 
0 
0 


Salem,  . 
Saugus, 
Ipsw"^*",  .     . 
Newberry, 
Wessaguscus, 
Meadford,  . 


16* 

0' 

0"*  Rate  for  200 

16 

0 

0 

.       8 

0 

0 

8 

0 

0 

4 

0 

0 

10 

0 

0 

200     0     0 


156 


THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OP 


16  3  5.  It  is  ordered,  that  there  shalbe  a  pound  made  in  eQy  plantacon  within 
'       ''       ^  tliis  jurisdiccon  before  the  8*  day  of  tliis  moneth,  &  y'  such  s-wine  as  shalbe 
A   ound  to  be  foimcl  in  any  corne  feild  shalbe  impounded,  &  notice  giuen  to  the  owner  there- 
made  in  eu7  ^f^  --^  j^gg  g^jj  \^q  knowen,  or  otherwise  to  be  made  knowen  att  the  nexte  lec- 
towue. 

ture ;  &  if  within  thi-ee  dayes  after  notice  giuen  they  be  not  owned,  it  shalbe 
lawfull  for  the  pty  whoe  hadd  the  harmes  done  to  gett  the  swine  prized  by 
two  of  his  neighb",  &  then  hee  shall  have  hberty  to  sell  the  said  s'W'ine,  &  pay 
himselfe  duble  damages,  being  iu^dged  by  two  indifferent  men.  The  like  recom- 
pence  is  to  be  made  for  such  swine  as  are  owned  before  pubhque  notice  gyven 
thereof;  tliis  order  to  extend  to  all  ffermes,  but  not  to  lyttle  small  pcells  of 
corne  of  an  acre  or  lesse,  planted  remote  from  townes  &  vnfenced.  Further, 
as  for  such  swine  as  cannot  be  impounded,  it  shalbe  lawfull  for  the  pt}''  whoe 
hath  the  harmes  done  to  kill  the  said  swine,  &  pay  himselfe  for  harmes,  &  soe 
to  returne  the  remaind''  thereof  to  the  owner  of  the  s^dne  ;  &  if  any  swine  shall 
escape  out  of  the  pound,  or  be  taken  out,  the  owner  thereof  shall,  notwith- 
standing, be  lyeable  to  pay  damages,  as  before  nienconed,  if  hee  can  be 
knowen./ 

The  bounds  betweene  Boston  &  Charlestowne  are  from  the  creeke 
along  the  creeke  vpward  in  the  same  till  wee  come  to  a  little  neck  of  land 
that  come  from  the  east  side  of  the  same  neck  :  there  the  first  stake  stands 
a  little  on  the  east  side  of  it,  &  from  thence  to  a  m'ked  tree  at  the  foote 
of  the  marsh  agreed  vpon  of  all  sides,  &  from  that  tree  to  another  that  lye 
right  opposite  over  a  hill,  &  from  thence  to  a  high,  tall  pine,  that  stands 
vpon  a  point  of  rock,  on  the  side  of  the  high  way  to  Mistick  ^  ,  other 
side  of  Eumney  ISIarsh,  &  from  outside  to  outside  by  a  straight  line./ 

p*  JOHN  HOLGRAVE. 

[The  last  paragraph  is  in  the  handw-riting  of  Mr.  Increase  Nowell.     Page  153  contains  the  names 
of  freemen  admitted  in  May  and  September,  1635,  and  in  March,  1635-6.] 


240- 

Boston  & 
Charles  Town 
bounds. 


[*154.] 

2  June. 


Perkins  bill. 


*Att  the  Court,  hokleii  in  June  2,  1635. 

M'  Nowell, 


P'SENT,    The  Goan', 

Deputy  GoQn'', 
ISI"'  Winthrop, 
M'  Dudley, 
M''  Pinchou, 


M"'  Hough, 
M'"  Dumer, 
]\I"'  Bradstreete. 


IT  was  ordered,  that  war'  shalbe  sent  to  ^  Norton  to  bring  into  the  nexte 
Court  a  bill  of  v*  made  by  Goodiu  Perkins  to  Thomas  "Wade,  y'  it 
may  be  safely  kept  till  it  appeare  to  whome  it  is  due,  the  money  being  gyven 
(as  the  Court  is  informed )  to  Jonathan  "Wade  his  brother./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  151 

M"'  Humfry  is  ffined  x"  for  liis  absence  from  y*'  Court./  16  3  5. 

There  is  administracttn  graunted  to  Richard  Bishopp  (In  the  behalf  of    """"^     ~' 
his  wife)  of  the  goods  &  chattells  of  Richard  King,  disceased./  Forfect 

In  the  cause  of  the  chikben  &  widdowe   of  Edward  Lockwood,   (the  Rich'' Kings 
elders  &  other  of  the  church  of  Waterton  being  p''sent,)  &  vpon  consideracbn  on  by  Rich: 
of  the  order  of  Court  in  Aprill  last  made  in  the  case,  w'^''  was  found  not  to  ^'^*'°p- 
have  bene  observed,  because  the  estate  was  not  computed  &  apportioned,  it  is 
nowe  ordered,  with  consent   of  all   ptyes,  vzj,  the   church  of  Waterton,  the 
widd  of  the  said  Edmond  lyveing,  &  the  execut"^  haveing  consented  to  the 
former  order,  that  the  present  GoQn'  &  the  Secretary  shall  have  power  to  call 
pties  &  witnesses  for  findeing  out  the  true  estate,  &  haveing  consideractin  of 
the  vncertainety  of  the  will,  &  the  debts,  &  other  circumstances,  to  apporc6n 
the  remainder  of  the  estate  to  the  wife  &  children,  according  to  their  best 
discrecSn  ;  &  then  the  church  of  Waterton  is  to  dispose  of  the  elder  children 
&  their  pottns  as  shalbe  best  for  their  Christian  educacSn  &  the  preservacSn 
of  their  estate./ 

It  is  ordered,  with  the  consent  of  John  Cogau,  John  Tylley,  Wiilm  Hill,  coinittee  ab« 
Henry  Widcott,  &  Humfry  Pynney,  that  the  arbitrators  chosen  by  them,  vzj,  ^^^  Thund'. 
M'  Wiiim  Haythorne,  Will :  Halford,  Roger  Williams,  &  Rich :  CoUicott,  shall 
have  full  power  to  make  a  ffinall  end  of  all  differences  &  accompts  betwixte 
the  said  ptyes  concerneing  the  shipp  Thunder,  w'^'*  the  Court  euiojTies  them  to 
pforme  before  this  day  fortnight,  &  to  returne  into  the  nexte  pticular  Court 
what  they  have  done  herein,  &  in  the  meane  tyme  all  execucons  concerneing 
the  shipp  Thunder  to  be  respeted.  Also,  it  is  ordered,  that  the  arbitrators 
shall  have  power  to  examine  witnesses  vpon  oathe./ 


*^U  the  Court,  holden  alt  JVewe  Towne,  July  the  7'\  1635.  r*i55  i 

Present,      The  Gofln'',  M''  Pinchon,  ^' 

Deputy  Goiln"',  M"'  Hough, 

M''  Wiuthrop,  M'  Nowell, 

M"'  Dudley,  M''  Bradstreete, 

M'  Tresui-er,  M'^  Dumer. 

STEVEN  TERRY  was  sworne  constable  of  Dorchest^  for  a  yeare,  &  till  a 
newe  be  chosen./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  Ensigne  Jennison  &  M'  Wookidge  shall  require  the  La„ds  sold  by 
Indians  that  were  present  with  Chickataubut  when  hee  solde  certaine  land  chickatabut  to 

.  .  M'  Pinchon. 

aboute  Massachusetts  to  M""  Pinchon,  or  kiiewe  what  it  was,  to  sett  out  tliQ 


152 


THE    llECOKDS    OF    THE    COLONS    OF 


16  3  5.     seQall  bounds  thereof,  &  to  retuinc  the  same  to  the  GoQn'  before  the  last  day 

'       ">    "*    of  this  weeke.     M'  Smyth  &  Goodman  Wright   are  allowed  to  goe  alonge 
7  July.  .  ,     - 

with  them./ 

Orde' to nm-  In  cousideractiii  of  money  disbursed  by  M""  Henry  Seawall  for  the  trans- 

Sewaii  as  to  y  portacSn  of  Edward  Bosworth  &  his  ffamyly,  it  is   ordered,  that  Jonathan 

Bostworth.        Bosworth  shall  pay  to  M"^  Seawall  the  soiue  of  v*  vpon  the  29^^  of  Septemb' 

nexte  ;  Wiilm  Buckland  v*  on  the  said  29*  of  Sept'  j  Nathanaell  Bosworth  1' 

att  the  said  day,  &  1"  more  that  day  twelue  moneth  ;  &  Beniamyn  Bosworth 

xxx'  on  the  said  29*  of  Sepf,  &  ilj'  x^  att  midsuiiier  nexte  ;  all  theis  seines  to 

be  paide  to  the  said  M'  Seawall.     Also,  it  is  agreed,  that  the  forenamed  pties 

shalbe  bound  one  for  another  for  the  payment  of  the  said  soiiies  att  the  seSall 

dayes  of  payem'./ 

Francis  Toby.  Ordered,  that  Frauncis  Toby  (for  misdemean''  by  liim  coiiiitted)  shalbe 

bound  to  his  good  behav"",  &  shall  putt  in  smetyes  for  the  same,  or  els  to 

remaine  in  holde./ 

John  Love  is  fhned  x'  for  drunkeues./ 


[•156.] 
4  August. 


*Att  the   Court,  liolden  att  JVewe   Townc,  August  4%  1635. 
Present, 


The  Goiln'', 
Deputy  Gofln', 
M'  Winthrop, 
M'  Dudley, 
M'  Tresurer, 


]\I»'  Pinchon, 
]\I"^  Nowell, 
M'  Hough, 
M"^  Duiner, 
M'  Bradstreete. 


Wannertons 
sent. 
His  ecus. 


WILLM  GALLERD  &  Wiiim  Rockwell,  execute"  of  Jolm  Russell, 
hath  exhibited  into  Court   an  inventory  of  the   goods  &  chattells   of 
the  said  Jolin  Russell,  disceased./ 

John  Holland,  being  att  the  eastward,  affirnieth  that  M''  Thomas  Won- 
narton  tlireatned  to  sinkc  his  boate  if  hee  would  not  pay  him  a  debt  that 
Henry  Way  ought  him,  &  called  him  roage  &  knave,  &  said  they  were  all  soe 
in  the  Bay,  &  that  hee  hoped  to  see  all  their  throates  cutt,  &  that  hee  could 
finde  in  his  heart  to  begin  with  him,  &  therevpon  strucke  him  vpon  the  head ; 
and  when  the  said  Holland  tould  him,  if  Way  ought  him  any  money,  hee  might 
recouer  it  by  lawe,  to  yv'^^  Woiiarton  answered  that  they  had  noe  lawe  for 
them  but  to  sterue  them ;  the  like  Bray  Wilkinson  &,  Robte  Ellwell  witness- 
eth  against  Woiiorton  ;  wlierevpon  it  was  ordered,  that  the  said  Woiiarton 
should  putt  in  sufficient  suryties  for  his  good  behav',  &  in  the  mcane  tymc  to 
remaine  in  durance./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETT.-5    15AY    IN    NEW    ENULAND.  1G3 

There  is  admstrac6n  graunted  Wiihn  Stltson  of  the  goods  &  cliattells  ot"      I  G  o  .'). 
Rofete  White,  disccased  ;  &  it  is  ordered,  that  all  his  crodif*  shall   rejjaire   to    '"     '' 
the  Deputy  &  Tresurer,  before   the   nexte   Court,  w  hoc  shall  haue  power  to  .  ,  _  ,   ,      ^ 

r      J  '  '  I  Aiinistralon  to 

examine  -witnesses,  {Q ;  &  such  debts  as  they  shall  findu  due  they  shall  glue  vv™  stitsnn  of 

Rob' Whites 
war'  to  the  said  admstraf  to  pay,  &  those  that  are  doubtfuU  sludbe  transfcrd  estate. 

to  the  Court./ 

M'  Ilutchingson  witnessed  vpou  oath  that  Arthur  Ilolbidge  tooke  2"  G''  a  Scu'aii  fforfeei> 
day  of  him,  for  30  dayes  worke,  Richard  Bulgar  6  dayes,  Thomas  JMuiit  9 
dayes,  &  James  Hawkcns  36  dayes,  all  att  2'  G''  a  day,  &  soe  hauc  all  forfected 
v^  aday,  according  to  the  order  of  Court./ 

M''  Cogan  witnessed  vpon  oath  that  James  Hawkins  tooke  2"  G''  a  day  of 
liim,  for  14  dayes./ 

There  is  x'  graunted  to  John  Pykc,  for  his  charges,  being  brought  from  Jn°  Tike  al- 

T  u  •  •  xinirii*  hiv:,  as  a  wil- 

IpsW^"  as  a  witUGS  against  Jolin  Mustlewhitc./  ^^^^ 

The  Court  hath  enioyncd  Wiihn  Wills  to  pay  to  Gyles  Gibbs  the   soiue  ^^'°  ^^'i''" 
of  's.v'f,  for  fFellony  by  liim  coiiiitted./ 

With  the  consent  of  W  Humfry,  M''  Hough,  &  Richard  Wright,  the 
difference  aboute  tw^o  heifers  that  Richard  Wright  kept  is  referd  to  M'  Win- 
throp,  M""  Dudley,  &  JNI'  Nowell,  mIioc  hath  po\\cr  gy^cn  them  to  examine 
witnesses  vpon  an  oath,  &  soe  putt  an  end  to  the  difference./ 

It  W'as  ordered,  that  Arthur  Holbidge  shall  putt  in  surytye  for  his  good  Aiiiun  Hui- 
bchav'',  for  contempt  by  him  coiiiitted,  &  iu  the  meanc  t}Tne  to  be  imprisoned./    '  ^  ^^"  " 

Ordered,  that  James  Hawkins  fforfeets  shall  forthw*  be  le^'j-ed,  &  in 
case  hee  hath  iioe  goods,  his  body  shalbe  taken  &  imprisoned  till  it  be  payde./ 

*John  Russell,  merchant,  disceased  att  Dorchesf,  August  26"",  1633,  &      r*157.] 
before  his  death,  being  of  a  disposeing  vnderstanding,  did  make  his  last  will,  J"°  Russeiis 

nuncupative 

in  the  ^^resence  of  M"  John  Warham,  past''  of  the  church  of  Dorchesf,  Tho  :  will. 
Moore,  John  iloore,  &  Tho :  DcMay,  in  the  words  followeing,  or  to  the  same 
effect :  — 

Halfe  of  my  estate  I  giue  to  the  chiuch  of  Dorchesf,  &  halfe  to  my 
brothers,  Henry  Russell  &  Thomas  Hyatt,  except  my  mans  tyme,  w"^"*  I  giue 
to  my  man  ;  &  hce  desired  that  in  the  disposeing  of  his  goods  to  Dorchesf, 
there   should  be  espetiall   respect  harld   tn   oldc   Dorchesf  people,  nameing 

Goodiil  Gaping./ 

JOHX   WARHAM. 
This  was  testifycd  vpon  the  oathes  ^  The  m'ke  of  I  TH0:MAS  MOORK. 
of  the  said  witnesses,  taken  in  VTlie  iTike  of        'I' HO:   DK.VWV.    O 
■Court,  Sepf  3,  1633.  )  .lOIl.X    MOOKK. 

\0L.   I.  20 


154 


THE  RECOKDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


Att  the  Court,  holden  att  JVewe  Towne,  Septemb"  l'\  1635. 


Storey  sent. 


Scarlet  sent. 

Forfects. 
Dixon"  bond 
forfeit. 


How  dis- 
charge!. 


Mf  Thatcher 
admst'^  on  M' 
Josc  Auery" 
estate. 


[*158.] 


Presext,      The  Gofln'', 

Deputy  Goviii'', 
M''  Winthrop, 
•  M'  Dudley, 

M'  Tiesurer, 


M'^  Hough, 
M'  Nowell, 
]\I''  Braclstreete, 
M"'  Dumer. 


IT  was  ordered,  that  Audrewe  Storyn  shalbe  A^hipt,  for  ruiiing  from  his 
maisf./ 

Ordered,  that  Rotte  Scarlett  shalbe  whipt,  for  ruiiing  from  liis  maister,/ 

Wiihii  Dixon  hath  forfected  Iris  recognizance  of  xx* ;  Edward  Converse 
&  James  Browne  x*  a  peece,  being  bound  for  Dixons  appearance  att  the  Court./ 

It  was  ordered,  that  the  goods  and  chattells  of  Wiiim  Dixon  shalbe 
attatched,  &  kept  safely,  to  satisfie  the  Court  for  the  fforfect  of  his  recogui^ 
zance./ 

Ordered,  that  Richard  Bulgar,  Thomas  Munt,  James  Hawkins,  &  Arthur 
Holbidge  shall  pay  iij*  a  peece  weekely  to  the  marshall,  towards  the  discharge 
of  their  fforfects./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  Mary  ^  serv*  to  M"^  Bartholmewe,  shalbe  whipt,  for 
ruiiing  from  her  maisf,  &  shall  serve  him  6  weekes  after  her  terme  is  ended./ 

There  is  admstracon  graunted  to  M'  Anthony  Thacher  of  the  goods  & 
chattells  of  INI"'  Joseph  Avery,  disceased,  w'=''  hee  is  to  inventory,  &  retui-ne  the 
same  into  the  nexte  Court ;  &  the  said  goods  are  to  remaine  in  his  hands  till 
further  order  be  taken  therein./ 

*An  Inventory  of  the  Goods  and  Chattells  of  Joseph  Avery,  disceased. 

Due  to  him  from  Jolui  Emery,  carpenter,  ....     07*    00'    00* 

It :   from  Robte  Andrewes,  of  Ipswich,  w"^"*  ) 

o       ,       ,  r     ,      ,     f    •     •     02     00     00 
he  conlesseth  to  be  due,  &  to  be  p"  forthw'",  J 

K :  from  M'^  Wiiim  Hilton, 02     16     00 

or  a  soAve  &  piggs  to  that  valewe.     Testis,  Rich :  Kent./ 
From  Rich :  Kent,  of  Ipsw''*',  ten  busliells  of  Iiidean  corue,  Avhich  hee 

acknowledgeth./ 
John  Emery  denyes  his  debt ;  but  Richard  Knight,  Nicholas  Holte,  & 
John  Knight,  all  tlu-ee  of  Newberry,  can  &  will  testifie  &  proue  it  to  be  due, 
onely  hee  was,  by  condicSn,  to  pay  the  said  7*  in  his  worke,  w"''  hee  was  to 
doe  so  soon  as  M''  Auery  did  call  vpon  him  for  it ;  out  of  w''^  said  7'  there  is 
something  paide  in  lab''  already,  as  hee  can  make  to  appcare./ 

p  me,  ANTHONY  THACHER./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND. 


155 


Pkesent, 


Att  the  Court,  JYovemb'  3,  1635. 


The  GoQn', 
Deputy  Godii', 
M"  Wiiithrop,  Sen"', 
M"'  Dudley, 
M"-  Humfry, 
TNI''  Tresurer, 


M'  Pinchon, 
jM"^  Hough, 
M'  Dumer, 
S :  Bradstreete, 
M''  Nowell. 


IT  was  ordered,  that  the  Deputy  GoQn"^  &  M'  Winthro]j,  Sen',  shall  have 
power  to  examine  all  witnesses  vpon  oath,  concerneing  an  accou  of  the 
case  brought  by  il'  Hough  against  ^M'  MaQacke./ 

"Wliereas  Thomas  Coleman  hath  contracted  with  S''  Richard  Saltonstall, 
&  dyvers  other  gentlem  in  England  &  here,  for  the  keepeing  of  certaine 
horses,  bulls,  &  sheepe,  in  a  geiilall  stocke,  for  the  space  of  three  yeares,  & 
nowe,  since  his  comeing  liither,  hath  bene  exceedeing  necligent  in  discharge- 
ing  the  trust  coiiiitted  to  him,  absenting  himselfe  for  a  longe  tyme  fi'om  the 
said  cattell,  as  also  neclecting  to  provide  howseing  for  them,  by  reason  whereof 
many  of  the  said  cattell  are  dead  already,  &  more  damage  like  dayly  to  accrue 
to  the  said  gentleiii,  it  i§  therefore  ordered,  that  it  shalbe  lawfull  for  the  said 
gentleiii  to  devide  the  oates  &  hay  provided  for  the  said  cattell  amongst  them- 
selues,  &  soe  euery  one  to  take  care  of  their  owne  cattell  for  this  winter./ 

Ordered,  that  John  Pease  shalbe  whipt,  &  bound  to  his  good  behav',  for 
strikeiug  his  mother,  M"^^  Weston,  &  derydeing  of  her,  &  for  dyvers  other 
misdemean",  &  other  evill  carriages./ 

There  is  x^  damages  graunted  Rofete  Coles,  to  be  paid  by  INI''  Fawne, 
whoe  sumoned  him  to  appe  att  this  Court,  &  psecutes  not  against  him./ 

Ordered,  that  .John  Cole  shalbe  whipt,  for  stealeing  a  sheete  and  a  pre  of 
shoes./ 

Ordered,  that  Nich :  Frost  shalbe  imprisoned  till  the  nexte  Court,  when 
a  tryeall  is  to  passe  vpon  him  for  comeing  into  this  jurisdicc,  being  foriiilly 
banished./ 

There  is  admstracon  graunted  to  Isabell  Sackett  of  the  goods  &  chattells 
of  her  husband,  lately  disceased./ 

Sam"  Cole  hath  forfected  xx'  for  selling  2  quarts  of  beare  at  ij*  a  quart./ 

M'  Nowell  is  ffined  iij'  iiij''  for  selling  vryne.f 


Oide'ab'Tho: 
Coleman. 


John  Pease  to 
be  whip*. 


Rob'  Coles 
allow. 

Jn"  Cole  to  be 
whipt  for  steal- 

Nich°  Frost. 


Isubell  Suck- 
et,  adiTist. 

Forfects. 
It  was  loftc 
in  trust  w* 
him  by  a 
friend,  to  soil 
for  him. 


loo 


THE    IIECUIIDS    OF    TIJK    COLON  V    OF 


Ki  3  5.         *.dtt  the  Geifull  Court,  holdcn  att  jYewe  Towiie,  Sept"  2,  1635. 


2  September. 

[*lo9.] 


^ow  Wey- 
mouth. 


Bare  Cou, 
now  Hine. 


3  September. 

241- 


242- 

Woolues. 
Salem. 


P'SENT,      The  GoQu"', 

Deputy  GoQu'', 
JSP  Winthi-op, 
ftp  Huinfry, 
W  Dudley, 


Deputyes, 


M'  Talcott, 

John  Steele, 

M"^  Dan"  Dennison, 

M'  Browne, 

Ensigue  Jeunisou, 

M"^  Howe, 

ISI'  Hutehingson, 

ISI"^  Moody, 

M'  Colbran, 

M'  Brenton, 

M"^  Alcocke, 

M'  Beecher, 

Wiiim  Paiks, 

John  Mousell, 


W  Ti-esu"-, 
M'-  Xowell, 
M'  Hough, 
ISP  Dumer, 
M'^  Bradstreete ; 


Ezekiell  Eichardson, 
M'  Duncom, 
Capt  Mason, 
Wiiim  Gallerd, 
Joseph  ]Metcalfe, 
Humfiry  Bradstreete, 
Wiiim  Bartholmewe, 
Cap?  Turner, 
Edw  :  Tomlpis, 
Tho  :   Stanley, 
Capt  Traske, 
John  Woodberry, 
Jacob  Barney, 
M"^  Jolm  Sjjencer. 


T 


iij' 


HOMAS    ABLEGATE  was  licenced  to  keepe  a  fferry  betwixte  Wessa- 

guscus  &  INIount  WooUiston,  for  wliich  hee  is  to  have  j*  for  eQy  pson,  & 
a  horse./ 

The  name  of  Barecove  is  changed,  &  hereafter  to  be  called  Hingham./ 

The  name  of  Wessaguscus  is  also  changed,  &  hereafter  to  be  called 
Waymothe./ 

The  Court  is  adiorned  till  8  aclocke  to  morrowc./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  there  shalbe  a  plantacon  setled,  aboute  two  mylcs 
above  the  falls  of  Charles  Eyver,  on  the  north  east  syde  thereof,  to  have  ground 
lyeing  to  it  on  both  sydes  the  lyvcr,  both  vjiland  &  meadowe,  to  be  layde  oiit 
hereafter,  as  the  Court  shall  appoynct./ 

It  is  ordered,  th.at  there  shalbe  v^  for  euy  wolfe,  &:  j'  for  oily  foxe,  paide 
out  of  the  trcsury  to  him  that  kills  the  same./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  deputies  of  Salem  shalbe  sent  backe  to  the  ffreemen 
of  theuf  towne  that  sent  them,  to  fetch  satisfacCon  for  their  ires  sent"  to  the 
seiiall  churches,  Avherein  they  have  exceedingly  repched  &  vilifyed  the  magis- 
trates &  deputyes  of  the  Gefiall  Court,  or  els  the  argum'"  of  those  that  will 
defend  the  same  with  the  subscripcon  of  their  names./ 


THE    iMASSACIIUSETTrf    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  157 

It  was  voted,  &  by  gefiiall  ereccon  of  hands  concluded,  that  il""  Eudicott      16  3  5. 
should  be  coinitted,  for  liis  contempt  in  ptesting  against  the  j)ceedeiiig  of  the  ^       ' 

Court ;  and,  vpon  his  submission,  &  full  acknowledijcm'  of  his   offence,  hce  ,,  „   ,. 
was  dismissed./  comittcd. 

It  is  ordered,  that  there  shalbc  a  plantacon  att  jNIusketcqnid,  &  that  there  243- 

shalbe  6  myles  of  land  square  to  belong  to  it,  &  that  the  inhabitants  thereof  '^""'^o'^'^- 
sliall  ha\e  three  yeares  imunities  from  all  pubi  charges,  except  traineings ; 
ffurther,  that  ■when  any  that  plant  there  shall  have  occacon  of  carryemg  of 
goods  tliither,  thej'  shall  repaire  to  two  of  the  nexte  magistrates  where  the 
tcames  are,  whoe  shall  haue  power  for  a  yeare  to  presse  draughts,  att  reason- 
able rates,  to  be  payde  by  the  owners  of  the  goods,  to  transport  their  goods 
thither  att  seasonable  tymes ;  &  the  name  of  the  place  is  changed,  &  hereafter 
to  be  called  Concord./ 

Further,  it  is  agreed,  that,  hereafter,  noe  dwelling  ho-\vse  slialbe  builte  244— 

above  halfe  a  myle  from  the  meeteing  howse,  in  any  newe  plantacon,  grauuted  ^^P  '■  *■*■*• 
att   this  Court,  or  hereafter  to  be   graimted,  without  leaue  from  the  Court,  t.^"   "^  . 

'  o  '  J  nouses  not 

(except  myll  howses  &  fferme  howses  of  such  as  have  their  dwelling  howses  in  ^'"'"''  '^""^  ^ 

^  '  mile  fro  y 

some  towne ;)  Ipsw'''',  Hingham,  Neweberry,  &  Waymothe  to  be  included  in  meetinghouse. 
this  order./ 

Ordered,  that  Waymothe  shall  have  a  deputy  tliis  Court./  245— 

It  is  ordered,  that  whensoeuer  any  serv''  shall  run  from  their  maist",  or  "1  246— 

any  other  inhabitant  shall  privily  goe  away,  with  suspicbu  of  ill  intencSns,  it 
shalbe  lawfull  for  the  nexte  magistrate,  or  the  constable  &  Uvo  of  the  cheife 
inhabitants,  where  noe  magistrate  is,  to  presse  men  &  boates,  or  pynaces,  att 
the  pubi  charge,  to  pursue  such  psons  by  sea  or  land,  &  bring  them  back  by 
force  of  armes./ 

*It  is  ordered,  that,  after  the  last  of  ]March  nexte,  there  shalbe  xij''  apeece      [*  160.1 
paide  (besides  damages  &  charges  of  keepeing)  for  eQy  swine  that  shalbe  taken  Orde'  ab' 

s\\Tne. 

without  a  keep  within  one  myle  of  any  plantacon,  or  flFermes  improved  by  till- 
age, to  be  paide  by  the  owner  of  the  said  swine  to  any  that  shall  impound  the 
same ;  and  also  that  such  swine  soe  impounded  shalbe  ciyed  att  the  two  nexte 
lectures,  &  if  they  be  not  owned  witHn  three  dayes,  it  shalbe  lawfull  for  the 
fty  that  hath  impounded  them  to  gett  them  prized,  &  then  to  sell  them,  & 
deliuer  the  ouerplus  of  the  money  into  the  nexte  Court./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  there  shalbe  fforty  markes  gyven  to  ^P  Thacher,  out  40  m'k>  Riven 

.    ,  1     ,  ■     1  1        "      ,  *  tc.M' Thatcher. 

of  the  tresuiy,  towards  his  late  greate  losses./ 

It  is  ordered,  that,  hereafter,  the  deputyes  to  be  chosen  for  the  Gefiall  247— 

Courts  slialbe  elected  by  paps,  as  the  Gofin'"  is  chosen./  Dopntv 


(30) 

Runna- 
waves. 


3  September. 
Suleiu*  condi- 


158  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

1  G  3  5.  It  is  ordered,  that  if  the  maior  pte  of  the  ffreemen  of  Salem  shall  disclame 

the  ires  sent  lately  from  the  church  of  Salem  to  seQall  chm-ches,  it  shall  tjien 
ho  lawfull  for  them  to  send  deputyes  to  the  Gefiall  Coiu't./ 
cua  to  send  file  Deputy  Gofln'  hath  leaue  from  the  Court  to  intertaine  an  Indean 

deputjes. 

Rich-  Beiung-  "^^  ^"s  ffamily./ 

ii:im,  Esq',  lib-  j(.  jg  ordered,  that  M''  Brenton  shall  finishe,  att  the  pubi  charge,  all  tkit 

e'ty  to  ent.  a 

Indian.  vf'^  is  necessary  to  be  done  att  the  prison  att  Boston./ 

fo"be  Kit°sir  Ordered,  that   the  xx*  w^''  Cap?  Yuderhill  tooke  vpp  of  M'  Cayne   in 

C;ip'  Vnde'hiUs  England,  to  pay  here,  shall  be  remitted  to  him./ 

..     ,,  ,  ,  .„ '  It  is  ordered,  that  Cap?  Vnderhill  shall  have  power  to   send  his  war''  to 

C:ip' Ynde'luUs  '^  •' 

power  to  send    the  coustablcs  of  the  scQall  plantacons,  to  send  in  money  or  worke,  for  three 

out  warrants,  ,  .  «  ~, 

&C.  dayes,  or  soe  much  as  is  behinde,  for  the  iiort  att  Boston,  for  efly  man  (except 

magistrates,  and  officers  of  churches,  &  schoolmaisfs)  that  were  dwellers  here 
before  the  third  of  Septemb"",  1634,  and  that  the  constables  shall  returne  their 
war*'  into  the  nexte  pticular  Court  after  they  receave  them,  att  their  pill, 
provided  that  those  townes  be  required  to  their  worke  first,  that  are  most 
behinde,  according  to  a  former  order./ 

M"-  Thomas  Dudley,  M'  Beecher,  M'  Waltham,  M'^  Duncom,  IM--  Tylley, 
&  M"^  Peirce,  theis  forenamed  gentlem  or  any  three  of  them,  whereof  M' 
Dudley  alwayes  to  be  one,  shall  haue  power  to  consulte,  advise,  &  take  order 
for  the  setting  forwards  &  after  manageing  of  a  fisheing  trade,  &  vpon  their 
accompt,  all  charges  of  dyett  or  otherwayes,  att  the  tymes  of  their  mceteing, 
to  be  allowed  out  of  the  fishing  stocke./ 
[*161.]  *Captaine  Mason  is   aucthorized  by  the   Court  to  presse  men  &  carts  to 

Fo't  at  Cha's    jjgjpg  towards  the  ffinishing  of  the  ffort  att  Castle  Ileand  for  all  manner  of 

Tow.  '^  ° 

worke  that  is  to  be  clone  there./ 

M''  Tresurer  &  M'  Nowell  are  deputed  by  the  Court  to  take  an  accompt 
of  M'  Ludlowe,  for  all  such  somes  of  money  that  hee  hath  receaved  of  the 
Tresurer  for  the  ffort  att  Castle  Ileland,  &  to  returne  the  same  into  the  Court./ 

M''  Dumer  is  deputed  to  buy  leade  for  the  coQing  of  the  ffort  att  Castle 
Ileland./ 

Ordered,  that  there  shalbe  cc*  levyed  out  of  the  scQall  plantacbns,  to  be 
pnide  to  the  Tresurer,  before  the  nexte  sessions  of  this  Court,  vzj  :  — 

Newberry,  ....  07*  10=  00"  VVaterton,  ....  19*  10^  OO'i 

IpsW-h, 14  00  00  Boston,  ....  25  10  00 

Salem, 16  06  00  Rocksbury,       ...  19  05  00 

Saugus,    •    .     .     .     .  11  on  00  Dorchest%  .     .     .     .  26  05  00 

Charles  Towne,     .     .  15  00  00  Ilingham,  ....  06  00  00 

Waymothe,      .     .     .  04  00  00  ]\Ioadford,  .     .     .     .  09  15  00 

Newe  Towne,        .     .  20  05  00 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  159 

John  Wintlu-op,  Sen'',  &  John  Humfiy,  Es^,  are  intreatcil  by  the  Court      1  (I  3  5. 
to  vewe  the  bounds  of  Ipsw'"''  &  Neweberry,  &   to   inlbrmc   the   ucxte   Court  ''       ' 

howe  they  may  conveniently  be  bounded./  Comittcc  to 

The  Deputy  GoOn'  &  W  Duncom  are   deputed  by  the  Court  to  take  M'  P'v^e  Nubmy 

*       '  1.  J  bounds. 

Ilumfiyes  accompt  of  whatsoeuer  hee  hath  receavcd  &  disbursed  for  the  pub-  M'  Humfry 
lique,  except  such  moneyes  as  hee  hath  receaved  of  the  present  Tresurer./  taken.'"  '^ 

The  order  that  enioyned  ]\I''  Sam"  MaQacke  to  remove  liis  habitacbn  to  M'  Mau'ks  re- 
Boston  before  the  last  of  Decemb''  nexte  is  repealed./ 

AMltm  Westwood  is  sworne  constable   of  the  plantacons  att  Conecticott  \v»\Vostw(.od,. 

..,.  .,         ,         ,  ,  constable.  Con 

tdl  some  other  be  chosen./  necticutt. 

Sam"   Cole,  John   Maisf%  Rofcte    Andrewes,   W    Stileman,  &  Frauncis  248- 

Plumer  are  licensed  to  keepe  seQall  ordinarycs   in   the   plantacSns  where  thev  ^"'""'P'* ''" 

^  ^  ^  J    cens*. 

ly  ve  dureing  the  pleasure  of  y*"  Court./  249— 

There  is  power  graunted  to  any  magistrate  to  sweare   a  constable  att  any  ^°^^,  a°con'sta- 

plantacbn  att  Conecticott,  when  the  inhabitants  shall  desire  the  same./  ^'''  ■''  '-'"'i'"''^- 

^  _  '  ticot. 

Ordered,   that  the  gran-jury  shall  have   their  charges  of  dyett  allowed  ■)  250— 

them  out  cf  the  tresury,  &  tliat  the  petty  jury  shall  have  iij"  allowed  them  for   \{^^) 
eQy  triall  they  passe  vpon,  to  be  payde  by  him  that  rccouers  the  suyte./  ompenc. 

The  Court  is  adiorned  to  the  Thursday  after  the  nexte  pticul''  Court./ 

*It  was  ordered  that  John  Holland   shall  keepe   a  fFerry  betwixte   the      [*162.] 
Capt.  Poynte  att  Dorchesf,  &  M''  Newberryes  Creeke,  for  w'=''  hee  is  to  have  j^„  Hoiimd  to 
iiij"*  a  peece  for  eQy  single  pson  hee  transports,  &  iij*  a  peece  if  there  he  two  keep  a  ferry 
or  more./  Point  &  M' 

Ordered,  that  M'  Colbran  shall  have  v*  allowed  him  out  of  the  tresury  ,„  ,,     ' , , 

•^    5"  allowed  for  a 

to  builde  a  howse  for  Rotite  Wing  in  Boston,  &  to   be  accomptable  to  the  house  for  Kob' 

Wing. 

Court  for  the  same,  as  also  that  such  fuilher  charges   as   shalbe   occaconed  by 

the  said  Wing,  or  his  wife,  shalbe  borne  by  the  publique./ 

Ordered,  that  John  Smyth  shalbe  sent  witliin  theis  6  weekes  out  of  this  .in' Smith  ban- 
ish*. 
jurisdiccbn,  for  dyvers  dangerous  opinions,  w<=''  hee  holdeth,  &  hath  dyvulged, 

if  in  the  meane  tyme  he  removes  not  himselfe  out  of  tlris  plantacon./ 

There  is  power  gyven  to  M''  Dumer  to  sweare  a  constable  att  Neweberrj ./   M'  Dume'  to 

M''  Longe  is  leucensed  to  keepe  a  howse  of  intertainem'  att  Charles  Towne 

252— 
for  horse  &  man./  .  jj,  Long~ii-~ 

Ordered,  that  the  bounds  of  Eocksbury,  on  both  sydes  the  towne,  shalbe  '^''"^'• 

253— 
vewed,  &  a  plott  thereof  di-awne,  &  soe  returned  into  the  nexte  Geflall  Court./   ^,|,  jjpxbury 

Ensigne  Jcnnison  &  ]\I''  Aspinwall  are  appoyncted  to  doe  it./  bounds. 

The  lawe   that  prohibited   takeing  above  iiij''  in   the   shilling  pfhtt  for  jj 
coinodities,  &  that  v^^  restrained  workemens- wages  to  a  certainety,  as  also  that  ^^"'"°  *J®' 
w'""  restrained   men   for  goeing  aboard  shipps    till  a  certaine  tyme,  &  that  Wages  free. 


leo 


THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


1635. 


3  September. 
Cap'  inaint<*  by 
town. 

Char's  Tow  & 
Wate'  To  2 
company. 
Highways  to 
be  amended. 


Pljmoth  to  be 
avded. 


Attachm**  to 
goe  out  ag* 
constables. 


[*163.] 

M'  Jn*  Wiu- 
tlirop  Jun' 
sworne. 

254- 

Conncfticot 
lent  2  (Iraki's 
p'.  lOi. 


255- 


C32)<; 

Excessive 
wages  & 
prizes  of 
coiTiodityes 
punishable. 


256- 


M'  Rogef  Wil- 
Ijams  confine- 
ment, &u. 


•^ych  ordered  inillitary  oificers  to  liauc  their  iiiaiaetenancc  out  of  the  tresury, 
are  repealed.  And  it  is  agreed  that  eQy  company  shall  mainetaiue  their 
owne  oiKcers./ 

Further,  it  ■fl'as  agreed,  that  Charles  Towne  &  Waterton  shalbe  two  dis- 
tinct companyes,  &  to  haiie  officers  of  their  owne./ 

Ordered,  that  the  high  wayes  betwixte  Ipsw''''  &  Saugiis,  &  betwixte 
Ipsw"'''  &  Xeweberry,  shalbe  mended  by  the  inhabitants  of  the  towues,  where 
they  are,  before  the  nexte  pticular  Court./ 

Agreed,  that  Plymothe  shalbe  ayded  ■with  men  &  municbn  to  supplant  the 
French  att  Penopscott.  And  it  was  ordered,  that  Capt  Sellanova  shalbe  sent 
for,  to  conferre  with  aboutc  this  busines,  &  recompenced  out  of  the  tresuiy 
for  his  payues,  if  hee  be  not  imployed./ 

It  was  ordered,  that  there  shall  attatchm*^  goe  out  against  all  those  consta- 
bles that  paye'  not  in  their  last  rates  to  the  Tresu"",  before  tlris  Coiut 
breakes  yp\>./ 

*M'"  Winthi-op,  Ju"",  being  formerly  chosen  an  Assistant,  did  nowe  take  an 
oath  to  liis  said  place  belonginge./ 

It  was  ordered,  that  there  shalbe  two  drakes  lent  to  the  plantacons  att 
Conecticott,  to  ffbrtilie  themselues  withall,  as  also  sixe  barrells  of  powder,  (3 
out  of  Waterton,  2  out  of  Dorchester,  &  2  out  of  Eocksbury,)  also  200  shott, 
with  other  implem''  belonging  to  the  peeces,  that  may  conveniently  be  spared, 
all  w'"^  are  to  be  returned  againe  vpon  demaund.  Captaine  Vnderliill  &  M' 
Beecher  are  to  deliuer  theis  things./ 

Whereas  two  former  lawes,  the  one  concerneing  the  wages  of  workemen, 
ihe  other  concerneing  the  prizes  of  coiiiodyties,  were  for  dyvers  good  consid- 
eracons  repealed  this  ^sent  Court,  nowe,  for  avoydeing  such  mischeifes  as 
may  followe  there-\-pon  by  such  ill  disposed  psons  as  may  take  liberty  to  op- 
presse  &  wronge  their  neighb'''',  by  takeing  excessiue  wages  for  worke,  or  vn- 
reasonable  prizes  for  such  necessary  merchancUzes  or  oth"^  coiiiodyties  as  shall 
passe  from  man  to  man,  it  is  therefore  nowe  ordered,  y'  if  any  man  shall  of- 
fend in  any  of  the  said  cases  against  the  true  intent  of  this  lawe,  hee  shalbe 
punished  by  ffine  or  imprisonm',  according  to  the  quallity  of  the  oifence,  as 
the  Court  vpon  laA\full  tryall  &  convlccou  shall  adiudge./ 

It  was  ordered,  that  efly  towne  vpon  Conecticott  shall  haue  liberty  to 
chuse  their  owne  constable,  whoc  shalbe  sworne  by  some  magistrate  of  this 
Court./ 

Whereas  M''  Roger  Williams,  one  of  the  elders  of  the  clnuxh  of  Salem, 
hath  broached  &  dyvulged  dyvcis  newe  &  dangerous  opinions,  against  the 
aucthoritic  of  magistrates,  as  also  writt  ires  of  dofamaoon,  both  of  the  magis- 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IX    NEW    ENGLAND.  161 

trates  &  churches  here,  &  that  before  any  conviccoa,  &  yet  mainetaineth  the      1  (5  3  5. 
same  ■without  retraccon,  it  is   therefore   ordered,  that  the    said   M''  Williams  '' 

i>        ■  '    I-  'I''  1  **^  September. 

shall  depte  out  of  this  junsdiccttn  within  sixe  weekes  iiowe  nexte  ensueing, 
■w"^  if  hee  neglect  to  pforme,  it  shalbe  lawfull  for  the  GoQn'  &  two  of  the 
magistrates  to  send  him  to  some  place  out  of  this  jurisdiccttu,  not  to  returne 
any  more  without  licence  from  the  Court./ 

M"'  Sam"  Sharpe  is  enioyned  to  appeare  att  the  nexte  pticular  Court,  to  M' Sam:  Sharp 
answere  for  the  ire  tliat  came  from  the  church  of  Salem,  as  also  to  bring  the 
names  of  those  that  will  iustifie  the  same,  or  els  to  acknowledge  his  offence 
vnder  his  owne  hand  for  his  owiie  pticular./ 

It  was  ordered,  that  the  coinission  for  martiall  cbssipliue  shall  continue  Coiuission's 
tiU  the  end  of  the  nexte  Gefiall  Court,  &  in  the  roome  of  ^P  Ludlowe,  whoe  ^ipiine  to  con- 
is  dismissed,  M''  William  Peirce  is  chosen./  *'""^'  *'^- 

&  ffurther,  it  is  agreed,  that  the  said  coinission'*  shall  have  full  power  to 
assist  o"^  neighb's  att  Plymothe,  for  the  supplanting  of  the  French  att  Penop- 
scott,  or  els  where,  in  any  other  busines  of  that  nature  that  may  be  occac&ned 

thereby./  r*164  1 

*Lastly,  it  was  ordered,  that  none  but  tt'recmon  shall  have  any  vote  in    i  257— 

any  towne,  in  any  accSn  of  aucthoritie,  or  ne:-essity,  or  that  which  belongs  to 
them  bv  vcrtue  of  their  ffreedomc,  as  receaveing  inhabitants,  &  layeing  out 
of  lotts,  id./ 


CSS) 

Freemen 
only  ha\e 
power  to 
vote. 


[The  followijif;  boundaries  of  several  towns  appear  to  have  been  recorded  in  this  plaee  in  1C3C,  part 
of  the  page  having  been  left  blank.] 

The  Bounds  layde  out  betweene  llingham  &  Waymothe  by  the  Order  of  the 
Geiiall  Court,  by  M'"  Newebcrry,  disccascd,  «&  "W'iitm  Phelpes.     "\'ide  253. 

The  ryver  betweene  llingham  &  Waymothe,  runing  on  the  east  syde  of  258- 
Waymothe,  to  be  their  bounds,  vnto  a  creekc  on  the  east  syde  of  the  ryver,  Je'^'b'^Jfin"'^*.'' 
that  creeke  being  their  bounds  to  the  head  of  it,  to  an  oake  marked,  &  soe  their  cording  to 

y  wTitcing 
lyne  to  run  into  the  countrie,  vpon  the  same  poynte  that  boundeth  Boston  &  they  dJ  into 

Wavmothe  ;   also  wee  appovncted  AVavmothe  to  make  vse  of  all  the  timber  on  „.     ' 

■"  '  jrr    .-  .  Hmgham  & 

Hingham  syde,  from  a  cove  called  Lovells  Cove,  vpwai'd  in  the  ryver  halfe  a  Weymouth 
myle  in  bredth  &  three  quarters  of  a  mile  in  lenght,  for  the  space  of  fForty 
yeares ;   also   wee   phibited  Waymothe   for   makeing  any  improuem'  of  the 
ground./  By  mee, 

WILL*'    PIIELPES. 
VOL.   I.  21 


162 


THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


1  (5  3  (;,  The  28'"  day  of  the  first  moneth,  1636. 

Agreed  by  vs,  whose  names  are  viider  written,  that  the  bounds  betweene 
Boston  &  Charles  To^vne,  on  the  nor  east  syde  Misticke  Ryver,  shall  run  from 
the  fnked  tree  vpon  the  rocky  hill  above  Rumney  Marshe,  neere  the  written 


28  March. 

259- 

Boston  & 

Charles  Town  •    i       i  i  •  i  •  i 

bounds  on  Mis-  tree  uore-nore  west   vpon  a  straight  lyne  by  a  meridean  compas  vpp  into  the 
countrie./  ABRAHAM    PALMER, 

WILL"   CHEESEBROUGH, 
WILL"   SPENCER. 


tick  side. 


260- 

Dorchester 

bounds. 


The  bounds  of  Dorchesf  is  to  run  from  the  outside  of  M'^  Rossiters 
fFernie,  nexte  the  sea,  to  the  fFoote  of  y''  greate  hill,  from  a  iiiked  tree  to  a 
second  niked  tree,  in  a  straight  lyne  to  the  topp  of  the  Blue  Hills,  nexte 
Naponsett,  soiithe  west  &  by  west  halfe  a  poynte  wesfly,  &  all  the  mai'she 
ground  from  the  south  east  syde  of  M''  Newberrys  howse,  alonge  Naponsett 
Ryver,  to  M'  Stoughtons  myll,  to  lye  to  Dorchesf,  &  all  the  rest  of  the 
vpland  &  marshe  from  M''  Rossiters  fferme  to  the  sea,  &  soe  to  tlie  mouthe 
of  the  lyv""  beyonde  ]\Iiiiotiquid  Ryver,  ruhing  into  ^  coiuitrie  southward  & 
to  the  west,  to  lye  to  Boston,  onely  excepting  such  land  as  they  have  right 
to  by  graimt  of  the  Court  fornJly./  ROBTE    FEKE, 

JOHN   TALCOTT. 


1635. 

fi  October. 

[*165.] 


Se'vants  rung 
away. 


*Jltt  the  Court,  holden  att  JVewe  Townc,  Octof  6'\  1635. 


Pkesent,     The  GoQn'", 

Deputy  GoQii'', 
M"^  Winthi-op, 
W  Dudley, 
M''  Tresvu'er, 


M""  Pinchon, 
M'  Hough, 
M''  Nowell, 
S :  Bradstreete. 


IT  was  ordered,  that  Clem'  Cole,  Peter  Pyford,  Simon  Bird,  Wiihn  Baiker, 
Wiiim  Downes,  &  George  Wilby  shalbe  whipt  for  ruiiing  from  their 
maisters,  &  for  stealeing  a  boate  &  dyV's  others  things  with  them,  as  also  shall 
glue  satisfacoon  to  the  country  for  their  charges  in  sending  to  fetch  them 
home,  &  likewise  shall  serve  their  said  maisters  twice  soe  longe  att  the  end  of 
their  tyme,  as  they  have  bene  absent  from  their  masters  service,  by  reason 
of  their  nming  away,  &  for  Cole  &  Byford  the  Court  will  consider  of  some 
further  puuishm*  for  them./ 

Ordered,  that  Dan"  White  shalbe  scucrcly  Avhipt  &  fFyned  v*  for  stealeing 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    J5AY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND. 


163 


a  golde  ring  &  a  haukercHue,  out  of  w''''  ffiue  satisfaccSn  slialbe  made  to  those 
that  have  bene  att  charges  in  keepcing  him  after  hee  was  apprehended./ 

Whereas  Beniarayu  Feltou  hath  brought  into  this  country  one  Kofete 
Scarlett,  a  knowen  theife,  whoe  since  liis  comeing  hither  hath  coiiiitted  dyvcrs 
fellonyes,  ^('?,  as  appeareth  by  his  exarainacon,  — 

It  is  therefore  ordered,  that  the  said  Scarlett  shalbe  scucrcly  whipt  & 
branded  in  the  forehead  with  a  T,  &  after  sent  to  liis  said  maister,  whome  the 
Court  enioynes  to  send  the  said  Scaidett  out  of  tliis  jurisdiccon,  &  in  the 
meane  tyme  to  be  lyeable  to  satisfie  for  such  damages  as  lais  said  serv'  shall 
doe  to  any  pson,  &  also  shall  pay  x'  to  M"^  Stileman,  the  constable,  for  liis 
charges  in  kcepeing  him  &  bringing  of  him  to  the  Court./ 

It  was  ordered,  that  Richard  Louge  shalbe  ffined  v*  for  contempt  of 
aucthoritie,  &  for  ryveiug  dyv"  good  trees  into  clapboards,  and  selling  of 
them  from  AVaymothe  towne,  the  v."^  trees  hee  was  appoyncted  to  fell  for 
shingles  for  the  ftbrt  att  Castle  Ileland,  &  that  the  said  money  shalbe  gyven  to 
the  towne  of  Waymothe  towards  the  makeing  of  a  bridge  there./ 

With  the  consent  &  att  the  desire  of  Hemy  Seawall,  &  Ellen  his  wife, 
the  Court  hath  ordered  that  his  saide  wife  shalbe  att  her  owne  disposeall,  for 
the  place  of  her  habitac6n,  &  that  her  saide  husband  shall  allowe  her  her  weare- 
ing  appell,  &  xx*  p  ann,  to  be  paidc  r[uarterly,  as  also  a  bedd  with  fumitui-e 
to  it./ 

Josuah  Huyes  hath  fForfect  v^  for  knyves,  &  iiij^  vj""  for  a  sythe,  w'*'  hee 
solde  for  above  iiij''  in  the  shilling  pffitt./ 

Edward  Gyles  was  ffined  xP  for  knoweing  liis  wife  carnally  before 
marriage./ 

John  Galley  was  ffined  xx'  for  the  like  offence./ 


1  G  3  5. 

6  October. 

1  E. 

A  theife 
punisJit. 


For  feet. 


M'  Seawall 
injoyncd  to 
p'^vide  for  M" 
Sewalls  pro- 
uision. 


Joshua  Hues. 


-Forfects. 


*Jlt  the  Court,  holdcn  att  JVewc  Towne,  March  l'\  1635. 


Pkesent, 


The  Goun"", 
Deputy  GoQn"", 
M'  Wmthrop, 
M"'  Dudley, 
M'-  Tresu--, 


M''  Pinchon, 
M''  Nowell, 
M'^  Hough, 
M"'  Dumcr, 
S :  Brad.streetc. 


1(;3  5-G. 

1  Mavih. 

[*1G(5.]. 


IT  was  ordered,  that ^11  the  bills  &  writeings  aboute  one  Eofete  Way  shalbe  r,j1,>  Way  syr- 
dellQcd  into   the  Court,  &  that  Ensigne   Jennison,  Edward  Burton,  &  ^jj'"^;J  ^  ^^^ 
Sam"  Hosier,  shall  pay  xx'  apeece  to  Wiilm  Almy,  as  also  that  the  said  Rofete  P^y.  ^^■ 
Way  shalbe  taken  from  ISI"'  Stoughton,  where  nowe  hee  is,  &  putt  to  the  said 


164  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

1  6  3  5-6.   Wiiim  Almy,  &  him  shall  serve  till  hee  hath  satisfyed  the  some  of  iij*,  v,'^ 
"      y~~^    if  hee  doe,  hee  shall  pay  xx*  thereof  backe  againe  to  Sam"  Hosier./ 
,„    '  '      '  Whereas,  iu  a  suite  betwixte  David  Johnson  &  Wiiim  Almy,  conccrne- 

w™  Almy"  sat-  ' 

isfaCon  from      j^g  one  Janics  Liulam,  sometimes  serv*  to  either  of  them,  there  was  a  iudgem' 

James  Lml-  ^  t-*       •  i     t    i  i 

dam.  of  v*  graunted  to  AViihn  Almy  against  David  Johnson,  but  upon  some  con- 

sideracon  execucon  was  resi^ited,  &  nowe,   by  consent  of  all  ptyes,  it  was 

^'"®'  asrreed  that  the  said  v*  shalbe  borne  equally  betwixte  them,  that  is  to  say,  that 

Rich ;  Phelp         ^ 

find  40'  for        the  widd  Johnson  shall  pay  fyve  nobles,  &  James  Ludam  the  soine  of  fy ve 

drunkenes.  .      ^ttmi         *i  o    i  i  i 

Antho  Co  's  nobles  to  the  said  W iirni  Almy,  &  hee  to  loose  the  rest./ 

bond  forfeited.  Richard  Phelpcs  \\as  ftj'ned  xP  for  di-unkenes./ 

tween  M'  Anthoiiy  Coop  iforfected  his  recognizance  of  xl*  for  nonappance./ 

Dumer  &  M-  '^^^^  difference  betwixte  ]\I''  Dumer  &  Jehu  Eurr  aboute  M"'  Duiners  swine 

Burr  refe*^. 

Seu'  bonds  for-  spoyleing  his  corne  is,  by  then-  consent,  referd  to  the  ffinall  determinacon  of 

Joceiy' Jn°       Wiiim  Parke,  Goodm  Potter,  &  Goodiu  Porter./ 

Pickng,  &  Henry  Joslyii,  gent,  John  Pickrin,  &  Nicholas  Frost,  all  of  Paskataq,, 

Nick.  Frost.  ^  ^  i 

Griffin  Moun-    have  forfectsd  their  recognizance  of  c*  for  not  apping  att  this  Court./ 
h'^^b  "d  ^  GrifHn  Montague  fforfected  his  recognizance  of  xx*  for  nonappance./ 

James  Luddam  James  Ludam  ^^•as  ffined  x^  for  drunkenes  ;  &  it  is  ordered,  that  Knight, 

find  -1U»  for  be- 
ing drunk.         the  witiies,  shalbe  p''  out  of  it./ 


[*167.] 

3  March. 

*Att  the  Gen'all  Court,  holden  att  JVi 
Present,     The  GoQn'-, 

iwe  Towne,  March  3, 

M'  Pinchon, 

Deputy  GoQn'', 
M'^  Wintlii-op,  Sen', 
M'  Humfry, 

M'  Nowell, 
M>-  Hough, 
M''  Duiner, 

.    M'  Dudley, 
M''  Tresurer, 

S:  Bradstreete ; 

M"^  Rich :  Saltonstall,  M''  Will :  Spencer, 

M'^  John  Spencer,  M'  John  Talcott, 

M'  Dan"  Dennison,  John  Johnson, 

M'  Townesend  Bishop,  George  Alcocke, 

Capt  Traske,  Leiueten'  Morris, 

M"^  Tho  :  Scruggs,  M"'  Duncom, 

Cap?  Turner,  Wiiim  Gallerd, 

M'  Beecher,  George  Minor, 

Ralfe  Sprage,  Ensigne  Jennison, 

Tho  :  Lyne,  Leiuet*  Feakes, 

]\I'^  Will :  Hutchingson,  M''  Pennleton, 

M--  Wiiim  Colbran,  M'  Will :  Barthohnewe, 

M'  Wiiim  Brenton,  >I'  Will :  A\'oods. 
W  J\lath :  Allen. 


T 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IX    NEW    ENGL.OD.  1G5 

HOMAS  APLEGATE  was  discharged  of  keepeing  the  ffciry  of  Way-    1  6  3  5-6 
mothe,  &  Henry  Kingman  lycenced  to  keepc  the  saide  fferry  durcing  the    ^      ^ 

3  Marcli 

pleasure  of  the  Comt./ 

Ordered,  tliat  there  shalbc  xx*  g}'vcn  Edward  Bendall  out  of  tlie  tresury 
towards  the  losse  of  his  lighter./ 

IM""  Tresurer  &  INI"'  Nowell  being  deputed  to  take  the  accompts  of  M'^ 
Eoger  Ludlowe,  for  moncyes  that  hee  hath  receaved  &  disbursed  for  the 
pubt,  hath  nowe  exhibited  the  said  accompt  into  Court  vuder  their  hands,  & 
it  appeares  that  the  coiuitry  owes  him  the  soiiie  of  iij*  vij"  iij'',  &  for  losse  in 
beav"'  soe  much  as  makes  the  s**  soiiie  vpp  x*,  w''*'  the  Coiut  appoynts  the  Tres- 
urer forthw"'  to  pay  liim./ 

M""  Hutchingson  &  ^L'  Wiihn  Spencer  are  deputed  to  take  the  accompts 
of  M""  Simkms,  &  to  returne  the  same  into  the  nexte  Court./ 

Leiiieten'  Morris  is  chosen  leiueten'  of  the  fFort  att  Castle  Hand  in  the  Morris  lef  of 

ye  foi't. 

roome  of  M''  Gibbous,  whoe  is  dismissed./ 

It  is   ordered,  that  the  iiiliabitants  of  Boston  shall  have  the  vse  of  sixe  Boston. 
peeces  of  ordinances,  &  that  there  shalbe  xxx*  in  money  gyven  to  them,  towards 
the  makeing  of  a  plattforme  att  the  ffoote  of  the  Fort  Ilill  att  Boston,  &  the 
iuliabitants  of  the  saide  towne  are  to  finlshe  the  said  worke  att  their  own  pp 
charges  before  the  GeEall  Court  in  May  nexte./ 

Ordered,  likewise,  that  there  shalbe  xx*  gj'ven  out  of  the  tresury  to  the 
inhabitants  of  Charles-Towne,  to  make  a  platformc  &  brestworke  for  tlu-ee  Charts, 
peeces  of  ordinances,  att  the  hill  foote  there ;  &  the  inhabitants  of  the  said 
towne  are  to  finish  the  said  worke,  att  their  owne  pp  charges,  before  the  Gefilall 
Court  in  May  nexte./ 

It  was  proued  this  Court  that  Marble  Necke  belongs  to  Salem./  261- 

Ordered,  that  there  shalbe  Iv*  payde  to  M-^  Cradocke,  &  1*  to  M'  Shep-  262- 

heard ;  also,   that  whoesoeuer   owes  any  money  to   the  country,  or  that  the  *^'  Shep'^  al- 
country  owes  money  to,  shall  bring  their  accompts  into  the  GeEall  Court  in 
May  nexte ;  &  also,  that  etiy  towne  &  pson  that  have  any  goods  or  stocke 
belonging  to  the  country  shall  doe  the  like./ 

Ensigne  Perkins  is  dischai-ged  of  his  office  of  ensigne./ 

Ordered,  that  the  coinission"  for  milUtary  dissipline  shall  appoynct  eQy  263- 

company  what  col"  they  shall  have./ 

Further,  it  is  ordered,  that  there  shalbe  thi-ee  hundred  pounds  levyed  out 
of  the  seQall  plantacons,  for  pubhque  vses,  vzj  :  — 

•Newberry,     .     .     11*  0-5'  00'         Salem,      ...     24    00    00  [*168.] 


Ipsw'=\.     .      . 

.     .     25    00    00 

Chaidton, . 

.     23    00    00 

Saugus,    .     . 

.     15    10    00 

Waymothe,   . 

.     03    05    00 

Castle  Island. 


10  of  a  towne 
arme'^. 


166  THE    REC011D3    OF    THE    COLONY    OF 

1635-6.            Newe-Towne,     .     42*  00^  00'         Eocksbmy,  .  .  30  00  00 

-^-Y— '             Watertowue,       .      30    00    00           Dorchester,  .  .  37  10  00 

SMaich.              Boston,     ...     37    10    00          Hiugham,  .  .  06  00  00 

JMeadford,  .  .  15  00  00 

Men  to  work  at  Ordered,  tli;it  there  shalbe  12  men  sent  weekely  to  worke  att  the  ffort  att 

Castle  Ileland,  bv  the  constable  of  Dorchest'',  Eocksbury,  Boston,  Newe 
To'rnie,  Watertou,  &  Charlton,  that  is  to  say,  t^vo  out  of  each  towuc,  ■^^■hoe 
shalbe  paide  out  of  the  trcsury./ 

Further,  it  is  ordered,  that  the  Geflall  Court,  to  be  liolden  in  May  nexte, 
for  eleccbn  of  magistrates,  ^(3,  shalbe  holden  att  Boston,  &  that  the  toAvnes  of 
Ipsw'''',  Neweberry,  Salem,  Saugus,  "Waymothe,  &  Iliugham  shall  have  libertie 
to  stay  soe  many  of  their  fFreemen  att  home,  for  the  safty  of  their  toAvne,  as 
they  iudge  needefull,  &  that  the  saide  ffreemen  that  are  appoyncted  by* the 
towne  to  stay  att  home  shall  have  liberty  for  this  Coiut  to  send  their  A'oices 
by  pxy./ 

Also,  it  is  agreed,  that  all  other  townes  that  are  neerer  shall  send  ten  of 
theii'  members  out  of  each   towne  to  the  said  Court,  compleatly  armed  with 
musketts,  swords,  shotts,  {S./ 
None  to  buy  Fuitlier  ordered,  that  noe  pson  shall  buy  any  comoditie  of  any  shipp,  {d, 

ship  goods  but  jj^^  j.|^g  maisf  of  the  said  vesscll  hath  gyven  an  invoice  of  all  the  coiTiodityes 

by  licence.  '-  • 

hee  hath  to  sell,  to  the  GoQn'^  or  Deputy  Covin'"  for  the  time  being,  &  that 
none  shall  buy  any  pvision  of  victualls  till  the  GoQn''  or  Deputy  GoQn'',  or 
some  two  of  the  other  magistrates,  have  gyA'en  liberty  to  some  pson  to  buy ; 
this  order  to  continue  for  the  space  of  foure  monthcs  nexte  ensueing./ 

Also,  it  is  ordered,  that  noe  pson  w*socuer  shall  buy  any  pvisions  of 
victualls  (to  sell  againe,  or  to  carry  out  of  tliis  jurisdiceou)  of  any  shipp  or 
other  vessell  that  shall  come  into  the  bay,  till  ffurther  leave  be  gyven  by  the 
maior  pte  of  the  magistrates  of  Boston  &  Charlton,  vnder  paiiie  of  such  pun- 
ishm'  as  the  Court  shall  thinke  mcete  to  inflict./      Eep.  287. 

For  explinacbn  of  an  order,  117,  made  att  the  GeSall  Court,  m  May, 
1G34,  it  is  ordered,  that,  hereafter,  all  men  shalbe  rated  in  all  rates  for  their 
whole  abilitie,  wheresoeuer  it  Ives./ 

265—  Agreed,  that  Newe  To-\\-no  bounds   shall  run  8  myles   into  the  countiy. 

New  To  bounds   r  ^i     •  .    •         , 

«  mile,  &c.  "'°"''  '^"^'''  »icctei"g  howse./   . 

[*]69.]  *Ensigne  Jennison,  M"^  Damforth,  &  M'  Wiiim  Spencer  are  deputed  to 

266-  sett  out  the  bounds  of  the  newe  plantacSn  above  Charles  Ejrver,  against  all 
bounds  to  be  o^^icr  townes  that  iojTies  vpon  it,  &  each  towne  is  pmitted  to  send  one  of  their 
lajd  out.  members-  to  accompany  them  ;  also,  they  ai-e  to  vewe  the  meadowe  aboule  the 


264- 

(35) 

Rates. 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  1G7 

Blue  Ilills,  &  to  iuformc  the  nexte  Gciiall  Court  to  %vliat  townes  it  may  most    1  (J  3  5-6. 
conveniently  be  layde./  ^' 

3  March. 

rurtlier  ordered,  tliis  present  Court,  that  the  Gefiall  Court,  to  be  holdcn  q„_ 

in  ^lay  nexte,  for  eletcon  of  magistrates,  &  soe  from  tymc  to  tyme,  as  occacon  a  standing 
shall  require,  shall  elect  a  ccrtaine  number  of  magistrates  for  tearme  of  their 
lyves,  as  a  standing  counsaile,  not  to  be  removed  l)ut  vpon  due  conviccon  of 
crime,  insufficiency,  or  for  some  other  waightie  cause ;  the  GoQn'"  for  the 
tyme  being  to  be  alwayes  president  of  this  counsaile,  &  to  have  such  fiuther 
power  out  of  Court  as  the  Geiiall  Courts  shall,  from  tyme  ^  ^,  indue  them 
withall./ 

Ordered,  that  there  shalbe  a  plantacon  setled  att  Wcnicunnelt,  &  that  M"^  268- 

Dumer  &  ^M""  John  Spencer  shall  have  power  to  presse  men  to  builde  a  howse  Winnicumct, 

now  Hampton, 

forthw"",  in  some   convenient  place ;  &  what  money  they  lay  out  aboute  it  &c. 
shalbe  repaide  them  againe  out  of  the  trcsury,  or  by  those  that  come  to  inliab- 
ite  there./ 

Ordered,  that  the  malor  pte  of  the  magistrates  shall  have  power  from  time  269— 

to  time  to  dispose  of  the  sitting  downe  of  men  in  any  newe  plantacon,  &  that  M»?is'  powe' 

to  order  new 

none  shall  goe  ■without  leave  from  them./  planters. 

Ordered,  that  the  bounds  of  Waterton  shall  run  eight  myles  into  the  coun-  2T0— 

try,  from  their   meeteing  howse,  within   the   lynes   already  sett   out ;  &  it  is  bounds  of 

Water  Towne. 

agreed,  that  S''  Richard  SaltonstaU  shall  have  one  hundi-ed  acres  of  the  mead-  S'  Ri :  Saiton- 
owe,  to  be  sett  out  indifferently  by  John  Pratt  &  "Wiiim  Eescue./  ^*''*' 

It  is  referd  to  Jolin  Humfry,  Es^,  &  Cap?  Turner  to  sett  out  the  bounds  271— 

betwixte   Salem  &  Ipsw'^'',  &  betwixte   Ipsw*  &  Newbcny,  before  midsumer  s^lem,  Ips- 

vdi-h,  &  New- 

nexte,  as  also  to  vewe  &  informe  the  nexte  Gefilall  Court  if  there  may  not  be  bury  bov.nds. 
another   to-mie  conveniently  setled  betwixte  them  ;  &  it  is  agreed,  that  the  B  : 
bounds  of  the  said  townes  shall  run  sixe  myles  apeece  into  the  country./ 

With  the  consent  of  the  deputies  of  Dorchesf  &  Rocksbury,  it  [is]  referd  272— 

to  Capl  Traske,  ]M''  Palmer,  &  Wiiim  Cheeseb[rough,]   or  any  two  of  them,  R<"'burj'  & 

Dorchester 

to   sett   out   the  bounds  bet'oixte   Rocks[buiy  «&]   Dorchesf,  which  they  are  bounds. 
appoyncted  to  doe  befo[re]  midsumer  nexte./ 

*The  GoQn'',  Deputy  GoQn'',  &  John  Winthrop,  Sen"",  Es^,  or  any  two      r*170.1 
of  them,  are  intreated  to  vewe  ShaAvcsliin,  &  soe  to  informe  the  nexte  Gefiall  ConUttee  to 

/-I  1*1  •  1  /^  1  p  1  vcjw  Shawshin. 

Court  whither  or  noe  it  may  not  be  a  fitt  place  for  a  plantacon./ 

It  is  agreed,  that  the  iiiiunitie  of  Concord  for  three  yeares  shall  begin  273— 

the  first  of  October  nexte,  &  that  none  shall  have  bencfitt  thereof  but  those  Concord  imuni- 

ty. 

that  Ij've  there,  &  with  respect  oncly  to  the  stocke  they  have  there./ 

The  order  that  restrained  ordinaries  to  a  ccrtaine  prize  for  dyett  is  nowe  R-       274— 

Ordinary  stint 

repealed./  r'>pcai'." 


S  March. 
Lef*  Morris  to 


168  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

16  3  5-6.  'Ordered,  that  there  shalbe  x*  gyveii  to  the  inhabitants  of  Rocksbury,  out 

of  the  tresurVj  towards  the  mainetenance  of  Leiueten'  Morris./ 

Ordered,  that  the  Luid  foriiily  graimted  to  ^I"'  ^lath :  Cradocke,  liiSchant, 
haue  WK  shall  extend  a  mile  into  the  country  from  the  ryver  syde  in  all  places./ 

~  !;    ,    ,  Ordered,  that  Charles  Towne  bounds   shall  run  eight  mvles   into  the 

bounds.  country  from  their  meeteiug  howse,  if  noe  other  bounds  intercept,  reserueing 

~'   ,  .^  the  Bprietie   of  ffermes  graunted  to   John  Winthrop,  Esff>    M"'  Nowell,  M"" 

Churls  Towne  ^'^  "  ±'aj 

bounds.  Cradocke,  &  M'  AVilson,  to  the  o-\vners  thereof,  as  also  ffrce  ingresse  &  egresse 

Priuiledg  of  *       o  m         n      ^  •  ^  ^      n  i*  1       '  n  i 

comonag  ther-   101'  'the  serv's  &  cattell  01  the   said  gent,  &  comon  tor  tlieir  catteil,  on  the 
in  gr'd  to  M.     backesijie  ^f  j^jr  Cradocks  fiermc./ 

Noweii,  M'  Agreed,  that  hereafter,  all  men  tliat  Ivvcs  ■within  tliis  jurisdiccon  shalbe 

Cradock,  &  M'  .  "  . 

Wilson.  rated  onely  in  the  place  where  they  lyve  to  all  publique  rates,  &  those  that 

277—  lyve  out  of  this  jurisdiccon  shall  have   their  goods,  stock,  &  land   rated  in 

Men  rated  ... 

where  y«j  line.    ''16  places  where  they  are  m  being./ 

Ordered,  that  such  as  shall  builde  howses  in  any  towne  liberties  preiu- 
ditiall  to  the  townes,  without  leave  from  the   townes,  the  inhabitants  of  the 


278- 

(36j 

Houses  not 
to  be  built 
prudiciall  to 
townes.  [ 


>aid  towne  shall  have  power  to   demolishe  the  said  howses  &  remove  the 

psons./ 

Coniissione's,  Further  ordered,  that  the  couiission   for   millitary  dissipline  shall  con- 

continue'.  °      tinue  till  the  end  of  the  nexte  Gefiall  Comt,  &  that  they  shall  have  power  to 
Henrj-Vane,     take   sucli  money  out  of  the  tresury  as   they  iudge  needfull   for  the   j^sent 

Esq',  a  coiiiissi. 

occacSn,  &  in  the  roome  of  JNI"'  I'eirce,  whoe  is  dismissed,  Henry  Yaiie,  Es^, 

is  chosen./ 

279—  I  Ordered,  that  uoe  mill'^  shall  take  above  the  sixteenth  pte   of  the   corne 

X  r   comp'.  J    j^gg  grindes,  &  that  efly  miUar  shall  have   alwaies  ready  in  Iris  mill,  waights 

'  '-•  V  '   &  scales  pvided  att  his  o^vne  charge./ 

[*171.]  *Forasmuch  as  it  hath  bene  found  by  sad  experience,  that  much  trouble 

~oO-  ^^-^^  disturbance  hath  happened  both  to  the  church    &  civill  state  by  the 

Gathering  of  /«  ^  • 

churches.  officers  &  members  of  some  churches,  w*'"'  have  bene  gathered  within  the  lim- 

itts  of  this  jurisdiccon  in  a  vndue  manner,  &  not  M"ith  such  publique  approbacSn 
as  were  mcete,  it  is  therefore  ordered  that  all  psons  are  to  take  notice  that 
tliis  Court  doeth  not,  nor  will  hereafter,  approue  of  any  such  companyes  of 
men  as  shall  henceforthe  ioyue  in  any  pretended  way  of  church  fellowslupp, 
without  they  shall  fii-st  acquainte  the  magistrates,  &  the  elders  of  the  greaf 
pte  of  the  chiuches  in  this  jurisdiccbn,  Mlth  their  intencons,  &  have 
their  approbacSn  herein.  And  ffuither,  it  is  ordered,  that  noe  pson,  be- 
ing a  member  of  any  churche  wliicli  shall  hereafter  be  gathered  without 
the  approbacbn  of  the  magistrates,  &  the  greater  pte  of  the  said  churches, 
shalbe  admitted  to  the  ffreedomc  of  this  comonwealthe./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  .169 

Further,  it  is  ordered,  that  there  shalbe  fFoiu'e  Comts  kept  eGy  quarter,  16  3  5-6. 
1,  att  Ipsw'^'',  to  which  Newebeny  shall  belonge  ;  2,  att  Salem,  to  -w^^  Saugus  ""■  "f  ^ 
shall  belonge ;  3,  att  Newe  To-nne,  to  w*  Charlton,  Concord,  Meadford,  &  "^  ' 

Waterton  shall  belonge ;  4"^,  att  Boston,  to  'w'''  Rocksbury,  Dorchesf,  Way-  county, 
mothe,  &  Hingham  shall  belonge./  *  Courts. 

EQy  of  theis  Coiuts  shalbe  kept  by  such  magistrates  as  sha[lbe]  dwelling 
in  or  neere  the  said  to-«aies,  &  by  such  other  psons  of  worth  as  shaU  from 
tyme  to  tyme  be  appoyncted  by  the  Geflall  Court,  soe  as  noe  Coiut  shalbe 
kept  without  one  magistrate  att  the  least,  &  that  none  of  the  magistrates  be 
excluded,  whoe  can  &  will  intend  the  same  ;  yet  the  GeiJall  Court  shall  ap- 
poynct  W^"*  of  the  magistrates  shall  specially  belonge  to  eQy  of  the  saidc  Court. 
Such  psons  as  shalbe  ioyued  as  assotiates  to  the  magistrates  in  the  said  Coui-t 
shalbe  chosen  by  the  GeSall  Court,  out  of  a  greater  number  of  such  as  the 
seQall  townes  shall  nominate  to  them,  soe  as  there  may  be  in  efly  of  the  said 
Courts  soe  many  as  (with  the  magistrates)  may  make  fy^^e  in  all.  Theis  See  after  290. 
Coui'ts  shall  trie  all  civUl  causes,  whereof  the  debt  or  damage  shall  not  exceeds 
X*,  &  all  criminall  causes  not  concerneing  Ufe,  member,  or  banishm'.  And  if 
any  pson  shall  finde  himselfe  greived  with  the  sentence  of  any  of  the  said 
Courts,  hee  may  appeale  to  the  nexte  greate  Quaa-ter  Court,  pvided  that  hee 
putt  in  sufficient  caucbn  to  g>sent  his  appeale  with  effect,  &  to  abide  the  sen- 
tence of  the  magistrates  in  the  said  greate  Quarter  Court,  whoe  shall  see  that 
all  such  that  shall  biinge  any  appeale  ■without  iust  cause  be  exemplaryly 
punished./ 

*There  shalbe  foure  greate  Quarter  Courts  kept  yearely  att  Boston,  by  the     [*172.] 
Goan--  &  the  rest  of  the  magistrates ;  the  fii-st,  the  first  Tuesday  in  the  4th  *  c°"'^'»  "f 
moneth,  called  June  ;  the  second,  the  fii'st  Tuesday  in  Septemb'' ;  the  third, 
the  first  Tuesday  in  DecemV;  the  fourthe,  the  first  Tuesday  in  the  l""  monethe, 
called  jNIaixhe.     The  inferior  Coiu'ts  shalbe  kept  the  1"",  the  last  Tuesday  in 
June,  &  the  rest  the  last  Tuesday  in  eQy  of  the  said  monethes./ 

All  accSns  shalbe  tiyed  att  that  Court  to  w''''  y^  def  belongs./  282- 

All  offenders  which  shalbe  in  the  prison  att  Boston  att  the  tyme  of  any  p-int. 
Coxut  there  holden,  shalbe  tiyed  att  that  Court,  except  in  the  war'  of  his 
coinitm'  hee  be  reserved  to  the  greate  Quarter  Corut.  And  it  shalbe  lawfull 
for  the  GoQn'",  or  Deputy  GoGu'^,  or  any  two  magistrates,  (vpon  speciall  & 
vrgent  occacbn,)  to  appoyncte  Courts  to  be  kept  vpon  other  dayes  then  in  this 
order  are  appoyncted./ 

And  whereas  the  most  waightie  affaii'es  of  this  body  are  nowe,  by  this  283— 

present  order,  &  others  foriHly  made,  brought  into  such  a  way  &  methode  as  °  ^°""'- 

there  will  not  henceforthe  be  ncede  of  soe  many  Gciiall  Courts  to  be  kept  as 

vol..   I.  22 


170  THE  KECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

163  5-6.    foniiJly,  it  is  therefore  ordered,  that  hereafter  there  shalbe  oiiely  two  GeEall 

^"     ^       ^    Coui-ts  kept  iu  a  yeare,  vzj,  that  iii  the  tliird  moneth,  called  May,  for  eleccous 

^     "  T^  '      &  other  affaii-es,  &  the  other  the  fii-st  Wednesday  iii  October,  for  makeing 

General  Court  '  ^  ^ 

meet  tn-ice  a  lawes  &  Other  publique  occacons  of  the  comoiiwealthe,  provided  that  the 
Ne  ativevotc  GoQn""  may,  vpon  vrgent  occacou,  call  a  Geiiall  C'ourte  att  any  other  tynne 
besides  the  two  Courts  before  menconed.  And  whereas  it  may  fall  out  that 
iu  some  of  theis  GeSall  Comts,  to  be  holden  by  the  magistrates  &  deputies, 
there  may  arise  some  difference  of  iudgem'  iu  doubtfuU  cases,  it  is  therefore 
ordered,  that  noe  lawe,  order,  or  sentence  shall  passe  as  an  act  of  the  Court, 
■without  the  consent  of  the  greaf  pte  of  the  magistrates  on  the  one  pte,  & 
the  great"^  number  of  the  deputyes  on  the  other  pte  ;  &  for  want  of  such 
accorde,  the  cause  or  order  shalbe  suspended,  &  if  either  ptie  tliinke  it  soe 
materiall,  there  shalbe  forthwith  a  coiuitte  chosen,  the  one  halfe  by  the  magis- 
trates, &  the  other  halfe  by  the  deputyes,  &  the  coinittee  soe  chosen  to  elect 
an  vmpire,  whoe  togeather  shall  have  power  to  heare  &  determine  the  cause 
'     iu  question./ 

284—  -A-  Comission  graunted  to  seQall  P''sons  to  governe  the  People  att  Conecticott 

for  the  Space  of  a  Yeare  nowe  nexte  comeing,  an  Exemplificacon  whereof 
ensueth : 

[*173.1  *"Wliereas,  vpon  some  reason  &  grounds,  there  are  to  remove  from  this  o' 

Conecticotts  coinonwealth  &  body  of  the  Mattachusetts  in  America  dyv[''s]  of  o'  loveing 
ffriends,  neighVs,  ffreemen  &  members  of  Newc  Towne,  Dorchest',  Water- 
ton,  &  other  places,  whoe  are  resolved  to  transplant  themselues  &  their  estates 
vnto  the  Eyver  of  Conecticott,  there  to  reside  &  inhabite,  &  to  that  end  dyv" 
are  there  abeady,  &  dyv"  others  shortly  to  goe,  wee,  in  this  present  Court 
assembled,  on  the  behalfe  of  o"^  said  memb",  &  Jolin  Winthrop,  Jim'',  Es^, 
Goiin'',  appoyncted  by  certaine  noble  personages  &  men  of  quallitie  interesed 
in  the  said  ryv'',  w""^  are  yet  in  England,  on  their  behalfe,  have  had  a  serious 
consideracon  there[on],  &  thinke  it  meete  that  where  there  are  a  people  to  sitt 
down  &  cohabite,  there  will  followe,  vpon  occacbn,  some  cause  of  difference, 
as  also  dyvers  misdeamean'^%  w*  will  require  a  speedy  redresse  ;  &  in  regard 
of  the  distance  of  place,  this  state  and  govlm'  cannot  take  notice  of  the  same 
as  to  apply  timely  remedy,  or  to  dispence  equall  iustice  to  them  &  .  their 
affaires,  as  may  be  desu'ed  ;  &  in  regard  the  said  noble  psonages  and  men 
of  quallitie  have  sometliing  ingaged  themselues  &  their  estates  in  the  planting 
of  the  said  ryver,  &  by  vertue  of  a  patteut,  doc  rcquu-c  jruisdiccon  of  the 
said  place  &  people,  &  neither  the  mindes  of  the  said  psonages  (they  being 


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171 


3  March. 


■n'rit  ■\^lto)  are  as  yet  kno-wen,  nor  any  manner  of  goGm'  is  yet.  agreed  on,  &  1 6  3  5-6. 
there  being  a  necessitie,  as  aforesaid,  that  some  present  goflm'  may  be  ob- 
serued,  wee  therefore  thinke  mee[te],  &  soc  order,  that  Roger  Ludlowe,  Es^, 
Wilini  Pinchon,  Es^,  Joiin  Steele,  AViiliii  bwuLue,  Henry  Smyth,  Wiihn 
Phe[lpes],  AViiim  West-n'ood,  &  Anckewe  Ward,  or  the  greater  pte  of  them, 
shall  have  full  power  &  aucthoritie  to  hear  &  determine  in  a  iudiciall  way, 
by  witnesses  vpon  oathe  examine,  w'[''in]  the  said  j)lantac8n,  all  those  differ- 
ences w'''^  may  arise  betweene  ptie  &  ptie,  as  also,  vpon  misdemean"",  to  inflicte 
corporall  punishm'  or  imprisonm*,  to  ffine  &  levy  the  same  if  occacGn  soe 
require,  to  make  &  decree  such  orders,  for  the  present,  that  may  be  for  the 
peaceable  &  quiett  ordering  the  affaires  of  the  said  plantacon,  both  in  tradeing, 
planting,  building,  lotts,  millitarie  dissipline,  defensiue  warr,  (if  neede  soe 
requii-e,)  as  shall  best  conduce  to  the  piibUque  good  of  the  same,  &  that  the 
said  Eoger  Ludlowe,  Wiiim  Pinchon,  Jolm  Steele,  Wiiim  Swaine,  Henry 
Smyth,  Wiiim  Phelpes,  Wiiim  Westwood,  Aucbewe  Warner,  or  the  great' 
pte  of  them,  shall  haue  power,  vnder  the  greaf  pte  of  their  ha[nds],  att  a  day 
or  dayes  by  them  appoyncted,  vpon  convenient  not[ice],  to  convent  the  said 
inhabitants  of  the  said  townes  to  any  convenient  place  that  they  shall  thinke 
meete,  in  a  legall  &  open  miuincr,  by  way  of  Com-t,  to  pcecde  in  execute[ing] 
*the  power  &  aucthoritie  aforesaide,  &  in  case  of  p>sent  necessitie,  two  of 
them  ioyneing  togeather,  to  inflict  corpall  pimishm'  vpon  any  offender  if  they 
see  good  &  warrantable  ground  soe  to  doe  ;  provided,  alwayes,  that  this 
comission  shall  not  extende  any  longer  time  then  one  whole  yeare  from  the 
date  thereof,  &  in  the  meane  time  it  shalbe  lawfull  for  this  Court  to  recall  the 
said  ;psents  if  they  see  cause,  and  if  soe  be  there  may  be  a  mutuall  and  setled 
goQm'  condiscended  vnto  by  &  with  the  good  likeing  &  consent  of  the  saide 
noble  psonages,  or  their  agent,  the  iuliabitants,  &  this  cotiionwealthe  ;  pro- 
vided, also,  that  this  maj^  not  be  any  preiudice  to  the  interst  of  those  noble 
psonages  in  the  s*  ly  ver  &  confines  thereof  witliin  their  seiiall  lymitts./ 


[n74.] 


Att  the  Court,  holden  att  JYeice  Toicne,  Aprill  5"',  1686. 
Present, 


The  GoSn', 
Deputle  GoGn', 
M"'  Winthrop,  Sen', 
]\I'  Dudley, 
M'  Tresu' 


M""  Pinchon, 
W  Nowell, 
M'  Houghe, 
M'  Dumer, 
;M''  Bradstreete. 


172  THE  RECORDS  OP  THE  COLONY  OF 

1  G  3  6.     ~V  TPON  the  appearance  of  Nicholas  Frost  att  tliis  Court,  &  his  she-weing 

"■ ^1        '       V      iust  cause  wliie  hee  was  detained  from  the  last  Court,  the  s*  Nich : 

^"'       Frost,  Heniy  JosIjti,  gent,  &  Jolm  Pickrin  ai-e  discharged  of  their  recog- 
nizance of  c*,  &  the  said  Nich :  Frost  hath  bound  himselfe  in  xx*  to  appeare 
att  any  Court  hereafter,  vpon  suinons   to  answer  to  such  tilings  as  shalbe 
obiected  against  him./ 
w»  Shepherd  Ordered,  that  Wiiim  Shepheard,  serv'  to  "Wiiim  Suiiier,  shalbe  whipt 

for  stealeing  victualls  from  liis  m''  &  beanes  from  the  Indians./ 
W"  Perkins  Ordered,  that  Wiiim  Perkins  shall  (for  driinkenes  &  other  misdemean" 

drunk  D      °   ^7  ^^  comitted)  stand  att  the  nexte  Gefilall  Court  one  hoiu-e  in  publique 
Aewe,  with  a  white  sheete  of  pap  on  liis  brest,  haveing  a  greate  D  made  ypon 
it,  &  shall  attend  the  pleasure  of  the  Court  till  hee  be  dismissed./ 
Georg  Ropp>  Ordered,  that  George  Ropps  shalbe  seuerely  whipt  here  this  pscnt  Court, 

r"  trik^  ^  h'    '^""  againe  after  some  convenient  tyme  att  Salem,  att  some  publique  meeteing 
ra', M' Gaiford,  [here,  for  strickeing  liis  maisf,  M''  Garford,  throweing  him  downe,  &  spurne- 
ing  him  with  his  feete,  being  downe  ;  &  the  Court  hath  intreated  Jolui  Endi- 
cott,  Es^,  to  see  his  correccon  gyven./ 
W"  Barker  Ordered,  that  Wiiim  Barker  shalbe  whipt  for  stealeing  bacon,  cheese, 

sent,  for  theft.    „.    j.  x>  Tf    rr,  ■,  ■       . 

Xp,  irom  Kaiie  iompkms./ 


1 6  3  5-6.        *M  the  Geifall  Court,  holden  att  JVewe  Toione,  March  3, 1635. 

3  March.        ^  *  THERE  AS  pticular  townes  have  many  things  w'^''  conceme  onely  them- 

[*175.]         *  T       seines,  &  the  ordering  of  then-  owne  affaires,  and  disposeuig"  of  busi- 

~oo—  nesses  in  their  o^^^le  towne,  it  is  therefore  ordered,  that  the  ffreemen  of  eQy 

Ord'  for  townes  .  »     ,     . 

to  dispos.  of  towne,  or  the  maior  pte  of  them,  shall  onely  have  power  to  dispose  of  their 
tieir  an  s,    u.  q^^^q  lands,  &  woods,  witli  all  the  previhdges  &  appurtenances  of  the  said 

This  order 

should  have  townes,  to  graunt  lotts,  &  make  such  orders  as  may  conceme  the  well  order- 
amono-st  v"  '^^°  °^  their  owne  townes,  not  repugnant  to  the  lawes  &  orders  here  established 
other  of  y  last  \,j  ji^g  Gefilall  Coiut ;  as  also  to  lay  mulks  &  penaltyes  for  the  breach  of  tlieis 

Gen'all  Coflrt.  J  i  J 

orders,  &  to  levy  &  distreine  the  same,  not  exceedeing  the  soine  of  xx^ ;  also 
to  cliuse  their  owne  pticul'  officers,  as  constables,  surveyors  for  the  high 
wayes,  &  the  like ;  &  because  much  busines  is  like  to  ensue  to  the  constables 
of  seQall  townes,  by  reason  they  are  to  make  distresses,  &  gather  ffynes,  there- 
fore that  efly  towne  shall  have  two  constables,  where  there  is  neede,  that  soe 
their  office  may  not  be  a  biuthen  vnto  them,  &  they  may  attend  more  carefully 
■vpon  the  dischai-ge  of  their  office,  for  w^^"  they  shalbe  lyeable  to  giue  their  ac- 
compts  to  this  Couil  when  they  shalbe  called  therevnto./ 

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THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  I73 

The  13'"  of  the  2'  Month,  1636.  16  3  6. 

EE,  whose  names  are  viiderwi-itten,  being  appointed  by  tbe  General!       13  April. 
Coiut  to  set  out  the  bounds  of  the  newe  towne  vpon  Chai-les  Ryver,  ^'^'^  Touue 

bounds. 

do  agree  that  the  bounds  of  the  towne  shall  run  from  the  markt  tree  by  Charles 
Ryver  on  the  north  west  side  of  Eoxberry  bounds,  one  mile  &  halfe  north 
east,  &  from  thence  three  miles  north  west,  &  so  from  thence  five  miles  southe 
west,  &  on  the  south  west  side  Charles  Ryver  from  the  south  east  side  of  Rox- 
berry  bounds,  to  run  four  mile  on  a  south  west  line,  reserving  the  pprieties  to  . 
several!  psons  granted  by  special!  order  of  Coiut./ 

WILLIAM    SPENCER, 
NICHOLAS   DANFORTH, 
WILLIAM   JENISON. 

The  13'"  of  the  2^  M",  @  1636.  is  April. 

WEE,  whose  names  are  hearvnder  written,  being  appointed  by  the  Court  Meadowe  to 
°     -^^  •'  .  Doi-cheste'& 

to  veiw  the  medow  ground  by  Naponset  Ryver,  near  tlie  Blue  Hills,  Mount  Waias- 

&  returne  into  the  next  Court  what  to^vne  it  may  best  belong  vnto,  (wee  cer-       ' 

tify)  that  wee  conceive  that  the  meadowe  on  the  west  side  of  the  ryver  may 

lye  best  to  Dorchester,  &  the  medow  on  the  east  side  to  that  part  of  Mount 

WoUaston  w"^**  now  belongs  to  Boston,  pvided  no  mans  ppriety,  [vnless]  by 

special!  order  of  Coiu-te,  hinder  the  same./ 

The  Court  reserving  power  to  set  downe  the  extent./ 

WILLIAM   SPENCER, 

NICHOLAS   DA[NFORTH,] 

WILLI:    [JENISON.] 


*Att  the  Geifall  Court  holden  ait  Boston,  May  25'^,  1636.  [*176.] 

25  May. 

Present,  The  Gofln"',  M''  Tresuxer, 

Deputy  GoiJn'',  M'  Hough, 

M''  Winthrop,  M^  Nowell, 

M'  Dudley,  M"^  Dumer, 

M'  Humfry,  "  M''  Bradstreete ; 

M'  Beecher,  John  Johnson, 

M'"  Gibbons,  Wilim  Parke, 

Ralfe  Mouspll,  M"'  Chaplaine, 

M"'  Alcocke,  M"'  George  Cooke, 


174  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

M'  Talcott,  Jolin  Perkins, 

M'  Hutclungson,  M'  Jolm  Spencer, 

M'  Coxeall,  Capt  Turner, 

M"'  Brenton,  Lieuten'  Howe, 

Leiuten'  Feakes,  John  "\^pham, 

Ensigne  Jeniiisou,  Jolm  Burseley, 

Wiiim  Swaine,  Cap!  Traske, 

George  Hull,  M'  Bishopp, 

Wiihn  Gallerd,  M'  Blackleach, 

George  jMjtio'',  Joseph  Andrewes, 

M"'  Saltonstall,  Nich :  Baker. 
M"^  Dau*^  Dennison, 


ff 


"ENRY  VANE,  Es^,  -was  chosen  GoQn'"  for  this  yeare  nexte  ensuelng, 
&  till  a  newe  be  chosen,  &  did  take  an  oath  to  liis  place  belonging  in 
the  presence  of  the  Court./ 

Jolm  Wiathi-op,  Sen'",  Es^,  was  chosen  &  sworne  Deputy  GoOn""  for  tliis 
yeare  nexte  ensueiag,  &  till  a  newe  be  chosen./ 

John  Haynes,  Eich :  Bellingham,  Thomas  Dudley,  John  Hiunfry,  Wiiim. 
Coddington,  Richard  Dumer,  Increase  Nowell,  Jolm  Wmthrop,  Jun"",  Simon 
Bradstreete,  Jolm.  Endicott,  Wiiim  Piachon,  &  Roger  Harlakeuden,  Es^, 
were  chosen  Assistants  for  tliis  yeare  nexte  ensueing,  &  till  a  newe  be  chosen, 
&  did  all  take  an  oath  to  their  place  belonging,  except  JI'"  Pinchon  &  3P 
John  Winthrop,  Ju"",  whoe  were  absent./ 

John  Wiuthrop,  Sen"",  Es^,  was  chosen  to  be  one  of  the  standing  coun- 
sell  for  the  tearme  of  his  life./ 

287-  In  like  manner  Tlio :  Dudley,  Es^,  was  chosen  to  be  one  of  the  standing 
counsell  for  the  tearme  of  his  life./ 

The  ffreemen  of  Neweberry  are  ffined  vj'*  a  peece  for  chuselng  &  send- 
ing to  tliis  Court  a  deputy  w'^''  was  noe  ffreeman./ 

The  Tresurer  &  M''  Nowell  are  deputed  to  ioyne  with  M""  Spencer,  & 
M'  Hutcliingson,  to  talce  a  pfect  accompt  of  Nicholas  Simpkins,  vpon  the  fifth 
day  of  the  nexte  weeke  save  one,  &  soe  to  retui-ne  what  they  have  done  to  the 
GoQn"'  within  one  monthe./ 
R :  Further,  it  is  ordered,  that  the  act  of  the  last  Genlall  Coui-t  that  pliibited 

buyelng  coiuodityes  of  shlpps  till  leave  be  grauuted  slialbe  repealed./ 

288-  The  GoQn'',  Deputy  GoQn^  Tho :  Dudley,  Jolm  Haynes,  Rich :  Belling- 
laws!'^^  °'     ^^^™'  ^^^'  ^^'  Cotton,  INF  Peters,  &  M"^  Shepheard  are  intreated  to  make  a 

draught  of  lawes  agreeable  to  the  word  of  God,  w""''  may  be  the  ifundamentalls 
of  this  cojnonwealth,  &  to  present  the  same  to  the  nexte  Gefiall  Court.  And 
it  is  ordered,  that  in  the  meane  tyme  the  magistrates  &  their  assosiates  shall 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  175 


25  May. 


pceede  in  the  covirts  to  lieare  &  determine  all  causes  according  to  tlie  lawes      163  6. 

nowe  established,  &  -where  there  is  noe  la^v,  then  as  neere  the  lawe  of  God  as 

they  can  ;  &  for  all  buslnes  out  of  Court  for  w*  there  is  noe  certaine  rule  yet 

sett  downe,  those  of  the  standing  counsell,  or  some  two  of  them,  shall  take 

order  by  their  best  discrec6n,  that  they  may  be  ordered  &  ended  according  to 

the  rule  of  Gods  word,  &  to  take  care  for  all  mlUitary  affahes  till  the  nexte 

GeEall  Court./ 

M""  Israeli  Stoughton,  by  order  of  Court,  is  restored  to  his  former  Hbertie,  M'  stoughton 

rfistor 

&  made  capable  of  beai-eing  such  office  in  the  coinonwealth  as  hee  shalbe  called 
vnto./ 

The  names  of  such  magistrates  &  other  gent  as  are  deputed  to  keepe  the  Magis"  to  keep 

county  Courts. 

f  ticul"'  Coui'ts  ensue  :  — 

Tor  Salem  &  Saugus,  M"'  Humfry  &  M'  Endicott,  Cap?  Tui-n--,  M"'  Scruggs, 
&  M"'  Bishopp./ 

*For  Ipsw"^"^  &  Newbeny,  W  Dudley,  M""  Dumer,  M'  Bradstreete,  M'      [*177.] 
Saltonstall,  &  ISI""  Spencer./ 

For  Newe  ToA^Tie,  Waterton,  Charlton,  ]\Ieadford,  &  Concord,  M'  Haynes, 
M"^  Hai-iackenden,  M'^  Nowell,  M"'  Beecher,  &  M'  Feakes./ 

For  Boston,  Eocksbmy,  Dorchesf,  Waymothe,  &  Hiugham,  M''  Belling- 
ham,  INI'^  Coddington,  M"'  Israeli  Stoughton,  M'  "VViiim  Hutchingson,  &  Wiihn 
HeatL/ 

Ordered,  also,  that,  in  the  absence  of  one  or  two  of  the  gent  belonging  to 
any  of  theis  pticul"'  Courts,  the  Court  shalbe  keept  by  any  thi'ee  of  them,  pvided 
there  be  one  magistrate  amongst  them./  290— 

Further,  it  is  ordered,  that,  in  all  the  afores*  places   of  judicatm-e,  the  Oider  for  y 

1  1     IT  1  1  1111/  kings  armes  to 

kings  ma"**  armes  shalbe  erected  soe  sone  as  they  can  be  hacid./  j^^  ^^^  ^p 

M'  Dumer  is  chosen  Tresiu-er  for  this  yeai-e  nexte  ensueing,  &  till  a  newe 
be  chosen./ 

Ordered,  that  there  shalbe  cc^  le^'yed  out  of  the  seQaU  plantacons,  for  pubir  200  rate. 
vses.  Capt  Tiu-ner,  Cap?  Traske,  John  Johnson,  Ralfe  Sprage,  M'  Dan"  Den- 
nison,  M'  Easton,  M"^  Burseley,  M"-  Spencer,  W  Coxeall,  M^  Dimcon,  Thomas 
Loreing,  Ensigne  Jennison,  &  M'  Mayhewe,  theis  forenamed  gen?,  or  the 
maior  pte  of  them,  ai-e  deputed  as  coiuittees,  &  power  graunted  them  to  require 
the  last  rates  of  each  towne  in  the  plantacbn,  &  to  finde  out  thereby,  &  by  aU 
o'ther  meanes  they  can,  according  to  the  best  of  their  discrecon,  the  true  val- 
ewe  of  eiiy  towne,  &  soe  to  make  an  equall  rate  for  the  cc*  nowe  graunted  to 
be  lerjed ;  &  they  are  euiojTied  to  meete  &  determine  the  same  vpon  the 
15*  day  of  the  4"^  monthe,  called  June,  -sTider  the  penalty  of  v*  apeece,  the 
meeteing  to  be  att  Boston,  the  rate  to  be  delifled  to  the  Tresurer./ 


176 


THE  KECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OP 


16  3  6. 

25  May. 
Rocksbury 
bounds. 


Ordered,  that  all  the  rest  of  the  groimd  lyeing  betwixte  Dorchester  bounds 
&  Bostou  bounds  shall  belonge  to  the  to-\vne  of  Rocksbmy,  easterly  of  Charles 
Ep-er,  (except  the  gpryety  of  the  afores''  towne,  w'^''  they  have  purchased  of 
pticular  psons,)  Rocksbmy  not  to  extend  above  eight  myles  hi  lenght  from 
theh  meeteuig  howse./ 

This  order  should  have  bene  entred  nexte  to  the  second  order  of  the  last 
Icafe,  dated  13  of  the  second  moneth,  1636./ 

[Here  the  records  cease  to  be  in  the  chirography  of  Secretary  Bradstieet.    The  remainder  of  the 
volume  was  written  by  Secretary  Increase  Nowell. 


[*178.] 

7  June. 


Ed :  Bendall. 


Whetle.  Bair- 
stow,  Wales, 
cans. 

Phillip  cons'. 


Tho :  Miller 
coiuitt. 


*J  Quarter  Court,  held  at  Boston,  the  T"  of  the  4"  M",  @  1636. 


P'SENT,     The  Governo', 
Deputy  Gov"", 
M'  Tho  :  Dudley,  Seni. 
M''  Rich'-d  Bellmgham, 
M''  John  Hayiies, 
M'-  Wilha  CodcUngton, 


M'"  Roger  Herlackingden, 
M''  Eich'-d  Dummer, 
Increase  Nowell, 
M''  John  Humfrey, 
INI''  John  Endecott. 


JOHN  JOBSON,  shipmaster,  vndertooke  &  bound  himselfe  in  a  sum  set  of 
10*,  to  answear  for  Francis  Tobey  any  damage  not  exceeding  10*./ 

Edw'i  Bendall  was  fined  40»  to  the  Comp*,  &  40sh=  to  the  sentry,  &  to 
retm-ne  to  prison  till  hee  acknowledg  the  iustice  of  the  Coiut,  &  pay  liis  fine. 
Hee  after  acknowledged  Ms  sinn,  paid  his  fine,  &  was  discharged./ 

John  Wliitele,  "Willi :  Bayrstow,  &  Tymothy  Wales  were  censured  to  be 
whiped  6  streaks  a  peece  for  drimkemies./ 

John  PluJips  was  chosen  cunstable  of  Dorchester,  &  tooke  his  oathe  to 
that  place  belonging./ 

M'  Moses  Maverick  paid  the  Gov'no'  40'  rent  for  Nodles  Hand./ 

Thomas  Miller,  pylote,  &  mate  to  Jt  Fearnes,  in  the  Hecto',  was  coinited 
for  certcine  seditious  &  oj^probrious  speaches,  saying  wee  are  all  rebells  &  tray- 
tors,  &  hee  would  iustiiy  it  to  the  Govemo"  ikce,  &  that  hee  had  bene  twice  at 
y'  coimsell  table,  &  would  go  againe,  &  doubted  not  but  to  bring  some  to 
scourge  vs./ 


6  September.    The  6"  Day  of  the  7'*  M%  @  1636.    j1  Quarter  Court,  kept  att  Boston. 


P"SENT,      The  Governo'", 

Deputie  Governo'', 
M''  John  Haynes, 


M"^  Richrd  Bellinga, 
M>'  WiUi :  Coddington, 
M'  Pinchon, 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    Ix\    NEW    EiNGLAND.  177 

jNI''  John  Winthrope,  luui"',  M'  Rich'd  Dammer,  16  3  6. 

M"^  Roger  Heiiakeiiclen,  M"^  Symon  Bradstreetc,  ""^ y    — ' 

M'  The :  Dudley,  Increase  Nowell.  «  September. 
M"'  Jolin  Ilumfrey, 

IT  was  ordered,  that  John  Olyver  &  Rob''t  Marten  should  vciwc  the  land 
beyond  ]Monotoqiud  Ryver,  &  biing  a  plot  of  the  same./ 

James  Clarke  &  Joane  Clarke  were  suspected  of  fornication,  but  no  cleaie 
pufe./ 

Robert  Shorthose,  for  sweai-ing  by  the  bloud  of  God,  was  sentenced  to  Shorthose 
have  his  tongue  put  into  a  cleft  stick,  &  to  stand  so  by  the  space  of  haulfe 
an  houre./ 

It  was  ordered,  that  M'  Dudley,  M'  Endecot,  &  M'  Bradstreetc,  or  any  Comitt. 
two  of  them,  should  examine  the  accounts  betweene  M'  Rich'd  Saltonstall  & 
Edw*  Dillingam,  &  report  to  the  Court  how  they  find  the  estate  of  John  Dil- 
lingam  &  his  wife,  deceased./ 

It  was  ordered,  that  M"^  Haynes,  M''  Harlakenden,  &  Increase  Nowell,  M'  oidanis 
or  any  two  of  them,  should  examine  busines  conc''iiing  M"^  Ouldams  estate  & 
debts,  &  M'  Hutchinson  &  M'  Mayhewe  to  gather  vp  the  debts  &  estate,  &  bee 
accountable  to  the  Courte./ 

Jolm  "White,  being  bound  vpon  recognizance,  forfeted  ten  pounds./  Jn°  Whites 

Peter  Bussaker  was  censured  for  drimkennes  to  bee  whiped,  &  to  have  „  ,  „ 
twenty  stripes  sharply  inflicted,  &  fined  5*,  for  sleiteing  the  magistrates,  or  sent, 
what  they  could  do,  saying  they  could  but  fine  liim./ 

Edward  Woodley,  for  attempting   a  rape,  swearing,  &  breaking  into   a  Edw:  WooJicy 
house,  was  censured  to  be  severely  whiped  30  stripes,  a  yearcs  imprisonment, 
&  kept  to  hard  labo"",  w*'^  course  dyot,  &  to  weare  a  coller  of  yron./ 

Elisabeth,  the  wife  of  Thomas  Aplegate,  was  censui-ed  to  stand  w"'  her  Eiiz :  Apicga< 

sent. 

tongue  in  a  cleft  stick,  for  swearing,  railemg,  &  revUeiag./ 


*Jt  the  Generall  Court,  houklcn  at  Boston,  September  8'",  (a)  1636.        [*H9.] 

8  September. 

P'SENT,    The  Governo"",  M'  Willi  :  Coddington, 

Deputie  Gov''no'',  M'  Pinchon, 

M'  Tho  :  Dudley,  ^P  Rich'd  Dumcr, 

51"^  John  Haynes,  M''  Hcrlakenden, 

ISP  Rich'd  Bellinga,  M"'  Bradstreetc. 

^P  John  Winthrope,  Juni ;        Increase  Nowell ; 

M''  John  Ilumfrey, 
vol..  1.  23 


178  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

JNI'  John  Spencer,  JM""  Tho  :  Mayhewe, 

^P  Woodman,  Leiften'  Feaks, 

W  Rich  :  Saltonstall,  M"^  Howe, 

IsV  Boreman,  M'  "WilU :  Hutchinson, 

Captaine  Traske,  W  Brenton, 

]SI'  Bishope,  M'-  Coxall, 

M''  Scruggs,  Isaack  Heathe, 

Leiften'  Howe,  John  Joluison, 

^NI-^  Tym  :  Tomhns,  ■  Joseph  Wells, 

M'^  Beacher,  M'  Duncon, 

Goodm :  Lynes,  George  Mynott, 

S''gent  Sprage,  Rich  :  Collicott, 

W  Cooke,  Will :  Sniythe, 

M'  Willi :  Spensar,  M'"  Waltam, 

M'  Danforth,  Joseph  Andrewes. 

291_  T'T  '^^^  ordered,  that,  hearafter,  no   townie  in  the  plantation  that  hath  not 

Deputy.  J_    iQ  £i-eemen  resident  in  it  shall   send  any  deputy  to   the   GeEall   Courts  j 

those  that  have  above  10,  &  vnder   20,  not  above  one  ;  betwixt  20  &  40,  not 

above  two  ;  &  those  that  have  above  40,  tlu-ee,  if  they  will,  but  not  above./ 

292_  Whereas  the  inhabitants  of  Concord  are  purposed  to  abate  the  falls  in  the 

Concord  Falls,  j-yyer  vpon  ^^''^  their  towne   standeth,  whcarby  they  conceive   such  townes  as 

shalbee  hereafter  planted  above  them  vpon  the  said  ryver  shall  receive  benefit 

by  reason  of  their  charge  &  labo'',  it  is  therefore  ordered,  that  such  townes  or 

ffarmes  as  shalbee  planted  above  them  shall  contribute  to   the  inliabitants   of 

Concord  pportionable  both  to  their  charge  &  adventui-e,  &  according  to   the 

benefit  that  the  said  to^vnes  or  ffarmes  shall  receive  by  the  dieaning  of  their 

medows./ 

Whereas  1,  Thom :  Millard,  have  given  out  most  fiilse  &  repchfuU  speaches 

against  his  maties  loyall  &  faithfull  subiects  dwelling  in  the  Massachusets  Bay, 

in  America,  saying  that  they  were  all  trayto's  &  rebells,  &  that  I  would  afioi-me 

so  much  before  the  Governo'^  himselfe,  w'''^  expressions  I  do  confes  (&  so  desire 

may  bee  conceived)  did  pceed  from  the  rashnes  &  distemper  of  my  owne  braine, 

w^'out  any  iust  ground  or  cause  so  to  tliinke  or  speake,  for  w'''',  my  vnworthy 

&  sinfull  carriage  being  called  in  question,  I  do  iustly  stand  coiiiitted ;  my 

humble  &  ^  request  y'fore  is,  y',  vpon  y'  my  free  &  ingenious  recantation  of  y' 

my  grossc  faihng,  it  would  please  y"  Governo""  &  y<'  rest   of  y'  Assistants   to 

accept  of  this  my  humble  submission,  to  passe  by  my  fault,  &  to  dismisse  mee 

fro  further  trouble ;  &  y%  my  free  &  volentaiy  confession,  I  subscribe  w"'  my 

hand  y'  9*  June,  1636./ 

V        THOMAS   MILLERD. 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAi"    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  I79 

Whereas   the  towne  of  Waimoth  hath  sent  3  deputies  to  this   Courte,      1  6  3  G. 
being  a  very  small  to^\^le,  at  the  request  of  the  said  deputies  two  of  them  were  ^       ^ 

8  Septetnber. 

dismised  by  Coiut,  vizj,  M'  Bursley  &  John  Vpham./ 

It   is   ordered,  that  if  any  constable  shall  neglect  to  pay  in  such  mony  to  293— 

the  Treas\u-er  as  his  warrant  shall  direct,  for  publike  vse,  w^'in  one  month  ^l^^^ 
after  the  receit  thereof,  nor  rcturne  such  an  answeare  as  shall  give  satisfaction 
to  the  Treasur"",  it  shalbee  lawfull  for  the  Tresur'  to  appoint  the  marshall  to 
levy  the  rate  vpon  the  cunstables  goods,  together  w""  such  other  charges  as 
shall  bee  occationed  thereby./     Alt :  452. 

Ordered,  that  the  standing  counsaUe,  or  any  two  of  them,  shall  have  294— 

power  to  let  to  farme  all  tradeing  w""  the  Indians,  both  for  wampam,  beaver,  ^'^°  '"^  ^^. 
or  any  other  furrs,  to  such  psons  as  they  shall  tliinke  mcete,  for  the  tearme  J'g«  =''*  to  trajd- 
of  three  yeares,  &  for  such  a  yearely  rent,  to  bee  paid  to  the  Treasurer,  as  in 
their  discretions  they  iudge  equall ;  and  it  is  agreed,  that,  after  the  letting  of 
the  said  trade,  &  one  month  after  the  pubUsliing  thereof,  no  pson  whatsoever 
of  this  jiuisdiction,  except  the  ffarmers,  shall  trade  w"'  any  Indian,  either 
directly  or  indirectly,  for  any  of  the  coinodities  before  mentioned,  vnder  the 
penalty  of  10'  a  pound  for  fui-rs,  &  as  much  for  every  yard  of  wampam  ; 
pvided,  &  it  is  the  meaning  of  tliis  order,  that  any  psou  may  sell  wampam  or 
furrs  to  the  Indians  for  any  other  coinodity  that  they  T\ant./ 

Increase  Nowell,  M"' Willi :  Spencer,  &  jNI'  Nat  ha  :  Duncan  are  chosen  Comittee  to  in- 
coiiiittes  to  examine  the  accounts  of  all  such  psons  as  the  countrv  owes  money  l^"^    e   s  ue 

*  •  "    to  &  from  )■« 

vnto,  as  also  to  make  inquiry  after  such  debts  as  are  o^^■eiIlg  to  the  country,  country. 
&  to  make  report  to  the  next  Courte  what  they  have  done  therein.     To  this 
order  is  aded  the  examination  of  tlie  accounts  of  the  m'shall  &  M'  Brenton./ 

*Ordered,  that  IM"'  Samfoard  shall  have  ten  pounds   alowcd   him  for  his      [*  180.1 
seruise  for  the  publike,  in  the  office  of  canonere  for  tlus  j-eare  last  past ;  and  ^^'  ^"°  '*'''™" 

ford*  allowanc 

]M''  Samfoard  is  chosen  surveyor  of  the  ordinance  &  other  aiSunition,  &  it  lO",  &  chos. 

is  referd  to  the  nexte  Gcn''all  Courte  to  consider  of  a  meete  recompence  for 

him./ 

There  is  twelue  acres  of  land  graunted  to  John  Galop,  vpon  Nixes  Hand,  "go- 

to enioy  to  liim  &  his  heires  forever,  if  the  ilaud  bee  so  much./  ^^^^  *°  J"" 

■^  ^      _  '  Gallop. 

Ordered,  that  William  Clements,  Samuell  Holly,  &  Martha  Buttry  shall  \v»  elements, 
enioy  their  houses  &  land  on  the  south  side  of  Charles  Eyver,  ■w"'out  disturb-  ^^'^  ^'^'^'■ 
ance,  till   they  receive   satisfaction  for   them  from   the   inhabitants   of  Newe 
Towne./ 

Ordered,  that  the  plantation  to  bee  setled  above  the  falls  of  Charles  Eyver,  296— 

shall  have  three  yeares  imunity  fro  publike  charges,  as  Concord   haci,  to   bee  D<;dliam  grant 
accounted  from  the  first  of  May  next,  &  the  name "  of  the  said  plantation  is  to 


8  September. 


X30  THE  KECORDS  OP  THE  COLONY  OF 

1  G  3  6.     bee  Deddam,  to  enioy  all  that  land  on  the  southerly  &  easterly  side  of  Charles 
Ryver  not  formerly  graunted  to  any  towne,  or  pticuler  psons,  &  also   to  have 
five  miles  square  on  the  other  side  of  the  ryver./ 
Coinittee  to  lay  ^^'  Damfort,  M"'  Alcott,  &  M''  Allen  are  deputed  to  measui-e  &  set  out 

out  Koxbury     j^j^^  bouuds  of  Eoxberry,  &  such  faimes  as  lyes  neare  adioyning  to  the  afore- 
f amies.  said  plantation./ 

]\P  Aspinwall  is  deputed  to  veiwe  the  bounds  of  Watertowne  &  Newe- 

M'  Aspinwall 

to  vejw  Water  towne,    ou  both  sides   the    ryver,    &  to  make    a    draught    thereof,    w'"    an 

oune     in       expression  of  the  natiu'e  of  the  ground   in  both  townes,  &  to  make  retimie 

thereof  to  the  next  sessions  of  this  Courte./ 

Rate  1200.  Ordered,  that  there  shalbee  1200*  levyed  out  of  the  severall  plantations, 

Deputy's  pay.    j^jj,^^ifg  ^q  bec  paid  at  3  mouths,  &  the  other  at  the  time  that  shalbee  appointed 

at  the  next  sessions   of  tliis   Couite ;   &   it  is  agreed  that  good  iSchantable 

come  shall  passe  for  payment  in  this  rate  at  5sh'  the  bushell,  to  bee  so  delivered 

at  Boston  at  the  appointment  of  the  Treasurer,  to  bee  called  for  when  the  Treas- 

urer  please.     And  it  is  ordered,  that  the  deputies  debt   shalbee  paid  to  liim 

in  money  or  beaver./ 

Coffiittee  to  in-  M''  Beacher,  M"'  Coxeall,  M^  Woodman,  John  Johnson,  M''  Joseph  Cooke, 

tr^Il^true       ^^^  Saltonstall,  George  ISIynot,  M'^  Tyraothy  Tomlins,  M"^  Mayhewe,  M'  Bish- 

valuation.         ^pg^   Joseph  Andrews,  Willia  Smythe,  these    forenamed   gentlemen,  or  the 

greater  parte  of  them,  are  deputed  as  coinittes,  &  power  graunted  to  them  to 

require  the  last  rates  of  each  towne  in  the  plantation,  &  to  find  out  thereby, 

&  by  all  other  meanes  they  can,  to  the  best  of  their  discretion,  the  true  valewe 

of  every  towne,  &  so  to  make  an  equall  rate  for  the  first  600*  now  graunted 

to  bee  levyed,  &  they  are   cnioyned  to  meete  &  determine  the  same  vpon  the 

r 

20"^  day  of  this  p''sent  month,  vnder  the  penulty  of  five  pound  a  pecce,  the 

meeteing  to  bee  at  Boston,  the  returne  to  bee  made  to  the  Treasurer./ 

~  •         For  explanation  of  an  order  of  Couute,  M'ch  4"",  1634,  against  the  buy- 

Tobacco  at  Ub- 
e'ty  to  be         ing  &  seHng  of  tobacco,  it  is  agreed,  that  it  shalbee  lawfuU  for  any  pson  to  buy 

'  ■  or  sell  such  tobacco  by  whole  sale  as  shalbee  transported  to  other  parts  out  of 

DiffTic  be-  ^  this  iui-iscUction  w^'out  incurring  of  any  penulty./ 

^TBostor'^  ^^            William  Parks  &  Abraham  Palmer  are  deputed  to  veiwe  the  bownds  of 

lands.  land  in  difference  betwixt  Boston  &  Dorchester,  &  to  make  report  thereof  to 

;:.■  ■  ~    „  the  next  sessions  of  this  Courte./ 

Timothy  Tom-  ' 

lins  licens'.  M"^  Tymothv  Tomlins  is  licensed  to  kecpe  a  house  of  intertainement  at 

^P^T,,  Saugust./ 

Tlio:Ches-  °        ' 

borow  licenc'  Thomas  Cheesholme  is  licensed  to  keepe  a  house  of  intertainment  at  Newe 

at  New  T.,  now     ,  ii     t   /-,       ,     •  , 

Cambiidge.        iowne,  now  called  Cambridge./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEAV    ENGLAND.  181 

•Agreed,  that  the  order  of  Court  against  building  of  dwelling  houses      1  G  3  G. 
above  haulfe  a  mile  from  the  meeteing  house  shall  extend  to  all  the  townes    "^      ^"^       ^ 

y  September. 

in  this  jiu-isdiction./  P181  1 

M'  Coddington,  M'  Nowell,  M''  Spencer,  &  M'  Hutchinson,  being  de-  30 1- 

pnted  to  puse  the   accounts   of  Nicholas   Simkins,  did  returns  to  tliis  Court,,     ^^' 

_  _  .  M'  Symkms  in- 

that  they  found  him  indebted    to   the   countrey  in  the    some   of  fourtie  four  debfi  to  y 

pounds,  8%  4V  country  «..  8. 

The  Court  was  adiourned  till  the  25*  of  the  8"-  ifi./ 

8'*    M",    the    25'".  2,5  October. 

Chausop,  the  Indian  of  Block  Hand,  being  imprisoned,  "was  convented,  chausop,  In- 
dian, sent. 
&  for  the  g>sent  was  adiudged  to  bee  sent  to  the  iland,  &  there  to  bee  kept 

as  a  slave  for  life  to  worke,  vnles  wee  see  further  cause./ 

Cutshamake,  vpon  Ms  desire,  was  yelded  to  have  9  or  10  shots  of  gun-  Cutsha-akin 

'      ^  •  gratified  W  9 

powder,  to  kill  himselfe  some  foules./  or  10  shott  of 

Conc'^ning  the  difference  betwixte  Boston  &  "Waymothe  at  Mount  Wool-  2°]^J''i,gt.j,._ 
laston,  the  Court  did  appoint   M"'  Beacher  to  take  M'  Feakes,  M"-  Gibons,  &  Boston  & 

WejTnouth  as 

such  others  as  might  give  liim  light,  &  so  to  make  a  di-aught  of  that  place  in  to  M'  Wooliis- 
difference  against  the  next  Court  in  the  springe,  to   demonstrate  wheare  the 
limits  are./ 

Whereas  Edward  Bendall  had  20»  yelded  toward  the  losse  of  the  lighter,  Edw^  BendaUs 

^  allow,  for  his 

&  that  the  lighter  was  recovered,  the   Court  allowed  him  12*  of  the  20*  w'^''  lighter. 
hee  should  have  had,  if  it  had  bene  lost,  towards  his  charge  &  hinderance./ 

Leifetenant  ^lorris  is  to  have  yelded  liini  yearly  by  the  towne  of  Rox-  302- 

berry  10*  p  @  so  long  as  hee  lyeth  at  the  Castle,  &  doth  ser\-ise  to  the  to-wne  s,',-,iery  f^om. 
of  Roxeberry./  ^^"-^'"^• 

Leifetenant  Gibons  had  yelded  him  10*  for  the  severall  implim'^  W^"  lieo  i(f  Gibbons 

•'  _  allow,  of  10  for 

was  exercised  in,  being  a  month  beside  the  danger./  his  serric. 

John  Higgeson  had  given  him  2*  for  his  paines,  &  danger  vndergone.        Jn»^Higginson 


2()'\ 


20  October. 


M''   Bellingham,    M'  Coddington,   Willi:  Smyth,    W  Hutchinson,  M''  Person- fined 

,  .     ,  .      .  for  absenc  fro 

Brenton,  M'"  Saltonstall,  INI''  IMayhewe,  bemg  absent  at  9  of  the  clock,  were  co^rt  o-. 
fined  at  5sh'  a  peece./ 

It  was  ordered,  that  the  last  600*  shalbee  paid  betweene  this  &  the  first 
of  the  ll"'  month,  called  January,  as  the  Treasurer  shal  appoint./ 


303- 

! 

taineth  ever)'  veare  bv  swine  going  at  liberty,  notw"'standing  all  former  lawes  swyne. 


Vpon  a  gen''all  complaint  of  the  great  damage,  w*  the  comonwclth  sus- 

^  o  i.  o  o    '  Ordef  about 


182 


THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


26  October. 


1  6  3  G.  w'^''  have  bene  made  in  this  behalf,  it  is  now  therefore  ordered,  that  after  the 
last  day  of  the  next  month,  if  any  swine  shalbee  found  abroad  out  of  any  mans 
yard,  or  other  inclosure,  or  out  of  some  iland,  except  some  pson  have  them 
in  restraint  by  some  line,  or  other  meanes,  such  swine  shalbee  accounted  as 
^^'ild  swine,  &  it  shalbee  lawfuU  for  any  man  to  take  them,  either  alive  or  dead, 
as  hec  may  ;  &  for  the  better  execution  of  this  lawe  there  shalbee  chosen 
yearely  in  ev'y  towne  some  one  discreet  pson,  who  shalbee  called  the  hogreeve, 
who  shall  have  power  to  seize  all  such  s'^^dne,  &  to  take  account  of  all  swine 
w"^""  shalbee  seized  by  any  other,  &  every  swine  so  seized  shalbee  valewed  by 
two  neighbo''^  &  sould,  &  the  money  ariseing  thereof  shalbee  delivered  one 
halfe  to  the  coiiion  welth,  to  bee  paid  to  the  Treasiu'er,  &  the  other  halfe  to 
him  that  shall  seize  the  same,  out  of  w''''  the  Treasm-er  shall  alow  the  hogreeve 
the  tenth  part  for  ev''y  such  swine  as  hee  shall  give  notice  to  the  Treasurer  to 
have  bene  seized  by  any  other  pson,  &  the  one  haulfe  of  such  swine  as  hee 
shall  seize  liimselfe,  &  that  after  the  said  day  all  former  lawes  against  swine 
shalbee  voyde,  &  that  a  coppey  of  this  order  shalbee  set  vp  vpon  the  dore  of 
every  meeting  house./ 

*M''  William  Coddington,  who  was  Treasurer  for  the  two  yeares  last  past, 
^sented  liis  accoimt,  &  the  same,  being  examined,  was  alowed,  the  country 
oweing  him  25*  14sh'  6''./ 

ISI''  Brentons  ace"  was  also  accepted,  &  the  4'  od  mony  dew  by  liim  was 
remitcd  him./ 
27  October.  27"". 


[*182.] 

M'  Codding- 
tons  acco'. 


M'  Brentons 
acco'. 


M'  He'lciken- 
den,  itc.,  Kned. 

Secretary  Now- 
ells  rate. 

304- 

New  ToT\-ne 
transcrip*. 
Rob :  BUls 
invent. 


28  October. 


M'  Harlakendon,  M"^  Saltonstall,  &  M"^  Mayhewc,  being  absent  till  near 
9  aclock,  were  fined  5sh'  a  peece./ 

The  Secretary,  Increase  Nowell,  was  to  have  his  rates  back,  &  to  bee 
free  of  rates  hearafter./ 

Newe  Towne  fsented  a  booke  of  their  records  vnder  the  hands  of  Will : 
Andrews,  constable,  John  Beniamin,  &  ^^^ill :   Spencer./ 

The  inventory  of  Eob''t  Bills,  who  deceased  about  the  15"^  of  the  10"" 
A,  1635,  in  the  house  of  Edward  Carington,  of  Charlesto^^^le,  in  whose  hands 
his  estate  was  left  mostly./ 

28'\ 


M'  Mayhew 
find. 


M.i'shall  Pen' 
stip'"  40'i  p' 
nnn. 


IVP  Thomas  Rlayhewe  was  fined  lOsh",  for  absence  when  called./ 

The  order  for  Concord  to  have  liberty  to  ^ssc  carts  for  a  yeare  longer  is 

renewed./ 

The  marshall,  James  Pcii,  was  graunted  to  have  his  stipend  w"'  his  fees 

made  vp  40*  p  @,  &  every  one  coinitcd  is  to  pay  5sh'  for  their  coiiiitment./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW  ENGLAND.  183 

M'' John   Samfoard   is   cliosen  canoaeie   for  Boston,  &   survcyo''  of  the      1  (I  3  (5. 
ai'mes  &  amunition,  &  for  this  to  have  30*  for  this  yearc  for  his  owiie,  &  liis 
mans  paines  hearin./ 

Whereas  Benianiin  Felton  was  enioyned  to  send  away  Rob't  Scarlet  for  ^°'^^'  '^'"""'"- 

•'  eei;  30  p'  an. 

his  mlsdemeano'',  &  since  haveing  hope  of  amendment,  hee  is  admited  to  stay./  Robt  Scarlet 
George  Munnings  is  grauntcd  5*  in  regard  of  the  losse  of  his  eye  in  the    '"'"^' 

Geo'  Munnig 

voyage  to  Block  Hand./  allow.  5". 

For  Robert  Cutler,  in  regard  of  his  lamcnes,  charge,  &  weake  estate,  by 
reason  of  his  long  sicknes,  the  deacons  of  Charlestowne  were  wished  to  see 
him,  &  affoard  such  help  as  is  needfull,  &  bring  in  their  bylls,  &  the 
Treasurer  to  pay  the  same./ 

Levels   Hand  is  graunted   to  Charlestowne,  pvided   they  imploy  it  for    ■  305- 

„,.,,.  1  •     1  Lowells  Island 

nshing  by  their  owne  townesmcn,  or  hinder  not  others./  t„  chails 

That  no  pson,  after  one  month,  shall  make  or  sell  any  bone  lace,  or  other  ^"""^• 
lace,  to  bee  worne  vpou  any  garment  or  linuen,  vpon  paine  of  Ssh"  the  yard  for  .       .  , . , 
every  yard  of  such  lace  so  made  or  sould,  or  set  on  ;  neitli'^  shall  any  taylo'  set  <lcn,  &e. 
any  lace  vpon  any  garment,  vpon  pajTie  of  x'  for  every  offence ;  pvided  that 
binding  or  small  edging  laces  may  bee  vsed  vpon  garments  or  linncn./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  freemen  of  ev'"y  towne  shall,  from  time  to  time,  as  307— 

occation  shall  require,  agree  amongst  themselues  about  the  prices  &  rates  of   io«i>eslibeny 

to  assess 

all  workemen,  laborers,  &  servants  wages ;  &  evry  other  pson,  inhabiting  In  wages. 
any  towne,  whether  workeman,  labo''er,  or  servant,  shalbee  bound  to  the  same 
rates  w'^'^  the  said  freemen,  or  the  greater  pte,  shall  bind  themselues  vnto  ;  & 
whosoever  shall  exceede  shalbee  punished  by  the  discretion  of  the  C'oiu-t, 
according  to  the  quality  &  measvu-e  of  the  offence.  And  if  any  towne  shall 
have  cause  of  complaint  against  the  freemen  of  any  other  towne,  for  alowinc; 
greater  rates  or  wages  then  themselues,  the  Quarter  Courte  at  Boston,  or  the 
Govemo''  &  counsell,  shall,  fro  time  to  time,  set  order  therein./ 

The  coiSission  for  millitary  affaires  is  coinitcd  to  the  standing  coimscll  SOS- 

till  the  Courte  in  :May  next,  &  so  forward  vntiU  the  Generall  Court  shall  take  ^^'^^^v  ™™- 

ission  to  y 

other  order./  stimding 

That,  at  the  next  Quarter  Court,  Nicolas  Simkins  bee  suinoned  to  give  ^..  ^    „. 

'  '  o  r<icho"  Simp- 

satisfaction  for  his  misdemeano''./  kins  to  be  sum- 

oned. 

*That  the  cliai'ge  of  the  deputies  of  the  townes  bee  borne  by  the  townes      r*-\Qo  -i 
•w*  they  came  from,  to  ease  the  publike./  309- 

The  Court  agreed  to  give  400*  towaixls  a  schoale  or  colledge,  whearof  200'  how'borne '"' 
to  bee  paid  the  next   yeare,  &  200*  when  the  worke   is   finished,  &  the   next  Courts  gratuity 

/-,  ■  D        1  1     -1  1-  to  y  coUedg 

Coxu't  to  appoint  wheare  &  w'  building./  400- 


184  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

16  3  6.  The  fines  of  this  weeke  are  agreed  to  bee  given  to  George  Munnings,  who 

"~    '       ^  lost  his  eye  in  the  coiuitiyes  servise,  &  this  to  bee  added  to  the  5*  given  before./ 

Increase  Newell,  M""  Duncon,  &  M"'  Spencer,  being  deputed  to  pvse  & 

Georg  Mun- 

ings  aUow.  examine  all  accounts  what  any  did  owe  to  the  country,  &  what  was  oweing  to 

^^0~  any  from  the  country,  did  returne  what  they  had  done./ 

CofiUttefor  •'                                     *^                                                  j                       i 
acco". 


6  December.   ^  Qiiavter  Cowte,  houldcn  at  Boston,  the  6"'  Day  of  the  10"'  M",  @  16-36. 

P'SENT,    The  Gov'"no'',  IM''  Jolin  Endecot, 

The  Deputy  Gov-'no'',  ]\P  Will :  Coddington, 

M"^  Thorn :  Dudley,  W  Kichard  Dumer, 

M'  John  Haynes,  INI'  Jn"  Wintlu-ope,  lunl, 

M""  Rich  :  Bellingham,  W  Symon  Bradstreet, 

M'  John  Humfry,  &  Increase  Nowell,  Se : 


THE  same  order  was  renewed  w*  was  formerly  agreed  vpon  betweene  M' 
Rich'^d  Saltonstall,  M'  Apleton,  &  M-^  Edw*  Dillingam  ;  &  the  same 
gentlemen  to  whom  the  cause  was  refcrd  to  have  power  to  determine  or  to 
report  to  the  Courte./ 

Will :  Clarke,  being  convicted  of  severall  thefts,  was  censiu-ed  to  bee 
severely  whiped,  &  coinited  to  prison  till  the  ship  returne,  &  then  to  bee  sent 
home./ 

Anthony  Robinson,  being  convicted  of  fornication,  coiiiited  by  him  3 
times,  by  his  owne  confession,  was  censured  to  bee  whiped,  &  to  have  20 
stripes  sharply  layd  on.  Hee  was  also  enioyned  to  appearc  at  the  next  Quar- 
ter Courte  after  the  expiration  of  his  time,  &  the  meane  while  to  bee  of  good 
behavio""./ 


[*  184.]     *^  Gcnerall  Court,  houlden  at  Boston,  the  7"  Day  of  the  m  M%  @  1636. 

7  December. 

P"SENT,    The  Gov'no"-,  M"'  William  Coddingto, 

The  Deputy  Gov'^no'',  M''  Rog''  Herlakenden, 

M'  Tho  :  Dudley,  U'  Rich  :  Duiner, 

M''  John  Hapies,  M''  John  Winthrop,  IQ, 

&!"•  Rich'd  Bellingha,  -  M'^  Spnon  Bradstreet, 

M'  John  Humfrey,  &  Increase  Nowell ; 
M'  John  Endecot, 

Di  putlcs, 
M'  Thom  :  Beachcr,  ^M"^  Joseph  Cooke, 

S'g:  Ralph  Sprague,  M'  Nicolas  Danforth, 

x\bra  ;  Palmer,  M'  Rob't  Feakes, 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND. 


185 


iP    ^    Howe, 
Symon  Wellard, 
M""  John  Coxeall, 
W  Wm  :  Colbron, 
M"^  Willi :  Brenton, 
M""  Joseph  Wells, 
il''  Israeli  Staughton, 
M'-  Willi :   Ilauthorne, 
Goo  :  Will :    Reade, 


[1]3« 


Goo  :  John  Klrnian, 
Capt  Wil :  Tiaske, 
Goo :  Thorn  Scruggs, 
]\P  Rich:  Saltonstall, 
M"^  Dani :  Dcnison, 
INI''  John  Spensar, 
W^  Thoni :  Walton  ; 
John  Johnson,  vice  of 
Lsaack  Heathe. 


THE  Governo''  declaring  vnto  this  Courte  the  occation  of  their  assembling 
at  this  psent,  vid  :  some  lett"  lately  received  out  of  England,  w*  hee  ■ 
had  impted  to  those  of  the  counsell  w"^  him,  (as  not  thinking  it  fit  to  exp'sse 
to  more  publike  veiwe  his  owne  private  affaires,)  &  both  by  him  selfe  &  them 
declared  to  bee  of  such  ^sent  &  pssing  necessity  for  Lis  takeing  a  voyage  into 
England,  w'^''  yet  hee  thought  not  fit  to  resolue  vpon  w"'out  the  advice  &  alow- 
aucc  of  this  Court.  This  Court,  now  takeing  into  consideration  the  said  jjrop- 
osition,  &  after  some  debate  about  such  obicctions  as  fell  in  therew"',  &  some 
respite  taken  for  answear  therein,  the  Courte,  after  such  serious  advise  &  con- 
sultation, declared  that  it  was  very  greivos  to  thcni  to  hearc  of  the  said  pposi- 
tion  for  tlie  departure  of  their  Governo'',  whose  wisdome,  love,  &  faithfulnes 
they  had  so  good  expience  of,  &  in  a  time  now  especially,  when  there  is  so 
great  neede  of  such  a  ruler  ;  yet,  being  not  willing  that  his  abilities  &  readines 
to  do  the  country  servise  should  bee  so  piudiciall  to  himselfe  as  they  do  feare 
(from  the  credit  w'"'  they  give  to  his  ownc  &  the  rest  of  the  councells  report, 
w'^''  they  rest  satisfied  in,  in  this  point)  his  stay  might  bee,  &  assured  from 
himselfe  of  his  serious  resolution  to  returue  to  vs  againe,  vpon  the  setling  of 
his  afRiires  in  England,  this  Courte  agreed,  that  it  was  needfull  at  this  time  to 
give  way  to  his  departure ;  &  because  there  might  bee  a  timely  supply  for  the 
discharge  of  the  places  of  Governo''  &  Deputy,  it  was  w"'all  ordered,  that  a 
Generall  Court  should  bee  called  to  assemble  the  15"'  of  this  pscnt,  &  that,  in 
regard  of  the  season,  it  shalbee  sufficient  for  any  of  the  freemen  to  send  their 
votes  in  writeing,  if  they  thinke  not  fit  to  come  in  pson./ 

M''   Willia   Hutchinson   was   discharged   from    assisting    at   the  pticulcr  M'  llutchiu- 
Courts,  vpon  the  churches  request./  ■  '""'  '''''^'""■"• 

The  Courte  is  adiourned  till  the  lo"',  in  the  aftcrnoonc./  1.3  Dccemijur 

It  was  ordered,  that  no  balast  should  bcc   taken  from   any  towncs   shore  311- 

w*out  leave  from  the  towncsmcn,  vnder   the   pcnulty  of  sixe   pence  for  ev'y  Ballast  not  tn 

"    be  taken  w^'-out 

shovell  full  taken  away,  vnlesse  such  stones  as  they  have  laydc  there  before./     icauc. 
vol..  I.  2-1 


186 


THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


16  3G. 

13  December. 

312- 

Se  348,  pfiiso 
for  new  corner^ 
owne  p^s. 
Spice,  stxgar, 
tobacco. 
Rep.  1,  12, 
1638,  371. 


[*185.] 


Eep.  349,  R. 


313- 

Servant  not  to 
be  set  free  till 
expii'ation  of 
y  time. 

314- 

Inmate"  by 
townes  to  be 
disposed  of. 

315- 

Suffolke. 


For  p>venting  the  iiiioderate  expeiice  of  ^visions  brought  from  beyond 
the  seas.  It  is  ordered,  that  whosoever  (after  3  months  from  the  date  hear- 
of)  shall  buy  or  receive  out  of  any  ship  any  frulte,  spice,  shiigar,  wine,  strong 
water,  or  tobacco,  shall  pay  to  the  Treasurer  one  sixt  part  of  the  price  or  valew 
thereof;  &  every  person  who  shall  buy  or  receive  any  of  the  said  coiiiodities, 
w""  intent  to  retaile  the  same  to  others,  shall  pay  to  the  Treasiu-er  one  third 
part  of  the  valew  or  price  therof ;  &  for  the  dew  execution  of  this  order  there 
shalbee  one  officer  chosen  by  the  Governo'  &  counsell,  (who  shalbee  also 
sworne  to  bee  falthfull,)  who  shall  have  power,  by  himselfe  or  his  deputies,  to 
survey  all  vessles  w">in  any  of  o""  harbo'^%  &  to  make  s'"ch  in  all  Avarehouses  & 
other  places  of  stoweage,  for  discovery  of  such  provisions  ;  &  if  an)'  pson, 
being  demaunded  if  hee  have  any  of  the  said  pvisions,  shall  deny  the  same,  or 
the  quantity  thereof,  hee  shall  forfet  the  same  so  concealed,  or  the  valewe 
thereof;  &  if  any  such  suiue,  so  imposed  or  forfeted,  bee  not  paid  to  the  said 
officer,  or  to  the  Treasurer,  w"'in  one  month  after  it  shalbee  dewe  &  "lawfully 
demanded,  it  shalbee  leavyed  by  warrant  from  the  Treasurer,  by  way  of  dis- 
tresse,  w"^  all  charges  thereby  growing  ;  &  the  said  officer,  for  his  paines,  shall 
have  a  third  part  of  all  such  benefit  as  shall  come  to  the  comonwelth  by  his 
servise  therein./ 

Provided,  that  tliis  order  shall  not  extend  to  such  wine  as  the  deacons  of 
the  chiu'ches  shall  buy  or  pcui-e,  bona  fide,  for  the  churches  publike  vse./ 

Provided,  also,  that  this  order,  for  so  much  as  concernes  fruite,  shugar, 
&  spice,  shall  not  bee  in  force  till  the  first  of  the  seaventh  moneth  next 
comeing./ 

Provided,  also,  that  none  of  the  said  comodities  w'^'>  shalbee  landed  heai'e, 
to  be  sent  -to  other  parts,  shalbee  included  w"^in  this  order  ;  nor  shall  any  of 
the  said  coiiiodities  pay  more  then  once,  though  they  passe  throug  divers 
hands./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  no  servant  shalbee  set  free,  or  have  any  lot,  vntill  hee 
have  served  out  the  time  covenanted,  vnder  penulty  of  such  fine  as  the  Quar- 
ter Courte  shall  inflict,  vnles  they  see  cause  to  remit  the  same./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  all  townes  shall  take  care  to  order  &  dispose  of  all 
single  psons  &  inmates  w"'  their  towne  to  service,  or  otherAA-ise  ;  &  if  any 
bee  greived  at  the  order  of  a  towne,  the  parties  to  have  liberty  to  appcale  to 
the  Governo"'  &  counsell,  or  the  Courte./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  all  millitary  men  in  tliis  iurisdiction  shalbee  ranked 
into  three  regiments,  vizj,  Boston,  Eoxberry,  Dorchester,  "Weimoth,  Hingham, 
to  bee  one  regiment,  a\  hcrof  John  Wintlu-ope,  Senior,  Esquii-,  shalbee  colonell, 
&  Tho  :  Dudley,  Esquir,  leiftcncnt  colonell  ; 


THE    MASSACUUSETTrf    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  187 

Charlesto^vne,   Newetowne,   Watertowne,   Concord,   &   Deddam   to    bee     1  G  3  G. 
another   regiment,  whearof  John    Haynes,   Esq',    shalbee    colonell,   &    Rog'  ''       ^ 

13  December. 

Herlakenden,  Esq',  leiftenant  colonell ;  Midlesex 

Saugust,  Salem,  Ipswich,  &  Neweberry  to  bee  another  regiment,  whearof  ah  miiiitary 
John  Endecot,  Esq',  shalbee  colonell,  &  Jolm  Winthrope,  lunior,  leiftenant  ^^^^  3  rc"em» 
colonell  ;  Essex. 

&  the  Governo'  for  the  time  being  shalbee  cheife  general!./ 
And  each  severall  regiment  shall  make  choyce  of  snch  men  as  they  shall 
tliinke  most  fit  &  safe  for  the  servise  &  trust  of  those  places  of  colonell  & 
leiftenant  colonell,  &  psent  them  by  their  deputies  to  the  next  session  of  this 
Court  ;  &  for  the  captaines  &  leiftenants  to  the  severall  companies  the  sev- 
erall townes  shall  make  choice  of  some  principall  man,  or  two,  or  tlu-ee,  in 
each  towne,  &  fsent  them  to  the  counscll,  who  shall  appoint  one  of  them  to 
the  said  office  in  each  company./ 

And  each  regiment  shall  have  one  muster  master,  who  shall  have  yearly  a  miistcrm'. 
maintenance  out  of  tlie  treasury,  viz<J,  ^  p  @,  to  bee  paid  quarterly  to  ev'y 
of  them.  The  said  three  mustcrmasters  for  the  psent  shalbee  Captaine  Traske 
for  the  east  regiment,  Capt  Ynderliill  for  the  south  regiment,  and  Capt  Patrick 
for  the  north  regiment.  The  power  &  imployment  of  all  the  said  coriiaunders 
«&  mustcrmasters  shall,  fro  time  to  time,  bee  ordered  by  the  Governo'  & 
counsell,  or  by  the  counscll  of  warr,  mIicu  any  shalbee  established./ 

*Christopher  Davies  &  Thomas  Kobinson  bound  in  5*  for  the  appearance      [*186.] 
of  John  Davies  at  the  Quarter  Court  to  bee  held  the  first  Tewsday  in  INIarch./  ^^'^'^^  '»"'>'J- 
The  execution  of  the  order  against  swine  made  the  7"^  month  last  past  SwjneatUbeny 

•  1    J      !_        1       ^  case.    p*. 

■was  agreed  to  bee  suspended  till  the  fii-st  of  the  first  month,  pvided  they  be 
rung,  or,  if  any  bee  found  vnrung,  the  former  order  to  stand  in  force./ 

It  was  agreed,  that  there  should  bee  a  generall  fast  the  19*  of  the  11"^  Dayof  humii- 
month,  being  the  o"'  day  of  the  weeke  Thursday  come  monthe./ 

The  Court  did  intreate  the  Governo'  &  counsell  to  consider  about  the  Motion  ab' 
psecution  of  the  warrs  against  the  Pecoits  &  Block  Hand  against  the  next  pg^^ttf 
session  of  tliis  Courte./ 

The  Court  is  adiourned  till  the  5*  day  of  the  weeke,  whearin  the  Quarter  Adjourm-. 
Court  is  to  bee  held  the  first  Tewsday  of  the  first  month  at  Boston./ 

The  First  Month,  the  i)'"  Day.  1G3G-7. 

The   order   for  each  towne   to    bearc    their  owne   deputies    charge   was      9  March. 
reversed  ;  &  the  former  order,  for  tlic  charge  of  the  deputies  to  bee  borne 
bv  the  country,  is  repstaV)lishcd./ 


188  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

1  G  o  ()-7.  Wheareas  complaiut  liatli  bene  made  to  this  Court  that  divers  of  those 

~'^''^    ^    soiikliers  who  were  emplied  to  Block  Hand  are  not  able  to  beare  the  losse  of 

9  March.  i-o  -ii-  i*  *       r       ^ 

F  m  k  ^'^  niiich  tune,  &  sonic  others  secmc  not  willing  to  bestowe  their  servise  freely, 
and  voyage.  it  is  therefore  ordered,  that  Richard  Bellingham,  Es^,  IM'^  William  Coddiug- 
^^^~  ton,  iNI""  Roger  Herlakendcn,  W  Israeli  Staughton,  M''  Abraham  Palmer,  M"' 

Block  Island 

Toyag.  William  Spencer,  &  M'"  AVilliam  Brenton,  or  the  greater  part  of  them,  shall 

mecte  at  Boston  vpon  every  5"^  day  of  these  4  weeks  next.  &  shall  take 
notice  of  the  complaints  of  all  such  psons  who  were  sent  fourth  in  the  late 
expedition  to  Block  Hand,  (who  shall  resort  to  them  vpon  any  of  those  dayes, 
or  other^^•ise  to  bee  wholly  debarred,)  &  vpon  dewe  consideration  of  their 
condition  &  servise,  to  alow  them  such  recompence  as  they  shall  tliinke  cquall, 
as  also  for  any  speriall  losse  or  damage  sustained  by  any  of  them  Av^'out  their 
owiie  default,  and  shall  also  enquire  of  all  such  as  did  any  way  misbehave 
themselues,  &  to  ceitify  the  counsell  thereof ;  &  vpon  a  note  vnder  the  hands 
of  the  said  coiiiissioners,  (u-  the  greater  part  of  them,  of  any  suiiie  alowed  to 
any  such  pson,  the  Treasurer  shall  make  payment  thereof  accordingly  ;  &  if 
any  dwell  so  farr  remote  as  they  cannot  conveniently  repaire  to  the  said 
coinissioners,  they  may  appoynt  some  other  lawfully  authorished  to  demauncl 
the  same./ 

317—  "  AH  persons  of  any  trayned  band,  both  freemen  &  others,  ■\\-ho  have 
All  persons       taken  the  oath   of  residents,  or  shall  take  the  same,  &  being  no  covenant  ser- 

resident  to  take  ° 

y  oath  of  resi-  vant  in  liou-seliold  w**"  any  other,  shall  have  their  votes  in  nomination  of  those 
.^,      ',   ,  ^        psons  who   are  to   bee  appointed  captaines,  or  other  iiifcrio''   officers  of  the 

None  but  free-    ^  1 1  i  ' 

men.  _  same    band,  pvidcd   they  nominate   none  but  such    as   shalbe   freemen ;    for 

it  is  the   intent  &  order   of  the  Court  that  no  person   shall   hencefourth  bee 

chosen  to   any  office   in  the  coiiionwealth  but  such  as    is  a  freeman.      Any 

one  magistrate  may  administer  the  said  oathe./ 

[*187.]  *This  Courte,  takeing  into  serious  consideration  the  greate  danger  &  dam- 

318—  age  that  may  accrue  to  the  state  by  all  the  freemcns  leaveing  their  plantations 

Ord'  ab*  p^\ies.  .  ,  p      i        •  i 

-,  ,  to  come  to  the  place    of   elections,  have  therctorc  ordered  it,  that  it   shalbee 

Names  who  -^  '  ' 

Bend p'.'iics.  fiee  &  lawfull  for  all  freemen  to  send  their  votes  for  elections  by  proxie  the 
next  Generall  Courte  in  May,  &  so  for  hereafter,  w'''  shalbee  done  in  this 
manner :  The  deputies  w''''  shalbee  chosen  shall  cause  the  freemen  of  their 
townes  to  bee  assembled,  &  then  to  take  such  freemens  votes  as  please  to  send 
by  pxie  for  every  magistrate,  &  scale  them  vp,  severally  subscribing  the 
magistrates  name  on  the  backside,  &  soe  to  bring  them  to  the  Courte  sealed, 
w"'  an  open  roule  of  the  names  of  the  freemen  that  so  send  by  pxie./ 

319—  That  all  swine  shalbee  kept  vp  in  yards.  Hands,  or  committed  to  keepers, 
vnder  the  penalty  often  shillings  for  every  swine  not  so  disposed  of,  oi'  lound 


Ord'  ab'  sw-^nio. 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  189 

at  liberty,  &  that  whatsoever  swine  sliulbe  taken  in  corne,  or  medowe  ground,    1  G3G-7. 
shall  forfct  v°  a  peece  to  those  that  shall  impound  them,  &  the  owners  of  the  ' 

9  March. 

said  swine  shalbce  lyable  to  pay  double  damages  for  such  harmcs  as  the  said 
swine  shall  do  either  in  corne  or  medowe,  &  in  case  any  swine  cannot  bee 
impounded,  it  shalbee  lawfiill  to  kill  them,  out  of  \\'''  the  said  v*  a  peece 
shalbee  paid  to  those  that  shall  so  kill  them,  &  the  rest  to  bee  returned  to  the 
owner  if  hee  can  bee  kiiowne,  or  else  to  the  Tieasurer  for  the  publike,  the 
said  V*  a  peece  to  bee  paid  before  the  dead  swine  bee  delivered  to  the  owner. 
Provided  it  shall  not  bee  la"\vfull  for  any  man  to  kill  or  impound  any  s^^■ine 
that  shalbee  found  vpon  the  ground  of  the  owner  of  the  said  swine./ 

William   Browne,   &       ^       Jackson  were   remited  thrive   rate   of  8',  in  \V»  Brounes 

,      J,    ,     .     ,  ,        ,.  rate  remitted. 

regard  oi  their  losse  by  lycr./ 

It  was    voted,  that   the   marshall   hath  no  right  to  bee   in  the  Courte, 
(vizj,)  when  it  is  private  for  considtation./ 

Steven  Greensmyth,  for  affirming  that  all   the  iiii"'^  (except   M""  Cotton,  j['Step: 
M'  Wheelright,  &  hee  thought  M"^  Hooker)  did  teach  a  covenant  of  works,  (.ens„re"find 
was  for  a  time  coiuittcd  to  the  marshall,  &  after  enioyued  to  make  acknowl-  ■"'"■  *"'• 
edgment  to  the  satisfaction   of  every  congregation,  &  was  fined  -40*,  &  stand- 
eth  bound  in  100*  till  this  bee  done  ;  both  the  satisfaction  bee  given  to   the 
mi"''  &  the  churches,  &  the  Courte  bee  satisfied  for  the  fine./ 

The  Courte  did  approve  of  M"^  Wilsons  speach,  in  their  iudgm'*./  P. 

Charlestowne,  vpoii  their  petition,  was  graunted  a  market,  to  begin  the  s„gg(.ij^°°* 
7'^  of  the  2''  month,  1637,  &  so  to  lice  kept  constantly  vpon  the   0"'  day  of  Cha-s  market, 
the  weeke./ 

Nodles  Hand  is  layd  to  Boston./  Nodlcs  Island 

.  lajd  to  Boston 

JNI'  William  Aspinwall  &  Robert  Marten  are  required  to  take   a  plot  of  g 

the  bounds  between  Weymouth  &  Boston  against  the  nexte  Courte./  Comitte  to 

William  Reade,  haveing  bought  the  house  &  20  acres  of  land  at  Wey-  {^(,[,,.^^11  Wcv- 

moth,  vnfenced,  for   7*  13"  4'',  Wh  was   Zachaiy  Bicknels,   (after  Bicknels  """"h  &  Bos- 
ton, 
death,)  of  Rich'"^  Rocket  &  his  wife,  is  to  have  the  same  sale  confirmed  by  the  ^^^^^  p^^. 

child  when  hee  cometh  to  age,  or  else  the  child  to  alow  all  such  costs  as  the  '^''^*"'- 

Court  shall  thinke  meet./ 

*It  was  ordered,  after  the  first  of  Aprill  there  shall  bee  double  damages      [*188.] 

alowed  for  hurt  done  by  goates  ;  &  any  goates  taken  in  come,  or  gardens,  the  o~0— 

Daniag.  by 

owners  of  the  corne,  or  gardens,  have  power  graunted  them  to  kcepe  or  vse  goates. 
the  said  goates  till  full  satisfaction  bee  made  by  tlie  owners  of  the  goates./ 

It  was  concluded  by  the  Court  tliat  il''  Wheeleright  was  guilty  of  con-  M'  vvheel- 

.  Wrights  censu'. 

tempt  &  sedition./ 


190 


THE    RECORDS    OF    THE    COLONY    OF 


16  36-7. 

9  Marcli. 

321- 

Ordc'  for 
watches,  i.Vc., 
to  prevent 
danger  by  In- 
dians. 


Arme  to  be 
brouglit  to 
public  as- 
eeinbly. 
Rep.  3:2: 
163*3. 


322- 

Not  to  trauajle 
w"'out  ai'mes. 


323- 

VVatch  houses. 


324- 

Su'vey'"  to  give 
accont  of  for- 
feitures. 


[*189.] 

Georg :  Cook, 
cap*. 


Wliearas  many  complaints  have  bene  made  to  tliis  Court,  both  formerly 
&  at  pisent,  of  the  great  neglect  of  all  sorts  of  people  of  rseing  the  lawful! 
&  necessary  meanes  of  their  safety,  especially  in  tliis  time  of  so  '^'^  clanger 
fro  the  Indians,  it  is  therefore  ordered,  that  the  millitary  officers  in  every 
towne  shall  pvide  that  the  watches  bee  dewely  kejit  in  places  most  fit  for 
coinon  safetie,  &  also  a  ward  on  the  Lords  dayes,  the  same  to  begin  before  the 
end  of  this  first  month,  &  to  bee  continued  vntill  the  end  of  September  ;  & 
that  every  pson  above  the  age  of  18  yeares  (except  magistrals  &  elders  of 
the  churches)  shalbee  compellable  to  this  servise,  either  in  pson  or  by  some 
substitute,  to  bee  alowed  by  him  that  hath  the  charge  of  the  watch  or  warde 
for  that  time,  vpon  paine  of  5*  for .  every  default,  to  bee  levyed  by  distresse 
liy  the  surveyar  of  the  armes,  &  to  bee  implyed  fm-  light  &  f}'ei-,  &  such 
necessaries,  by  the  discretion  of  the  millitary  officers./ 

And  all  such  persons  (except  such  as  some  Courte  or  the  counsell  shall 
see  cause  to  dispence  w"',  &  excej)!  those  of  Boston  who  shall  heai'in  bee 
ordered  by  the  magistrates  there)  shall  come  to  the  publike  assemblyes  wi"* 
their  musketls,  or  other  peeces  fit  for  servise,  furnished  w""  match,  powder, 
&  bullets,  YY>on  paine  of  12'  for  every  defiiult,  to  bee  levyed  &  imployed  as 
aforesaid./ 

And  no  person  shall  travell  above  one  mile  from  Iris  dweling  house,  ex- 
cept in  places  wheare  other  houses  are  neare  together,  w^out  some  armes, 
vpon  paine  of  IS""  for  every  default,  to  bee  levyed  &  imployed  as  aforesaid./ 

And  every  towne  shall  p-\'idc  a  sufficient  watch  house  before  the  last  of 
the  5*  month  next,  vpon  paine  of  5*./ 

Provided,  that  all  such  as  keeije  families  at  their  fai-mes,  being  remote 
from  any  towne,  shall  not  bee  compellable  to  send  their  servants  from  their 
farmes  to  watch  or  warde  in  the  townes./ 

The  surveyor  of  the  armes  shall  give  account  to  the  towncsmen  of  all  the 
said  forfectures,  &  the  imployment  thereof,  &  any  of  the  Courts  or  the  coun- 
sell shall  have  power  to  hcare  &  determine  all  questions  &  differences  w""" 
may  arise  about  the  execution  of  this  order./ 

For  Dorchester,  M"^  Israel  Staughton  chosen  captaine ;  M"^  Natha :  Dun- 
kan,  leiftenant  ;  John  Homan,  ensigne./ 

For  Charlestowne,  INI"'  Robert  Sedgwick  chosen  captaine./ 

For  Watertownc,  M"'  Willia"  Jenison  chosen  captaine./ 

*  For  Newetowne,  M'^  George  Cooke  chosen  captain  ;  W  Willi :  Spencer, 
leiftenant ;  ^M''  Sam  :  Shepard,  ens[ign]./ 


For   Saugust,   M''  Da 
Walker,  ensign./ 


;  M''  Daniel  Howe,  leiftenant ;    Rich'd. 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND. 


191 


For  Ipswich,  il""  Daiiicll  Denison  chosen  captaine./  1  (!  3  ()-7 

For  Salem,  ]\P  William   Traske    chosen  captaine  ;  Eich :  Damport,  lief- 
tenant  ;  Tho  :  Reade,  ensign./ 

For  Neweberrj',  'SL''  John  Spencer  chosen  captain./ 

For  Boston,  M''  John  Vntlerhill  chosen  captaine  ;  M''  Ed-ward  Gibons, 
lieftenant ;  M"  Eob''t  Harding,  cnsi[gu]./ 

For  Concord,     ^     ^  ;  Synion  Wellard,  leiftenant./ 

For  the  countryes  scrvise, 

M""  John  Vnderhill, 
M""  Daniel  Patrick, 


captaines. 


9  March. 
M^  Dani ;  Den- 
ison. 

M'  \V»  Traske. 
M'  Jn°  Spen- 
cer. 

M'  John  Vn- 
de'hill. 
Symon  Wil- 
lard. 

For  y«  country' 
ser^-icc, 
M'  Vnde'hiU, 

For  w"*"  they  two  are  to  have  30*  a  peece  yearely  out  of  the  treasuiy,  &  to  M'  Patrick, 

bee  disposed  of  by  order  from  the  counsell  of  warr./  h^uj,  30U  p. 

Round  Hand  &  Grape  Hand  are  graunted  to  the  towne  of  Weymothc./         """■ 

There  was  a  le^y  of  300*  graunted,  to  bee  paid  as  the  last  was,  between  j^j^jj^jg  ^g~ 

this  &  the  next  Courte,  &  corne  to  bee  paid  for  the  rate  at  5'  the  bushell./         Weymouth. 

Kate  3001. 

It  was  agreed,  that  the  Courte  of  Elections,  to   bee  held  in  ]May  next,  Election  Court 
should  bee  held  at  Newetowne./  !?  ^'  "'  ^"^ 

'  Tow. 

M'  Anthony  Thacher  had  granted  him  the  small  iland  at  the  head  of  smale  island 
Cape  Ann,  (vpon  w"^""  hee  was  ^served  from  shipwrack,)  as  his  pp  in-  c^p^j^nn^g 
heritance./  M'Anth: 

'  Thatcher. 


*A  Generall  Court,  held  the  18'^  Day  of  the  2'  Month  @  1637. 


16  3  7, 


Present,  The  Govemo', 

Deputy  Governo'', 
]\I"'  Thomas  Dudley, 
Colonell  Haynes, 
ColoneU  Endecott, 
M"^  John  Ilumfrey, 

Cap?  Isra :  Stoughton, 
M'  John  Glover, 
Rich'"d  Colicott, 
M--  Will :  Colbron, 
M'  John  Coggeswall, 
M'  WiU :  Brenton, 
M"'  Rich^'d  Browne, 
Capt  Jeanison, 
M'  Bryan  Pendleton, 
M'  Joseph  Cooke, 
M'  Nicolas  Danforth, 


IM""  Rich :  Belllngha, 
M'  Wilham  CodiUngto, 
M"^  Rich :  Dumer, 
Leift  Colo :  Wintkroj)e, 
Leift  Colo :  Herlakenden, 
Increase  Nowell ; 

Leift.  Spencer, 
Capt  Sedg-ndck, 
Thomas  Line, 
John  jSIousall, 
M'  EdW  Woodman, 
M'^  John  Woodbridge, 
M"'  Eich"-d  Saltonstall, 
Capt  Denison, 
Capt  Tra-ske, 
Leift  Davenport, 
RoVt  Moulton, 


18  April. 

[*190.] 


192 


THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


Tymotliy  Toralins, 
Leift  Howe, 
Leift  Willard, 
Thomas  White, 
Joseph  Aiidrewes, 


Anthony  Eames, 
Isaack  Heathe, 
John  Johnson, 
Wilham  Heathe. 


325- 


326- 


IT  was  ordered,  that  corne  shoukl  passe  at  Ssh'*  p  bushell   in  all  payments 
for  any  bargaine  hearafter  to  bee  made,  vntill  the  Courte   take  further 
course  therein./ 

The  power  of  the  military  coiiiission  is  confirmed  in  the  hands  of  the 
counsell  till  fiu'ther  order  bee  taken./ 

Tliis  Coiu't  being  assembled  for  the  speciall  occation  of  psecuting  the  warr 
against  the  Pccoits,  it  was  agreed  &  ordered,  that  the  warrs,  havcing  bene 
vndertaken  vpon  iust  ground,  should  bee  seriously  psecuted  ;  &  for  tliis  end 
there  shalbee  160  men  pvided  to  bee  chosen  out  of  the  severall  townes  accord- 
ing to  the  pportion  vnderwrittcn,  vidli :  ovit  of  out  of 

16 


Number  soul- 

Newberry,  .     . 

,       8 

men 

0 

Charlestowne,  . 

12  more  after  4 

dicrs. 

Ipswich, 

1  i  more  after  6 

23 

Boston,  .    .     . 

26             9 

Salem,    .     .     . 

18 

6 

24 

Roxberry,   . 

10             3 

Saugust,      .     . 

16 

5 

21 

Dorchester, 

13             4 

"Watertowne,    . 

14 

5 

19 

Waymothc, 

05             2 

Newetowne,     . 

09 

3 

12 

Hingham,    .      . 

06             2 

Marbleheade,   . 

03 

1 

4 

Meadfoarde, 

03             1 

326-  the  men  to  bee   nanied  by  the   severall  townes,  &  jpsented   to  the   counsel!, 

w*in  one  weeke,  who  shall  give  a  call  vnto  such  of  them  as  they  shall  thinke 
fit,  (&  may  imprcsse  such  as  are  not  freemen,  at  their  discretion,)  to  the  num- 
ber of  120,  at  the  least ;  (these  who  were  lately  sent  to  Saybrooke  to  bee 
accounted  of  the  said  number  of  160 ;)  &  they  shall  pvide  amonge  these  men 
some  fit  to  bee  chosen  officers,  &  such  as  shalbee  enroled  for  tliis  servise  shall 
have,  eveiy  coinon  souldier,  20sh'  p  month,  every  sergeant,  30sh^  p  month, 
besides  their  dyots,  &  that  the  connsell  shall  take  order  hearin  for  all  other 
things  concerning  the  said  expedition,  so  as  all  may  bee  in  readines  (so  fiuT  as 
is  possible)  by  the  end  of  the  next  Generall  Court,  &  for  training  &  ^pareing 
the  souldiers,  before  they  bee  sent./ 

And  for  the  fmtherance  of  tlois   expedition  there   shalbee   600*  levyed 
fonrthw*,  according  to  the  last  le^■y  of  300*./ 

^ff      ,.  0  The  counscll  are  also  to  treato  w""  o''  neighbours  of  Plimoth  about  such 

riimouth  &  ° 

Conccticot  to     ajxlc  as  thej^  will  send  w"'  vs,  &  also  w""  o'  frends  vpon  C'onecktecot,  &  shall 

be  treated  w""        "  ...  •in. 

for  ayd.  have  power  to  proccede  w"'  them  in  the  said  treaty  as  occation  shall  require./ 


THE  MASSACHUSETTS   BAY   IN   NEW   ENGLAND.  pj^ 

Ami  thty  shall  make  clioyce  ol"  a  fit  mau  to  bcc  steweard  for  makcing  &      1  (J  o  7. 
dispencing  the  pvisions,  who  shall  have  40sh^  the  mouth  for  wages,  besides  ^^^—^ 

,  "18  April. 

dyot./ 

Capt  Traske  shall  have  the  coiiiaund  of  all  the  souldicrs,  &  Leift  Dam-  Cap'  Tiask, 
port,  who  shalbee  alowed,  the  cap?  6*  p  month,  &  the  leift  4*  p  month ;  &  t  f,  j) 
the  next  Court  will  take  order  for  such  other  comaunder  or  coiliaundcrs  as  P°f'i  '<;'''• 
they  shall  thinke  fit  to  ioyne  vnto  them./ 


*^  Quarter  Courte,  houhlen  at  Boston,  the  7"'  Day  of  the  First       ]  (; ;;  (j-7. 

M%  @  1636.  ■ ^— ' 

7  March. 

P-SENT,      The  Gov'no',  :\I'  Coddington,  [*191.] 

The  Deputy  Gov'',  ]M'  Herlakendcn, 

M'^  Dudley,  'SL'  Humfry, 

]\I''  Hayncs,  liicrease  Nowell. 
ISI''  Bellingham, 

IN  regard  the  Imprisonment  of  Edward  Woodlcy  duth   pro^c   p'iuditiall   to  vvuodiy,  re- 
his  ni'',  the  Courte  (if  the  maydc  shall  professe  her  freedome   fi'om   fcare    ''^^' 
before  ^I"^  Haynesj  doth  release  the  said  "Woodley  to  his  master./ 

'\^'eybro  Lovell,  wife   of  Capt  Lovell,  being  ^sented  by  the  grand  jury  Louciis  sent, 
for  light  «&  whoarish  behavio'',  was   seriou.sly  admonished  to  repent,  &  walk 
humbly,  chastly,  &  holily./ 

John  Emerson,  being  accused  by  Edith  Pitts,  forfeted  100'./ 

George   Keudrick  &   Will :  Ilatche  forfetted  50*  a  peace   for  \\ant  of  Enit>erbons 
John  Emerson's  appearance.     These  were  dischaiged  the  4""  ifi,  1638./  °"  ' 

James  Playdeu  was  admited   to   be   free,  because   of  his   m'"  his  former  Ja  Hevdcn 
pmise,  before  the  act  of  the  Courte  made  against  it./ 

It  is  thought  cquall  by  the  Court  that  the  towne  of  Salem   should  rcpav  Monitnu-  r;ae 
Goodman  Robert  ^loulton  the  money  taken  of  him  for  the  last  1200*  rate./         him. 

M'ill :  James  being  fsented  for  incontLnency,  knowing    his  wife  before  W"  James 
marriage,  was  sentenced  to  bee  set  in  the  bilboes  at  Boston,  the  5"',  in  the 
afternoone,  &  in  the  stocks  at  Salem  vpon   the  next  Courte   day,  &  bound 
in  20*./ 

T'he  power  formerly  granted  to  M''  Dudley,  M'"  Endecot,  &  M''  Brad- 
streete  is  granted  to  Increase  NoavcU  &  Thorn  :  ^tlayhewc,  to  examine  the 
accounts    bctwccuc     M""    Rich''d    Saltonstall,    M'^    Aplctnn.    &    Edward    Dil- 


lingam./ 


Loiicll  admon- 

Capl  Lovell  was  admonislicd  to  take  heedc  of  light  carriage./  '=*''<• 


\ni..   I.  ^'.j 


194 


THE    llECORDS    OF    THE    COLONY    OF 


163  6-7.  Tymothy  Tomlins  was  contented  to  take  onely  x'  of  John  Stretton./ 

"       '       '  A  capias  was  graunted  to  John  Stretton,  to  bring  Kibbe  &  Ehvell  before 

7  March. 

Tim.Tomijns.   the  GovemoV 

Thorn  :  Pettet  for  suspition  of  slaunder,  idlenes,  &  stubbornenes,  is  cen- 
sured to  bee  severely  wliiped,  &  to  bee  kept  in  hould./ 

Attachment  was  ordered  for  Will :  Powell  to  appear  the  ^S""  j^sent  for 
contempt,  &  to  answear  to  the  accusation  of  Tho  :  Pettet./ 

John  Trumble  was  fined  20*  to  the  coiiion  wealth,  resting  till  the  next 
Quarter  Court,  &  boimd  in  40*  to  appeare  the  first  Tewsday  in  the  4th  month, 
@  1637./ 

Mary  Bowler  was  adiudgcd  to  make  double  restitution  for  the  things 
stoalen  by  her  from  others./ 


Tho :  Pettet 
cens. 


Ju"  Trumble 
find  20". 


163  7. 

17  May. 

[*192.] 


*A  Generall  Courte,  held  at  JYewetoivne,  the  17'"  of  the  3^  M",  @  1687, 

for  Elections. 


P''SENT,     The  Governo"", 

The  Deputy  Governo'", 
M-^  Thorn :  Dudley, 
M"'  John  Humfrey, 
M'  Rich-^d  Bellingha, 
M''  Roger  Herlakenden, 


Deputies, 


George  Mynot, 
M'  John  Glover, 
Eich'd  Collicot, 
Isaack  Heathe, 
Willia  Heathe, 
John  Johnson, 
Cap?  Rob'^t  Sedgwick, 
Thorn :  Line, 
John  Mousall, 
M"'  Joseph  Cooke, 
M^  Nico :  Danforth, 
M'  Will :  Spencer, 
Cap?  Jeanison, 
M''  Rich :  Browne, 
M'  Thorn :  Mayhewc, 
Leifl  Symon  Wellard, 


"M'  John  Winthrope,  luni, 
M'"  Symon  Bradstreet, 
Cap?  Israeli  Staughton, 
Colo :  John  Endecot, 
Increase  Nowell. 


Leif?  Dan :  Howe, 
M"'  Tymothy  Tomlins, 
Capt  Traske, 
Leift  Danford, 
Edmond  Batter, 
Samu :  Apleton, 
Joseph  Medcalfe, 
Edward  Woodman, 
John  Woodbridg, 
John  Vpham, 
Will:  Smythe, 
Antho :  Eames, 
Joseph  Androws, 
ISI''  Henry  ^"ainc, 
MMVill:  Coddington, 
M"'  Athcrton  Haugh. 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  195 

JOHN  WINTHROPE,  Sen"',  Es(^,  was  chosen  Governo'  for  the  yeare  en- 
suing, &  in  the  f>sence  of  the  Couite  did  take  the  oathe  to  liis  place 
belonging./ 

Thomas  Dudley,  Senior,  Es^,  was  chosen  Deputy  Govcrno'',  &  did  take 
an  oath*  to  his  place  belonging  in  the  p>sence  of  the  Courte./ 

Richard  Bcllingham,  John  Ilumfrey,  John  Endecot,  John  Winthrope, 
lunior,  Roger  Herlakcndcn,  Increase  Nowell,  Simon  Bradstreete,  Israeli 
Stai%hton,  &  Richard  Saltonstall,  Es^,  were  chosen  Assistants  for  this  yeare 
next  ensuing,  &  till  ncwc  bee  chosen,  &  did  all  take  the  oathe  to  their  place 
belonging,  except  INI""  Saltonstall,  ^^■ho  was  absent./ 

John  Endecott,  Es^,  was  chosen  to  bee  one  of  the  standing  counsell  for 
the  tearme  of  liis  life./ 

The  elections  of  the  deputies  of  Boston  being  ap^hended  by  the  deputies 
to  bee  vndew,  order  was  given  for  new  warrant  to  bee  sent  out  from  the  Court 
for  a  newe  election./ 

Warrant  was  given  to  S''gent  Rich''d  Collicott,  steward,  appointed  to  make 
pvisions  for  the  expedition  against  the  Pecoits,  to  require  ayde  of  any  con- 
stables or  others  whom  it  may  concerne  to  ^sse  carriages,  or  horses,  &  to  make 
^visions ;  &  vpon  bylls  to  the  Governo''  &  counsell  warrant  shalbee  given  to 
make  payment/ 

Capt  Traske,  Capt  Jeanison,  Capt  Turner,  &  Sergent  Rich'd  CoUicot 
were  appointed  a  coiiiittee  for  the  fsent  expedition  for  men,  munition,  & 
pvisions./ 

M'  John  Spencer  is  discharged  from  being  capt  at  Newbeny,  &  Edward 
Woodman  is  chosen  leiftenant  at  Neweberry./ 

John  Woodbridg  is  appointed  surveyer  of  the  armes  at  Newberry./ 

Rich''d  Bellingham,  Es^,  was  chosen  Treasurer  for  this  yeare./ 

W  John  Wilson  &  M''  John  Eliot  being  put  to  lot  w*  should  go  fourth 
w""  the  souldiers  against  the  Pecoits,  ]\I''  Wilson  was  chosen./ 

Til"'  John  Winthi-ope,  lunior,  M'  Symon  Bradstreete,  &  Capt  Israeli 
Staughton,  being  put  to  lot,  w"''  should  go  fourth  in  the  expedition  against  the 
Pecoits,  &  Capt  Staughton  was  chosen./ 

Cap?  Staughton,  Capt  Jeanison,  Leift  Howe,  &  John  Johnson  were  ap- 
pointed deputies  to  lay  a  pportion  vpon  each  towne  for  raiseing  50  men  more 
to  bee  sent  fourth  w"'  Capt  Staughton,  ^M"'  Wilson,  Capt  Traske,  &  others./ 

Alexander  Waites  was  accused  for  seling  powder  to  the  Indians,  con- 
fessed to  have  sould  a  pistoU,  &  to  have  given  ^  a  ii  of  gunpowder.  It  was 
ordered,  that  bee  shoukl  bee  whiped  for  this  offence./ 


J'JG 


THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OP 


1  G 

17  May. 
Concords 
leaiic. 
Stephen 
Greensmith. 

M'  J  no  Wlieel- 
wright. 


Plymouth. 


[*193.] 
328- 

No  anneamintti 
to  be  traded 
w***  Indians. 


329- 

No  strangers  to 
be  ente'tejnod 
in  any  town 
\v"'out  Ijcenu, 
und'  poenalt}* 

of  nm. 

40 :  21 : 
Conf.  3:  2: 
1G33. 


330- 

N'cme  to  trade 
w***  Iii(li:ins  ont 
pi"  oil' jiirisdi. 


Concord  had  leave  graiuited  them  to  piircliase  the  ground  w"^in  their 
hniils  of  the  Iiideans,  to  'vvit,  Atawans  &  Squa  sacliim./ 

It  -was  ordered,  that  Steven  Greensmyth  should,  before  the  next  session 
of  this  Coiirte,  give  satisfaction  to  the  elders  &  churches,  &  pay  his  fine,  & 
certify  so  much  at  the  next  Courte,  or  else  to  forfet  his  bond./ 

M''  John  Wheelcright  was  enioyued  to  appeare  at  the  next  session  of  this 
Clourte,  to  ansA\-car  further,  or  recehe  such  sentence  as  the  cause  shall  require./ 

The  late  Treasurer,  M""  Duiiier,  -was  ordered  to  receive  all  the  last  rates, 
of  w''''  hoc  hath  rc;-eivcd  part./ 

M''  Tymothy  Ifeatheriy,  &  JNI''  ^  Tyldcn,  iv"'  M''  Willia  Ashpinwall 
&  Joseph  Audrows,  were  appointed  to  vciwe  the  bounds  bctwccnc  vs  &  Plim- 
rith,  &  make  rcturnc  how  they  find  them  Ij'e  to  both  Courts./ 

*It  is  ordered,  that  no  man  w"'in  this  iurisdiction  shall,  directly  or  indi- 
rectly, amend,  repair,  or  cause  to  bee  amended  or  repaired,  any  gun,  small  or 
greate,  belonging  to  any  Indian,  nor  shall  eudevour  the  same,  nor  shall  sell  or 
give  to  any  Indian,  directly  or  indirectly,  any  such  gun,  or  any  gunjjowder,  or 
shott,  or  leado,  or  shot  moiilde,  or  any  millitary  weopons,  or  armour,  vpon 
]jainc  of  ten  jioinid  tine  for  ev'y  offence  at  least,  &  that  the  Court  of  Assistants 
shall  have  power  (o  increase  the  fine  or  to  impose  corporal]  punishment  wheare 
a  fine  cannot  bee  had,  at  their  discretion./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  no  towne  or  pson  shall  receive  any  stranger,  resort- 
ing hither  w"'  intent  to  reside  in  this  iurisdiction,  nor  shall  alow  any  lot  or 
habitation  to  any,  or  intertaine  any  such  above  tlu'ee  weekes,  except  such  pson 
shall  have  alowance  vndcr  the  hands  of  some  one  of  the  counsell,  or  of  two 
other  of  the  magistrates,  vjwn  painc  that  ev''y  towne  that  shall  give  or  sell 
any  lot  or  habitation  to  any  such,  not  so  alowed,  shall  forfet  100*  for  every 
ofience,  <&  ev''y  pson  receiving  any  such,  for  longer  time  then  is  heare  ex- 
pressed, (or  then  shalbe  alowed  in  some  speciall  cases,  as  before,  or  in  case  of 
iutertainemcnt  of  fieinds  resorting  from  some  other  parts  of  this  country  for  a 
convenient  time,)  shall  forfet  for  ev'^y  offence  40* ;  &  for  ev'y  month  after  such 
pson  shall  there  contincw  20*;  provided,  that  if  any  inhabitant  shall  not  con- 
sent to  the  intertainment  of  any  such  person,  &  shall  give  notice  thereof  to 
any  of  the  magistrates  w*''in  one  month  after,  such  inhabitant  shall  not  bee 
lyablc  to  any  part  of  this  pcnulty.  This  order  to  continew  till  the  end  of  the 
next  Court  of  Elections,  &  no  longer,  except  it  bee  then  confirmed./ 

Foi-  avoyding  the  evills  &  inconveniences  w''''  have  risen  hv  trading  w"* 
tlie  Indians  in  other  parts,  —  ■ 

It  is  ordered,  that  from  hencefourth  no  person  of  this  iurisdiction  shall 
trade  out  of  the  limits  of  the  same  w"'  any  Indian,  vpon  paine  of  such  fine,  & 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  197 

other  censure,  as  the  Court  whearln  it  shalbee  tryed  sliall  see  cause  to  inflict,      1  G  3  7. 
according  to  the  power  of  the  Court  &  measure  of  the  offence./  '' 

^P  Edward  Howe  &  Cap?  Nathanicll  Turner,  w""  M''  Eosrer  Conant  &  ,,      „  ,. 

'  '  °  Rep.  9 ;  lo : 

M''  A\*illiani  Hawthorne,  were   chosen  to   assist  in  the   perticuler   Courts   at  "^37. 
Salem./  347- 

'  Associates  at 

Capt  Daniell  Denison  &  M''  SannicU   Apli'ton  were  chosen  to  assist  at  Salem. 
the  perticuler  Courts  at  Ipswich./  ."'    .  ,    . 

^.  ^  '  Assoeiats,  Ips- 

Leift   Ralph   Sprage,  JNI""  Richard    Browne,  &   M''  Joseph  Cooke  were  "'ch- 
chosen  to  assist  at  the  pticuler  Courts  at  Newetowne./  j^t^^,  .^^^^ 

The  counsell,  w'i>  W  Rich''d  Bellingham,  M""  Ro^er  Ilerlakenden,  &  In-  33 1_ 

crease   Nowell,  or  the   greater  number  of  tlicm,  shall  have   power  to   send  Coimtte  to 

send  forth  y" 

fourth  the  souldiers,  w''*'  are  nioi-e  to  bee  sent  against  the  Pecoits,  &  to  fur-  souldiers. 

.  P   190 

nish  out  all  necessaries,  both  of  amies,  pvisions,  vcssles,  &  all  other  things 
incident  therevnto,  &  to  imprcsse  any  vessels,  &  other  helps  of  men,  &  car- 
riages, &  to  take  care  that  the^^  may  bee  sent  fourth  Av""in  ten  dayes,  if  possible./ 

These  to  take  care  of  the  Castle  at  the  ilaiul,  till  the  next  session  of  this  332— 

Courte,  according  to  their  discretion./  '"'*'"'  "'■^'^'^  "'  >" 

'  .  Castle. 

*Leif?  Howe  to  go  Icif?  to  Capt  Patricke,  Leift  Damfort  to  have  charge      r*l94  i 
of  the  amies  &  ainunition,  S^'gont  Tomlins  to  bee  canonere,  Will :  Fuller,  gun- 
smythe,  Starr  for  chirurgion./ 

The  Court  is   adiourned   till   the   first  Tewsday  in  August,  (vnlesse  the 
Governo''  see  cause  to  call  it  sooner,  &  to  continew  to  bee  kept  at  Newetowne./ 

[The  remainder  of  page  194,  and  pages  19.5  and  196,  contain  the  names  of  such  as  were  made  free- 
men from  May,  1636,  to  December,  1638,  inclusive.] 


M 


*The  First  of  the  4'*  M\  @  1637.  [*195.] 

1  June. 

»  RICHKD  SALTONSTALL,  being  chosen  an  Assistant  by  the  Gen- 
erall  Court,  this  day  tooke  the  oath  to  that  place  belonging./ 


*J  Qitxtrter  Court,  hoidden  at  Boston,  the  6"'  Day  of  the  4'"  M",  @  1637.     [*197.] 

6  June. 

P'SENT,    The  Govcmo'",  M'  Roger  Herlakenden, 

The  Deputy  Gov''no%  J\P  Rich  :  Saltonstall, 

Col"  Jii°  Endecot,  M"'  Israeli  Staughton, 

M'  Richrd  Bellingha,  Increase  NowelL 
^l''  Jn"  Winthrope,  lunior, 


198 


THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


1G3  7. 


Jn"  Hathaway, 
for  adultery. 


Rob'  AUcn  & 
Ma'g'  Scale, 
for  adultery. 

Mathue  Bridg 
bound  ouer. 


Ordc  ab' 
Phebe  Scales 
free  fro  Jn" 
Cogshall. 


Jn"  Palmer 
costs  g'  him. 


1.011  of  Jn» 
Truiiibles  20 
fine  remitted 
him. 

Kich :  Os- 
bornes  injunc- 
tion. 

Isack  Dauies 
to  be  sent 
home  to  his 
wife  in  Eng. 
Binfeild'  chil- 
dren, how  dis- 
posed. 
Edw"  Scales 
sent,  to  be 
whip,  for 
di'unkencss. 


JOHN  SWEETE,  being  psented  by  the  grandiury  for  shooting  a  woolfe 
dog  of  Colonell  Endecots,  in  Colonell  Endecots  owne  yard,  was  fined  5*, 
&  to  bee  imprisoned  dureing  the  pleasure  of  the  Courte./ 

Robert  Anderson,  for  his  contempt,  M'as  fined  50*,  &  sent  to  prison  till  hee 
shall  give  satisfection./ 

John  Hathaway  being  accused  of  adultery  w**"  Margaret  Seale,  wife  of 
Edward  Seale,  James  Peii  &  Samuell  Coles  testified  that  hee  confessed  it  to 
them  ;  so  the  grandiury  found  the  byll  of  inditcmcnt  to  bee  true  ;   though  — 

Rob^'t  Allen  &  Margaret  Seale,  being  accused  of  adultery,  confessed  the 
fact ;  so  the  grandiury  found  the  byll  of  inditem'  to  bee  true./ 

!Mathewe  Bridg  being  accused  to  be  guilty  of  the  vntimely  death  of 
John  Abbot,  the  said  Mathewe,  &  Jolm  Bridge,  his  father,  were  bound  in  40* 
for  his  appearance  at  the  next  Quarter  Courte,  to  bee  lield  the  first  Tewsday 
in  the  7"^  m",  at  Boston./ 

In  regard  Phebe  Scales  was,  by  order  of  Court,  put  ajip^tice  to  John 
Coggesall,  of  Boston,  iSchant,  who,  at  the  instant  request  of  the  Courte, 
accepted  the  same,  &  for  that  the  said  girle  hath  pved  over  burthensome  to 
him,  the  Court,  as  formerly,  so  nowe,  have  thought  it  iust  to  ease  him  of  it ; 
&  whereas  the  said  girle  was  put  by  the  said  John  Coggeshall  to  one  Jolm 
Levins,  of  Roxbcrry,  to  bee  kept  at  a  ccrteine  ^  ,  it  is  now  ordered,  that 
M""  Deputie,  calling  to  him  ]SI"'  Brenton  &  WiU :  Parks,  chosen  by  the  said  2 
pties,  shall  have  power  to  end  the  difference  between  the  said  parties,  &  to  set 
downe  such  order  for  the  ease  &  discharge  of  the  said  John  Coggesall,  &  dis- 
poseing  of  the  said  Phebe,  as  they  shall  thinke  equall./ 

John  Palmer  was  graunted  lOsh^  costs  against  Georg  "Woodward,  for  not 
psecuting  his  suite,  haveing  suiiioned  the  said  John  to  appeare  this  Quarter 
Coiute./ 

John  Trumble  being  formerly  fined  20*,  fifteen  pound  of  the  said  20*  is 
rcmited,  &  the  other  5*  hee  hath  a  yeares  time  granted  him  to  satisfie  the  same./ 

Rich'd  Osborn  M'as  enioyned  to  give  an  account  to  the  cunstable  weekely 
how  hee  doth  impve  his  time  ;  &  if  hee  neglect,  further  order  to  bee  taken, 
by  puting  him  to  the  Castle./ 

Isaac  Davies  was  ordered  to  bee  sent  ^^•hom  to  his  v.-ite,  to  England ;  & 
the  care  thereof  is  coinited  to  Salem./ 

Whearas  John  Binfeild  dyed,  leaving  2  child''n  vndisposed  of,  the  charge 
of  the  one  was  ordered  to  bee  defrayed  by  INI''  Cradock,  hee  haveing  the  goods 
of  the  deceased,  tlie  other  child  being  disposed  of  by  the  country./ 

Edward  Seale,  for  his  beastly  di-unkennes,  was  censured  to  bee  set  in  the 
bilboes  till  the  end  of  the  Court,  &  then  to  bee  severely  whiped./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  I99 

George  ]Munnings  was  fined  20sh^  for  seling  bcare  &  keeping  a  house  of    -16  3  7. 
intertainement  without  license./  """"^^       ' 

Samuell  Cole  was  fined  lOsh'  for  selling  a  quart  of  beare  at  2^,  &  ■was  „      „    . 

"  ^  '  Gco:Muning3 

licensed  to  sell  such  claret  &  white  wine  as  is  sent  for./  find  for  selling 

beer. 

Rob''t  Longe  was  fined  10^  for  seling  a  q't  of  beare  at  2'',  and  was  licensed  sam:  Cole  find. 

to  sell  such  claret  &  white  wine  as  is  sent  for./  Rob'  Long 

*William  Baulston  was  fined  lOsh'  for  selling  a  q''t  of  beare  at  2"^./  r*io« 

James  Browne  was  censured,  for  di-unkennes,  to  bee  set  two  houres  in  wia  Baiston 

the  bilboes,  vpon  the  market  day,  at  Boston,  publikely./  '    ^^^' 

James 

And  the  said  James  Browne  was  fined  40sh*  for  selling  strong  water  to  Brow; 


ncs  cens. 


the  Indians,  w'^'out  license./ 

Bcniamin  Hubberd  was  also  solemly  admonished  of  his  fiiiling,  for  being  Bcnja :  Hnb- 
in  company  w*''  James  Browne  &  the  rest,  &  often  diinking  of  the  strong  jJJ^'^  "  "'^"" 
water  bottle  w""  them,  &  not  repving  them./ 

George  Woodward  was  ordered  to  give  Eich''d  Chadwell  6"  8'^  because  Gorg  Wood- 
hee  called  him  for  a  witnes  from  Saugust,  by  warrant./ 

John  Knight,  of  Neweberry,  -was  licensed  to  keepe  an  ordijiary,  &  give  John  Knight, 
intertainement  to  such  as  neede./  •  J^  '^^^   "''^' 

Nicholas  Vpsall,  of  Dorchester,  was  licensed  to  keepe  an  ordinaiy,  &  give  Nicho :  Vp- 

.  .  ,  ,  shall,  of  Dorch. 

intertainement  to  such  as  nccde/  liccnct. 

"Willi :  Knop  was  enioyned,  vpon  palne  of  100*  &  imprisonment,  to  bring  vv»  Knop> 
in  sureties  w"'in  8  dayes  for  his  appearance   at   the   next   Quarter  Court,  to 
answear  what  shalbee  obiected  about  his  speaches  of  M'  Vaine,  o''  late  Gov- 
emo'./ 

M''  Samuell  Maverick  was    enioyned    to    keepe    in    his    hands,  of   the  M'Sam:  Mau- 
goods  of   Robert  Anderson,  to    the  valew  of  50*    starling,  for  his  fine,  for  tion. 
his  contempt  offered,  &  to  deliver  him  the  rest  of  his  goods./ 

The  5"^  day  of  the    next  weeke,  being    the  IS"*    of  this    month,  was  A  day  of 
appointed  to  bee  kept  a  day  of  thanksgiveing  in  the  severall  churches./  °' 

Willi :  Baulston  is  licensed  to  keepe  a  house  of  intertainment,  &  is  W"  Baulston 
licensed  to  sey.  such  claret  &  white  wine  as  is  sent  for./ 

Order  was  appointed  to  bee  given  to  the  cunstable  of  Neweberry  to  ap-  Schooic'  sent 

phend      ^      Schooler,     ^     Bayly,  &      ^      ,  dwelling  beyond  Merrimack,  to  jjayiy. 

appear  at   the   Court  at  Ipswich,  or  before  the  magistrates  there,  who  have 

power  to  take  further  order,  as  they  shall  see  cause./ 

Henry  Kingman,  of  Waymoth,  is  licensed  to  keepe  a  house  of  inter-  lien :  King- 
man, of  Wcv- 
tainement./  mouth,  Uccnct. 


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THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


16  3  7. 

1  August. 

[*199.] 


*Gen:  Court,  by  Mio'nm'from  3:  17:,  the  First  of  the  6"  M",  called 

August,  1637. 


Against  this  session,  instead  of 
Capt  Tiaske, 
Leif?  Danilbrd, 
Geo :  Mynaid, 
llich-'d  Collicott, 
&  "SL'  Hen :  Vane,  Esf), 


Were  chosen, 
M"'  Willi :  Hauthorne, 
JNI''  Tho  :  Gardner, 
Leilt  Duncam, 
Willi :  Gaylard, 
&  Willi  :  Aspinwall. 


e   lallen  \poa   many  by  the    receiving  of  corne  at 


333- 


M'  Jn°  Green 
bond  to  ans' 
his  speeches, 
&c. 

Shawshin  to 
be  vejwed. 


Cap'  Vnde'hiUs 
mainten  con- 
tinued. 
M'  St :  Gren- 
smith  bond  for- 
feited. 

Comittec,  &u. 


Day  of  thanks- 
giving, &  sonl- 
dj's  in  seu'll 
townes  to  be 
feasted. 
Grecnsniith 
coiiiittm'. 


M'  Whele- 
wright  de- 
ferred. 

Tresure's  ac- 
coun'. 


IN  regard  there  hath  losse  fallen  \poa  many  hy  the 
5sh'  p  biishell  from  the  countrey,  these  five  gentlemen,  ^NP  Nathaniell 
Duncan,  John  Johnson,  Isaack  Heathe,  M'  Willi :  Aspinwall,  &  INI"'  Abraham 
Palmer,  are  appointed  coiiiissioners  for  them,  or  any  three  of  them,  to  con- 
sider what  may  bee  equall,  &  to  set  order  therein  according  to   equity./ 

The  former  order  of  selling  corne  at  five  shillings  the  bushell,  ibr  the 
time  to  come,  is  revoked,  &  the  price  of  corne  is  set  at  liberty./ 

M""  Jolui  Greene,  of  New  P^'vidence,  haveing  sj)okcu  against  the  magis- 
trates contemptuously,  stands  bovind  in  one  hundi-ed  marks  to  appear  at  the 
next  Quarter  Coiu-te,  to  bee  held  the  first  Tewsday  of  the  7"*  &  ensuing./ 

Capt  Jeanison  &  Leift  Willi :  Spencer  were  appointed  to  vciwe  Shaushin, 
&  to  consider  whether  it  bee  fit  for  a  plantation,  &  if  not,  to  certify  w'''^  they 
thinke  may  bee  fit  for  Cap'i  Patrick./ 

The  Court  consented  that  Cajit  Vnderhill  should  have  his  maintenance 
continued  for  the  tluee  months  w*  he  was  at  Seabrooke./ 

Steven  Grceusmyth,  being  called  3  times,  forfected  his  recognisance  for 
not  appearance./ 

M'  Eich'd  Browne  &  Goo  Willi :  Heathe  have   power  to  examine     ^ 
Swifts  case,  about  his  man./ 

The  Court  chd  Intreat  the  magistrats  to  treat  w"'  the  elders  about  a  day 
of  thanksgiveing  vpon  the  returne  of  the  souldiers,  &  the  souldiers  to  bee 
feasted  by  their  townes./ 

Steven  Greensmyth,  because  hee  had  forfected  his  recognisance,  &  paid 
not  his  fine,  &  for  his  neglect  &  contempt,  was  coiiiitted,  vntil  the  Court  take 
further  order./ 

M'^  Wheelcright,  appearing,  was  deferred  to  the  next  session  of  this 
Courte./ 

Ordered,  that  the  Treasurer  &  ^V  Duncan  should  take  the  last  Treas- 
urers account./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND. 


201 


For  the  raiseiiig  of  a  rate  of  foure  hundred  pounds,  M''  Willi :  Aspiuwall,      1  (J  3  7. 

Goo  :  John  Mousall,  'SI"  Xathani :  Duncan,  M'  Samu  :  2\plcton,  Eclward  Wood-    ""^    ^^       ' 

man,  M' Willi :   Hauthonio,  M'  Tymothy  Tomlins,  Goo:  John  Johnson,  M'  ~<,.,„ 

ooo~ 

Rich^d  BrowTie,  Goo :  Wilh :  Smyth,  &  Goo :  Joseph  Andiews,  for  each  townc,  J5^J^^g  „£  40(ji, 
did  agree  as  followeth  :  for 


Boston,    .     . 

>'59*   4sh 

Newetowne, . 

29  13 

Watertowne, 

30  08 

Koxberry, 

30  08 

' 

1-19  12 

121   U 

128  14 

400  OOsh' 

Ipswich, 

Newberry, 

Meadfoard, 


y45t  12' 

Dorchester, 

y42»  06 

^34  12 

Waimoth,    .     . 

J06  16 

16  18 

Hingham,    . 

>08  10 

24  12 

Chax-lestowne, . 

42  06 

Saugust,      .     . 

^28  16 

i':>i   1-1 

128  14 


It  was  referd  to  the  counsell  to  take  order  about  the  Indian  squaws./ 

The  Court  did  agree  that  the  souldiers  should  bee  called  home  as  the 
Governo''  &  counsell,  &  such  other  of  the  magistrates  as  they  should  call  to 
them,  shall  appoint  for  the  time  &  manner./ 

The  Court  did  expresse  that  the  next  ryver  to  Minotoqiiid  Eyver  is  that 
w*''  goeth  vp  the  same  cove  to  the  mouth  of  Minotoquid,  &  that  is  the  bounds 
between  Mount  Woollaston  &  "Weymoth/ 

*Webb  Cowct,  Squaw  Sachem,  Tahatawants,  Natan  quaticke,  ais  Oldmans 
Caato,  ais  Goodmans,  did  expresse  their  consent  to  the  sale  of  the  weu'e  at 
Concord  over  against  the  towne,  &  all  the  planting  grovmd  w*  hath  bene 
formerly  planted  by  the  IncUans,  to  the  inhabitants  of  Concord,  of  w'=''  there 
was  a  writeing,  w""  their  marks  subscribed,  given  into  the  Court,  ex^sing  the 
price  given./ 

Squa  Sachem  &  Webba  Cowet  did  acknowledg  in  Court  that  they  had 
received  of  JF  Gibbons,  for  the  towne  of  Charlestowne,  thirtie  sixe  sliillings 
for  the  land  between  Charlestowne  &  Wenotomies  Ryver,  w'"'  they  acknowl- 
edged themselues  to  bee  satisfied  for./ 

Cutshamake  did  acknowledg  to  have  received  of  M""  Woolrige  ten  shil- 
lings for  his  planting  ground  w"'in  the  bounds  of  Charlestowne,  w*  hee 
acknowledged  himselfe  satisfied  for./ 

It  was  questioned  whether  townes  have  Uberty  to  restraine  pticuler  men 
from  sayle  of  their  lands  or  houses./ 

That  some  course  bee  taken  to  cause  men  to  record  their  lauds,  or  to  fine 
them  that  neglect./ 

VOL.  I.  26 


Disposing  of  y* 
Indian  squad's. 
Souldje's  called 
home. 


334- 

Yt  the  next 
riuer  to  Mynot- 
iquid  Riuer 
bounds  be- 
tween Mount 
W'ooUiston  &. 
Weymouth, 
bounds. 

[*200.] 
335- 

Indians  stile  of 
Y*ir  lands  to 
Concord, 
&  to  Char! 
Townes  pur- 
chase. 

336- 


337- 

A  quest. 

338- 

Care  taken  for 
men  to  record 
v  landn. 


THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

The  Court  is  adiom-necl  till  the  5""  day  of  the  weeke  after  the  Quarter 
Courte,  &  to  bee  held  at  Newetowne./ 


6  September.  TllC    5'"    DltlJ    of    tluS    7"    Moilth,    1637. 

P'SENT,    The  Gov'-no',  M""  Eich :  Saltonstal, 

The  Deputy  Gov'',  M"^  Israel  Staughto, 

M"^  Rich :  Bellingha,  &  Increase  Nowell. 
M""  John  Winthrop,  lu  :, 

THE  Quarter  Court  was  adiourned  till  the  19"'  of  this  7"'  mouth,  because 
of  the  synode  kept  at  Newetowne  for  the  setling  of  things  in  diiFerence 
amongst  vs./ 


7  September.        ^  The  7**  Duij  of  the  7'*  Month,  @  1637. 


T 


^HE  Generall   Courte,  by  the  generall   consent   of   all   present,  was  ad- 
iourned to  the  26"'  of  this  7"'  month,  &  the  pticuler  Courts  in  the  sev- 
erall  places  to  be  kept  the  last  Tewsday  of  the  8""  month./ 
Freemen,  2.  M''  George  Moxham  &  M"'  Tymothy  Dalton  were  made  free  this  7""  day./ 


19  September.  The  19""  of  the  7'"  M%  @  1637.     A  Quarter  Courte,  held  at  Boston 

and  JYewetowne  because  of  the  Conference. 

The  Gov'no'',  M"^  Israeli  Staughto", 

The  Deputy  Gov'',  M""  Hog'  Herlakenden 

Col :  John  Endecot,  M'^  Rich :  Saltonstall, 

M"^  John  Humfrey,  Increase  Nowell. 
M'  Rich :  Bellingha"', 

Jii»  Wms,  TOHN  WILLIAMS,  being  indited  about  the  death  of  John  Hobbe,  con- 

"""  ■  fj     fessed  that  hce  killed  the  said  Hobbe  ;  so  the  jury  found  liim  guilty  of 

murther./ 
W»Schoole'  William  Schooler  being  indited  for  the  death  of  Mary  Scholee,  the  jury 

for  mud'.  found  him  guilty  of  murthering  the  said  Schoolee./ 

Mary  Osbom  Mary  Osbome,  the  wife  of    ^     Osborne,  being  indited  about  the  death 

j1^  Hathaway,  "^  ^^^'  'daughter,  found  the  byll  ignoramus./ 

a'lui'y-  John  Hathaway,  being  indited  for  adultery,  was  found  guilty./ 

^^ylt        '  Rob't  Allen  confessed  adultery,  &  was  found  guilty./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  203 

Margaret  Seale,  the  wife  of    ^     Scale,  confessed  adultery,  &  was  found      ]  G  3  7. 
guilty./ 

°         •'  '  19  September. 

The  Grandiuiy  Men.  Morgan  Seaie, 

adult. 
John  Holgrave,  Samu:  Wilbore, 

Dauiell  Raye,  Henry  Kingman, 

.    Will :  Parke,  Rich'd  Adams, 

Isaack  INIorrell,  Edmond  Hubberd   Seni : 

Jonathan  Wade,  Thoni:  Haniond, 

Will:  Bartholmew,  Abrah:  Palmer, 

Eich'"d  Joanes,  Brian  Pendleton, 

Rob''t  Harding,  Thom:  Cakebread. 

The  Juiy  of  Life  &  Death. 

Ralph  Hudson,  John  Holland, 

Samuell  Finch,  Nicholas  Vpsall, 

Willi :  Curtis,  John  Geepin, 

Willi:  Barsham,  Ezechi:  Richardson, 

John  Smyth,  Thomas  Squire, 

John  Holman,  Rich'd  Bctscombe. 

•William  Brumfeild,  being  examined  about  theft,  confesed  that  hee  had      [*201.] 
stoalen  above  5*  from  his  m--,  &  about  an  elle  of  cloth,.&  for  his  stealeing,  Biomfeiids 

Bent. 

ploting  to  run  from  his  m'',  lying,  drunkennes,  &  idlcnes,  was  censured  to 

make  double  restitution,  to  bee  branded,  &  bee  severely  whiped./ 

George  Spencer,  who  received  6sh'  pf  the  said  Brumfeild,  was  censured  oeorg  Spencer 

to  make  double  restitution,  &  bee  wliiped./ 

George  Barlow,  for  his  idlenes,  was  censured  to  bee  wliiped./  Georg  Barlow 

John  Hogsres,  beinsr  accused  of  drunkennes,  confessed  it,  &  was  fined  3'./  ^    „ 

oo      5  o  '  '  '     Jn**  Hogges 

Jacob  Smyth  Avas   discharged  for  want  of  evidence  vpon  liis  imprison-  **cnt. 

Jacob  Sniitli 
ment./  disfhard. 

Mathew  Bridge  appeai'ing,  &  no  evidence  comeing  in  against  him,  hee  was  Mathew  Biidg 

.    ,  1  •  acqu*. 

quit  by  pclamation./ 

]\I''  John  Greene,  of  New  P'vidence,  was  fined  20*,  &  coiiiited  vntill  ji'  Jn°  Green 
the  fine  of  20*  bee  payd,  &  eniojTied  not  to  come  into  this  iurisdiction  vpon 
paine  of  fine  or  imprisonment,  at  the  pleasure  of  the  Courte,  for  speaking  con- 
temptuously of  the  magistrates./ 

!M''  John  Stretton  was   fined  x*   for   lending  a  gun  to   an  Indian   foiu'  M'Jn»Strctton 

,  find,  &c. 

daves./ 

It  was  ordered,  that  INI''  Joseph  Weld  &  il"'  Jolm  Beniamin  (being  au-  338- 

.  .  r     1       Gurlings  land 

thorished)  shoidd  make  sale  of  M'    ^    ^    Guiimgs  land  for  satisfaction  ot  the  to  be  sold. 


204 


THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


16  3  7.  credito''s  iu  pportion,  if  it  come  to  short,  &  if  an  overplus  bee,  that  to  remaine 

"       ''    ~^  iu  the  hands  of  M"^  Beniamin./ 

19  September.  ogth  of  this  7«>  ifi,  1637,  M"-  Hugh  Peters  deUv'-ed  into  the  Court  a 

M'  Rob :  Sal-  '              '                   ° 

tonstaiis  deed  deed  of  M''  Robert  Saltonstall,  makeing  over  all  the  estate  that  hee  hath,  or  shall 

for  his  cred- 

ito's.  have,  to  satisfy  his  creditors./ 


26  September.  M  thc  Genercill  Courte,  holden  at  JVewetoume,  the  26"'  of  the  7"'  .M% 

@  1637. 


P'SENT,     The  Gov'no"', 

The  Deputy  Gov'', 
M'  John  Humfrey, 
M'  Rich"'d  BelHngha, 


Deputies 


M"  Jolin  Glover, 
Isaack  Heathe, 
John  Johnson, 
Tho  :  Line, 
John  Mousall, 
Nicho  :  Damforth, 
AVill :  Spencer, 
Capt  Jeanison, 
M'  Rich"'d  Browne, 
M'  Tho :  INIayhewe, 
Leift  WiUard, 
Leif?  Hovre, 
Tymo :  Tomlins, 
Samu :  Apleton, 


M"^  John  Wintlirope,  Iu, 
M""  Israeli  Staughto, 
M"'  Symon  Bradstrect, 
Increase  Nowell. 


Josejih  Medcalfe, 
'Edtv**  Woodman, 
John  Woodbridge, 
John  ^"pliam, 
Willi :  Smyth, 
Antho  :  Eames, 
Willi :  Coddington, 
Atherton  Haugh, 
Joseph  Andrews, 
Willi :  Hawthorne, 
Tho :  Gardner, 
Leif?  Dunkan, 
Willi :  Aspinwall. 


oSQ—  f  I  "iHE  law  against  buying  &  selling  tobacco  is  repealed./ 

Tob     0  t  I'b-  ^'^^  John  Greene,  of  Newe  P''vidence,  is  referd  to  the  magistrates  at 

er'y-  Boston  the  5"'  day  of  the  weeke,  (vpon  a  new  petition  to  satisfaction,)  to  bee 

dismissed./ 

The  12"^  of  the  8*  i?i  was  ordered  to  bee  kept  a  day  of  publike  thanks- 
8gi\mg.  gjygjjjg  Jo  Qod  foj.  j^g  great  nicies  in,  subdewing  the  Pecoits,  bringing  the 

soldiers  in  safety,  the  successe  of  the  conference,  &  good  news  from  Germany./ 
M'  Dum's  ac-  I'^e  account  of  the  late  Treasurer,  M'  Rich^'d  Duiiier,  was  accepted  & 

*"'•  appved,  there  resting  dew  to  ^NP  Duiuer  23*  Ssh",  hee  not  haveing  alowed  the 

50*  w"^*"  hee  pmised./ 


THE   MASSACHUSETTS   BAY   IX    NEW   ENGLAND. 


205 


M"'  Wlieeleriglit,  appearing,  was  dismissed  vntill  liee  should  be  sent  for     16  3  7, 
by  the  Courte,  or  Courts,  w''''  shall  succeed./ 

The  psent  Court  was  dissolved  vntill  a  new  bee  called,  &  to  bee  kept  at 
Newe  Towne  after  the  nextc  pticuler  Courte./ 


26  September. 


*A  Generall  Court,  held  at  JVewetowne,  the  2'"  Day  of  the  9"  J\r,     [*202.] 

@    1637.  2  November. 


Goveruo', 
The  Deputy  Gov--, 
M""  John  Endicott, 
M'  Humfrey, 
M"'  Bellingham, 


Deputies, 


t  Cap?  Dani :  Deniso, 
Leift  Woodman, 
'SI'  John  Woodbridge, 
M""  Bartliolmew, 
M''  Hauthom, 
~Sl'  Bishope, 
Edm°  Batter, 
Leift  Howe, 
Tymothy  Tomlins, 
Capt  Eo :  Sedgwi, 
Leift  Sprage, 
Ensigne  Palmer, 
M"^  Cooke, 
Rich''d  Jackson, 
John  Bridge,    - 
M"'  Eich :  Browne, 


M'  Herlakonden, 
!M'  Staughton, 
M'  Bradstreete, 
&  Incr  :  Nowell. 


Cap?  Jeanison, 

M'  Tho :  INIayhewe, 

Leift  Willard, 

Samu :  AYard, 

Thorn:  "\"nd'^wood, 

Tho :  White, 

Rich :  Adams, 

M'^  Duucom, 

M""  Rich :  Collicott, 

M"'  Glover, 

Ensigne  Weld, 

M''  George  Alcock, 

WilU :  Parks, 

M--  Willi :  Coddington, 

M^  Will :  Coleborn. 


M 


^  WILLIAM  ASPINWALL  being  questioned  in  regard  his  hand  was 
to  a  petition  or  remonstrance,  &  he  iustified  the  same,  maintaining  it  to 
bee  lawfall ;  the  Court  did  discharge  him  from  being  a  member  thereof/ 

M"^  John  Coggeshall  affli-ming  that  INP  Wheeleright  is  innocent,  &  that 
hee  was  psecuted  for  the  truth,  was  in  like  sort  dismissed  from  being  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Courte,  &  order  was  given  for  two  new  deputies  to  bee  chosen  by 
the  towne  of  Boston./ 

In  regard  of  the  great  abuse  in  ordinaries,  it  is  ordered,  that  no  ordinaiy 
keeper  shall  sell  either  sack  or  strong  water./ 


340- 


2  November. 


206  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OP 

16  3  7.  Nathaniell  Wales,   Edward   Sale,  WilH :  Casely,  IM'  John  Fiske,  &  M' 

John  Harvard  were  made  free,  &  tooke  the  oath  of  freedome./ 
Eoh''t  rietcher  was  chosen  &  sworne  cimstable  of  Concord./ 
M'  John  Wintlirope,  Iiinior,  had  leave  to  imploy  an  Indian  to  shoote  in  a 
peace  to  foiile  for  liim./     3-10. 
341-  Corne  is  set  at  S^sh"  the  bushell  for  the  payment  of  rates,  beiug  mar- 

chantable./     341. 
3-12-  All   former   lawcs   against  tobacco  are  repealed,  &  tobacco  is  set  at  lib- 

343-  erty./     342. 

The  order  about  takcing  the  ^''  of  the  valcwe  of  wine,  strong  water,  & 

343_  tobacco,  of  such  as  sell  it  againe,  or  ^  pt  of  oth''s.     Leifl  Howe  is  authorished 

to  take  the  excise  dewe  by  the  sayle  of  wine,  strong  water,  or  tobacco,  by  the 

Newbe'ytore-  order  w*  was  formerly  made  7"*  day  10"^  i°i,  1636./ 

"""'™'  The  inhabitants  of  Neweberry,  haveing  bene  moved  to  leave  their  planta- 

tion, they  have  grauntcd  them  Winnacunnet,  or  any  other  plantation  vpon 
Merrimack,  below  the  first  falls,  &  to  have  sixe  miles  square ;  &  those  that  are 
now  inhabitants,  &  shall  remove  w'^'iu  one  yeare,  shall  have  thi-ee  years  iiiiu- 
nity,  (as  Concord  hath,)  the  thi-ee  years  begining  the  first  of  the  fii'st  month 

343_  next./ 

Abr :  Shaw«  Abraham  Shawe  is  graunted  haulfe  of  the  benefit  of  coles  or  yron  stone, 

grant  of  iron 

stone.  •w'^^  shalbee   found  in  any  coinon  ground  w'^''  is  in  the  countryes  dispose- 

344-  ing./     343. 

M-  Dudiy  1000  Ti^g  Deputy,  M'  Dudley,  hath  a  thousand  acres  of  laud  granted  him, 

wheare  it  may  not  piudice  any  plantation  granted,  nor  any  plantation  to  bee 
M'  Winthrop"    graunted,  w"'out  limiting  to  time  of  impv'./ 

The  Governo"^,  M''  John  Winthrope,  Senior,  hath  graimted  liim  a  thou- 
M'  Jn-  Endicot  sand  acrcs  of  laud,  vpon  the  same  tearms  as  M"^  Dudley  hath  his./ 
pf  ^^^^  M''  John  Endecot  hath  40  or  50  acres  of  meadowe  graunted  him,  wheare 

[*203.]      it  may  not  preiudice  a  plantation./ 
.  ,    '^    ^'  *S''sr  John  Oliver,  iustifiin?  the  seditious  libell  called  a  remonstrance  or 

mist  y  Court.  °  '  o 

Edw :  Tredweil  petition,  was  cUsmissed  from  being  a  dei^utv  in  this  Courte./ 

a  lott. 

Edward  Tredweil,  vpon  his  petition    being    dismissed,  (before  the  law 

against  cUsmission  was  made,)  &  his   servise  being  appued,  was   admitted   to 

W-  Holdroyd    jiave  a  lot./ 
to  haue  a  lott. 

Jn«  Sandfords  Willi :  Holdroyd  was  in  like  sort  admited  to  have  a  lot./ 

^^'^ "'  ^'  John  Sanford  is  graimted  13*  6'  8'^  for  the  yeare  past,  &  so  hee  is  dis- 

Wate'  Towne    charged,  vpon  delivery  of  an  inv^  to  another  w"''  shalbee  appointed./ 

ac's  mead-  WatertoviTie  is  granted  15  hundred  acres  of  medow,  if  it  be  there  conve- 

ow  on  Concord 

R'"'-  nient,  at  the  newe  plantation  vpon  the  lyver  vf''^  Concord  is  vpon./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  207 

M"'  Israeli  Staughton  hath  liberty  to  take  liis  150  acres  of  medow  formerly      1  G  3  7. 
granted  him  on  both  sides  of  Naponset  Ky  vcr./  '^ 

i*it'^  1  •!/»  o         ^'  •  ^  November. 

M'  Jolin  Wheeleright,  being  formerly  couvicted  ot  contempt  &  sedition,  ^^^  gtauMitons 
&  now  iustifiing  himselfe  &  his  former  practise,  being  to  the  disturbance  of  the  libcty  for  his 

150  ac's  mead- 

civill  peace,  hec  is  by  the  Court  disfrancliized  &  banished,  haveing  14  dayes  to  ow. 

settle  his  affaires,  f&l  if  w"'in  that  time  hec  depart  not  the  patent,  hce  pmis-  s«"' "'  '^^'  ^"■° 

"•     -'  i  1  »  "Whcclewright, 

eth  to  render  himselfe  to  M""  Staughton,  at  his  house,  to  bee  kept  till  hec  bee  disfrancist  & 
disposed  of;  &  ^V  Hofx  vnd'^tooke  to  satisfy  any  chai-ge  that  hee,  M'^  Staugh- 
ton, or  the  country  should  bee  at./ 

M''  J  ohn  Coggcshall,  being  convented  for  disturbing  the  publike  peace,  M'  Coggeshall 
was  disfrancliized,  &  eniojTied  not  to  speake  any  thing  to  disturbe  the  publike 
peace,  vpon  paine  of  banishment./ 

]\P  Willi:  Aspinwall  being  convented  for  haveing  Ins  hand  to  a  petition  M' .\spinwaU 
or  remonstrance,  being  a  seditious  libell,  &  iustifiing  the  same,  for  w'''',  &  for 
his  insolent  &  turbulent  carriage,  hee  is  disfranchized  &  banished,  putiiig  in 
sureties  for  his  departure  before  the  end  of  the  first  month  next  ensuing./ 

M'  John  Glover  &  M'  Aspinwall  are   each  of  them   bound  in  a  100*  a  M'Glouers 
peece  for  M"^  Aspinwals  depture  by  the  time  Kmited./  Aspinwall 

M"      ^      Hutchinson,  (the  wife  of  M'  William  Hutchinson,)  being  con-  M™  Hutchin- 
vented  for  traduceing  the  mi"  &  their  ministery  in  this  country,  shee  declared  vv"  Hutch. 
volentarily  her  revelations  for  her  ground,  &  that  shee  should  bee  delivred  &  ^™'- 1"''"'*'!^'!- 
the  Coiut  ruined,  w"*  their  posterity,  &  therevpon  was  banished,  &  the  meane 
while  was  comited  to  il"^  Joseph  Weld  vntill  the  Court  shall  dispose  of  her./ 

M'  Dunkan  &  Increase  Nowell  were  appointed  to  take  M"^  Peters  his  M'  Petes  acco« 

,  ,  _,  to  be  taken. 

account  between  this  &  the  next  Courte./ 

M'  Samuell  Hutchinson,  [vpon  h]is  suite,  had  leave  to  stay  vntiU.  the  first  M'  Sam : 

.  Hutchin.  leaue 

XXX     after  winter./  ^^  ^^^y 

*The  Courte  is  adiourned  vntill  the  lo"*  ^sent./  1.5  November. 

Sergeant  Boston,  being  convented  for  haveing  his  hand  to  the  seditious      [  ~04.J 

"^ym  Balston 

libell  called  a  remonstrance  or  petition,  is  disfranchized,  fined  20*,  &  discharged  sentenC,  disfta, 
from  bearing  any  publike  office./  "   "   ' 

S''gent  Hutchinson  being  convented  for  haveing  his  hand  to  the  sedi-  sarg.  Edw : 
tious  libell,  iustifiing  the  same,  &  vseing  contemptuous  speaches,  the  Court     " /^  \. 
did  disfranchize  him,  fine  him  in  40',  put  him  from  office,  &  coiiiit  liim  dure-  franch.,  fined 

40". 

ing  the  pleasure  of  the  Courte./ 

Rich'd  Gridley  being  convented  for  haveing  his  hand  to  the  seditious  Rich ;  Gridiey 
writeing,  or  libell,  &  not  acknowledging  a  fiiult,  is  disfranchized./ 

Thomas  Marshall  being  convented  for  haveing  his  hand  to  the  said  Tho ;  Marshall 
seditious  writeing,  &  iustifiing  the  same,  is  also  disfrancliized./ 


208  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OP 

16  3  7.  Willi:  Dyre  being  convented,  because  his  hand  was  to  the  said  seditious 

>■  writing,  &  defended  the  same,  hoc  is  disfranchized./ 

„  ^„      ,.,  '  Willi  :  Dinelv  being  convented,  because  his  hand' was  to  the  said  sedi- 

W"  Dyre,  like  .  o 

Bent.  tious  writeing,  &  hee  would    not   ackuowlcdg  a  fault,  hee    is  likewise  dis- 

fran.  frauchized./ 

Cap'  Patricks  The  Court  did  give  way  to  Capt  Patricks  remove  to  Ips^vich,  discharge- 

remoove  &  dis-  ....  /.i  -o  i-  n 

charge,  &E.       mg  lum  from  any  further  servise,  &  gave  hnn  a  quarters  pay  lor  a  gratuity./ 
Cap'  Vnderhill  The   Court  did  discharge  Cap!  Vnderhill  from  any  further  servise,  & 

ar  g.         gave  him  a  quarters  pay  for  a  gratuity./ 
Persons  dis-  It  was  ordered,  that  such  as  are  disarmed  should  bee  freed  from  carriing 

from  trains       armes  w"'  them,  &  from  trainings  &  watches./ 
*^-  The  colledg  is  ordered  to  bee  at  Newetowne./ 

CoUedg  to  be  i         i      i  i        i  i  /.  r 

at  New  To.  •'■t  was  ordered,  that  wampampege  should  passe  at  b  a  penny  lor  any 

345-  sume  vnder  12*./ 

p^gg  ^  g  ^  The    Court    gave  40*  to    M"'  Ames,  the    widow  of    Doctor  Ames,  of 

penny.  famos  memory,  who  is  deceased./ 

Courts  gratuity 

to  M'  Ames,  The  fferry  betweene  Boston  &  Charlestowne    is  referd  to  the  Gov'^no' 

&  Treasurer,  to  let  at  40*  p  @,  begining  the  fii'st  of  the   10*  A,  &  from 
Boston  ferry  to  thence  for  tlu'ee  yeai-es./ 
®  ^'  ■  It  is  ordered,  that  no  man  shall  have  leave  to  buy  venison  in  any  townc 

Venison  not  to 

be  bought  w"-   but  by  leave  of  the  towne./ 

^„y^g         ^'  The  last  order  that  phibited  all  from  trading  is  repealed,  &  the  former 

347—  order  of  refering  it  to  the  counsell,  in  @  1636,  is  reestablished./ 

trad  r"^"  '  1  d^  Cap?  Vnderliill,  being  convented  for  haveing  his  hand  to  the  seditious 

Cap' Vnde'hills  writeing,  is  disfranchized,  &  put  from  the  captaines  place./ 

censu' ;  dis- 

franch.  Samuell   Cole    being  convented  for  haveing  had  much  disorder  in  his 

Sam :  Cole  find  house,  selling  wine  contrary  to  order,  &    bcare    above    the    price    ordered, 

20ii,  &c.  .  .  .  . 

liis    dew  for  wine  was  iudged  10*,  &  hee  was  further  fined  20*,  av'^'^  is   to- 
geth'  30*./ 
fined  iY'°°  Goodraa     ^     ton  liis  dewe  was  iudged  5*,  &  hee  was  further  [fined  10*], 

w'^''  is  together  15*./ 
L  ~     'J  *M''  Robert  Longe  his  dewe  was  iudged  2.10sh^  &  hee  was  further  fined 

M'Rob'Lon?  °  °  ' 

7"  10.  5*,  W*"  is  together  7*  lOshy 

stand  rectus  in  Willi :  Larnct  acknowledged  his  fault  in  subscribing  the  seditious  wrlt- 

curia.  jjjCT   ^(j.  desireing  his  name  to  fbel  crossed  out,  it  was  yelded  him,  &  crosed./ 

Geo:  Muiimt;         "  "  '-      -■  •  ' 

dismist  oriiiiia-  Munings,  of  Watertowne,  is  put   downe  from  keeping  an  ordinary,  or 

Coiiiittee  to      house  of  intcrtainement.     And  it  is  referd  to  Watertowne  to  choose  another./ 
sett  out  Ded-  jjr  Nicholas  Danfort,  M'  George  Alcock,  &  ISl'     ^     Allen  are  appointed 

ham  purchased  "  '^  '■  '^ 

lands.  to  Set  out  the  piu'chased  land  belonging  to  Dedham./ 


THE    MASSA0HU8ETT8    BAl'    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  20'J 

Ami  M''  Damfoit,  :M'"  Allen,  &  M"'  ColUcot   arc   to    set  out   tlic   buuiuU      1  (I  ']  7. 
between  Dedham  iJc  Dorchester./  ' 

T,   ,    ,     -.r  11        1  1     1        1   1  •        •      ■  1         -1  •  1  T   •  •  •  '■'  November. 

lvali)h  jlousall  afknowlcdsrcd  Ins  sin  in  subscribing  the  seditious  wntmt;.  ,.,,,,       „ 

'  ^  or-     K.ilphMousall, 

&  desired  to  have  liis  hand  crossed  out,  ■sv''^  was  velded  him./  ""  his  ac- 

I(nowledgm*» 

Ezechicll  Rich''dson,  Ilich''d  Sprage,  Edw''  C'aring[tou],  Thorn  :  Ewar,  his  name  cvost 
Beu  :  Hubbcrd,  Willi :  Baker,  Edw  :  Mellows,  &  WiU  :  Frothinsram,  did  all  _,   '  , 

'  ."50  did  seucrall 

aclcnowledge  their  sin,  &  desire  the  same,  &  it  was  yelded  them  that  thei  r  othe's  of  Ciwis 
hands  should  bee  crossed  out./ 

It  was  ordered,  that  the  Courts,  both  the  Geiierall  &  the  Quarter  Courts,  348— 

should  bee  kept  at  Newetowne,  vntil  this  Cotirte  do  take  fiu-ther  order./  Gen  &  Q'ter 

It  w^as  ordered,  that  two  sufficient  men  should  bee  kept  in  armes  to  at-  kcptatXew 
tend  &  guard  the  Governor  at  tlie  charge  of  the  country./  '^°- 

It  was  ordered,  that  M"^  Eudecott  should  give  power  [to]  seize  the  good>  ^^^  to  guard 

of  the  Indians  nearc  ^L'  Hawthorns  farm  vntill  they  discover  who  shot  his  •'    ""'" 

M'  Hatliorns 

cowe,  and  pcure  satisfaction  or  deliver  the  partie./  cow  shott. 

It  was  ordered,  that  every  towne  should  have  power  to  keepe  away  all  349— 

strange  Indians,  &  to  restrains  Indians  by  them  from  pphaning  the  Lords  dav./    "  ''"* '"  '" 

^  '  J  ±  I  o  .  ;    resb-eyned. 

The  Court  is  adiourned  vntill  the  20"'  p>sent./  Dio'n'. 

It  was  ordered,  that  so  much  of  the  order  (made  the  10"'  month,  1636;  2°  November. 
as  concerned  sugar,  spice,  «&  fruite  should  bee  repealed  ;  the  rest  of  the  order  '  ,  ^ 
to  stand  in  force  ;   [it]  not  to  extend  to  newe  comers,  for  wliat  they  bring  for  w  'no-i  36,  as 

"to  siiga',  spic, 
theU'  OWne  p^isions./  repealled. 

It  was  ordered,  that  the  powder  &  aiuunition  of  the  countryes  now  at  350— 

Boston  should  bee  dcliv^ed  haulf  to  Newetowne  &  haulfe  to  Eoxberiy,  to  P°'^'i"  &  ■>"'- 

*'  men  to  be  kept 

bee  appointed  by  IM'"  Dudley  &  M"^  Herlakenden./  at  New  Towne 

It  was  ordered,  that  1000*  should  bee  le^yed  to  pay  the  countrj-es  debts,  ^  ^^^^  ^^ 
&  M--  Cooke,  Leift  Sprage,  M-"  Browne,  WiUi :  Parks,  M>-  Dunkan,  W  Cole-  WOO"- 
bran,  &  M"^  Woodbridg,  Sam :  Wardc,  &  Thorn :  White  were  appointed  to 
order  the  pportion  to  each  towne./ 

*The  proportions  agreed  vpon  this  Court :  —  [*206.] 

For  Boston, 'jUO*     For  Dorchester,       ....      >095 

For  Newetowne,    ....      -^071      For  Hingham, '024 

For  Roxberiy,       ....      5()78      For  Charlestowne,  ....      >092 

For  Waterto-mie,  ....        072      For  Linn, '072 

For  Salem,        120  

For  Ipswich, 120  '283 

For  Newberry 3-045  ^697 

For  :\readford,       ....      >025  

For  Waymoth,       ....      -^017  ■'■0980 

M'  Eaton,    .     .     .     .      y 

•'697 
vol..  I.  27 


210  THE  RECOKD.S  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

1  G  3  7.  M''  Humfrey  his  rate  for  this  1000*  is  remitted  by  order  of  Court,  be- 

^'  cause  hec  hath  bene  foimerly  much  overrated./ 

20  November.  ^     ^  .....  i  mt 

M'  Humnhiev  ^^'  Eatou  is  left  out  of  tliis  I'ate,  leaveing  it  to  his  discretion  what  hee  will 

rate  remitted     freelv  sive  towards  these  charges./ 

him.  -    °  .      . 

M'  Eaton  left  It  was  ordered,  that  traiueiugs  shoidd  bee  kept  8  times  in  a  yeare,  at  the 

ou  o  )  ra  .     (Jisci-ptJoji  pf  the  cheife  officers.     INIaffistrats  &  teachinsr  elders  are  alowed  each 

351— 

.  ,         of  them  a  man  free  from  trainin£;s,  &  the  deacons  of  the  severall  churches  are 

0  trayng  days  ^ 

in  a  yeare.  freed  in  like  manner./ 

M'  Duncan  to  It  was  ordered,  that  ]M'  Duncan  should  traiue  at  Waymoth,  &  have  x'  a 

mouth  soul-  time,  &  to  see  if  Ilingham  bee  pvided  of  officers,  &  if  not,  hee  to  supply./ 
^^^'  The  order  for  bringing  armes  to  the  meeting  house  is  repealed./ 

Law  bringing 

armes  to  y«  ^VTiearas  a  great  part  of  the  cheife  inhabitants  of  Waterto■\^^le  have  pe- 

repeaiicd  titioucd  this  Court,  that  in  regard  of  their  straitnes   of  accomodation,  &  want 

352—  of  medowe,  they  might  have  leave  to  remove,  &  settle  a  plantation  vpon  the 

ryver  •w'^^  runs  to  Concord,  tliis  Court,  haveing  respect  to  their  necessity,  doth 

graunt  their  petition,  & 
Water  Toivne  It  is  hearbv  Ordered,  that  Leift  'Willard,  ^P  Spencer,  JVP  Joseph  Weld, 

gr'  of  new 

plantation  on  &  ^^'  ^  Jackson  shall  take  veiwe  of  the  places  vpon  the  said  ryver,  &  shall 
mer.  ^^^  ^^^^  ^  place  for  them  by  m''ks  &  bounds  sufficient  for  50  or  60  families, 
takeing  care  that  it  bee  so  set  out  as  it  may  not  hinder  the  setling  of  some 
other  plantation  ^n^ou  the  same  ryver,  if  there  bee  medowe,  &  other  accomoda- 
tions sufficient  for  the  same.  And  it  is  ordered,  further,  that  if  the  said  inhab- 
itants of  Watertowne,  or  any  of  them,  shall  not  have  removed  their  dwellings 
to  theu'  said  newe  plantation  before  one  yeai'e  after  the  plantation  shalbee  set 
out,  that  then  the  interest  of  all  such  psons  not  so  removed  to  the  said  plan- 
tation shalbee  voyde  &  cease,  &  it  shalbee  la^vfull  for  such  as  are  removed  & 
setled  there,  or  the  greater  number  of  them,  being  freemen,  to  receive  other 
psons  to  inhabite  in  their  roomes,  in  the  said  new  plantation ;  provided,  that  if 
there  shall  not  bee  30  families  at  least  there  setled  before  the  said  time  limited, 
that  then  this  Comt,  or  the  Court  of  Assistants,  or  two  of  the  councell  shall 
dispose  of  the  said  plantation  to  any  other.  And  it  is  further  ordered,  that 
[*207.]  after  the  place  *of  the  said  plantation  shalbee  set  out,  the  said  petitioners,  & 
such  other  freemen  as  shall  iojaie  w*''  them,  shall  have  pow'  to  order  the  scit- 
uation  of  their  towne,  &  the  proportioning  of  lots,  &  all  other  liberties  as  other 
townes  have  vnder  the  pviso  aforesaid./ 

352-  And  it  is  lastly  ordered,  that  such  of  the  said  inhabitants  of  Watertowne 

as  shalbee  accomodated  in  their  newe  plantation  may  sell  their  houses  & 
improved  grounds  in  Watertowne  ;  but  all  the  rest  of  the  land  in  Watertown 
not  impved  shall  rcmainc  freely  to  the  inhabitants  w'"''  shall  rcmaine  behind, 
&  such  others  as  sliall  cnmo  to  them./ 


THE    iMASSACUUSETTi    BAi'    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  '211 

And  the  said  persons  appointed  to  set  out  the  said  plantation  arc  directed      1  G  3  7. 
so  to  set  out  the  same  as  there  may  bee  1500  acres  of  medowe  alowed  to  it,  if    "~"    "^       "" 

20  November, 

it  bee  there  to  bee  had  -w"'  any  convcniency,  for  the  vse  of  the  towuc.l  „ 

Those  that  are  to  veiwe  the  newe  plantation  of  Watei'towne  are   desired 

to  veiwe  the  place  ^v''^  M"'  Si)encer  desircth,  &  if  it  bee  convenient,  to  rertify 

the  Courte,/ 

M'^       ^     Burslin,  Goo :   Robert  Martin,  &  S'^gent  Anthony   Eames  ^^■ere  Comittee  to 

measure  3 

appointed  to  measure  three  miles  southward  from  the  southermost  part  ot  the  ,„iigg  south- 
bay,  &  to  run  the  east  line  vnto  the  sea./  '  "■ 

Capt  Turner,  Goo :  Rich''d  Right,  M""  Conant,  &  Goo :  Woodberry  are 
appointed  to  certify  w''''  bee  the  bounds  between  Salem  &  Saugust,  ^y''^  they 
formerly  did  agree  vpon./ 

Saugust  is  called  Liu./  Lynn- 

It  is  ordered,  that  every  man  shall,  w"'in  three   dayes,  gi\e   notice   to  the  3.3a- 

cunstable  of  the  towne  of  any  strayes  taken  vp,  &  for  every  dayes  neglect,  to  .j""  "^ 
forfet  three  shillings  four  pence./ 

'\A''hereas  the  opinions  &  revelations  of  JSP  Wheeleright  &  M"  llutchin-  354- 

son  have  seduced  &  led  into  dangerous  errors  many  of  the  people  heare  in  ,"''"!'".'"^ " 
Newe  England,  insomuch  as  there  is  iust  cause  of  suspitioH  that  they,  as  others  ^'■■ 
iu  Germany,  in  former  times,  may,  vpon  some  revelation,  make  some  suddaine 
irruption  vpon  those  that  differ  from  them  in  iudgment,  for  ^ventiou  whereof 
it  is  ordered,  that  all  those  whose  names  are  vnderwritten  shall  (vpon  wanuug 
given  or  left  at  their  c^welling  houses)  before  the  30"'  day  of  this  month  of 
November,  deliver  in  at  'SV  Canes  house,  at  Boston,  all  such  giuis,  pistols, 
swords,  powder,  shot,  &  match  as  they  shalbce  owners  of,  or  ha.\e  in  their  cu>- 
tody,  \pon  paine  of  ten  pound  for  ev'y  default  to  bee  made  therof ;  W^  armes 
are  to  bee  kept  by  M"'  Cane  till  this  Court  shall  take  further  order  therein. 
Also,  it  is  ordered,  vpon  like  penulty  of  x',  that  no  man  who  is  to  render  his 
armes  by  this  order  shall  buy  or  borrow  any  guns,  swords,  pistols,  powdei-, 
shot,  or  match,  vntill  this  Court  shall  take  further  order  therein./ 

*The  Names  of  Boston  Slen  to  bee  disarmed.  [*208.] 

Capt  John  ^"nderhill,  John  Sanfoard,  John  Biggs, 

]\P  Thomas  Oliver,  Rich'd  Cooke,  RicVd  (iridley, 

William  Hutchinson,  Rich''d  Fairbanke,  Edward  Bates, 

Willi:  Aspinwall,  Thorn  :  Marshall,  Willi :  Dinely, 

Samuell  Cole,  Oliver  Mellows,  Willi :  Litherland, 

Willi :  Dyre,  Samuell  \\'ilbore,  ]VIatheMe  Jyans, 

^      Edw''  Rumsfoard,  John  Oliver,  Henry  Elkins, 

John  Button,  Hugh  Gunnison,  Zache  :  Bnswoi  th, 


212 


TllK    RKCOUUS    OF    TlIK    L'UIiONV    OF 


1G37, 


2 )  November. 


oi)  disarmed  in 
Boston. 


Rulem  men  dis- 
nrmd,  5. 


Xewbe')'  men 
disarmed,  3. 

Iloxbury  men 
dlsannd,  5. 


Ipswich  men 
disarmd,  2. 

Charls  Towno, 
2. 

2magis'*takiny: 
mens  acknowl- 
e<li^''"  of  y'" 
t'uill  in  sub- 
scribing. 

35.5- 

2  maG;ists  powc 
to  dismisse 
from  tray. 
LeO  How  to 
trujue  y*  com- 
pany at  Lynne, 
Xc." 

Itoxbury  en- 
joynd  to  send 
M»  Hutchin- 
bon. 

[♦^09.] 
3.j«- 

Orilc  to  p'vciit 
contompts  of 
('niirt. 


Rob''t  like, 
AVilli :  Townseud, 
Eob^t  Hull, 
Willi:  Pell, 
Rich'"cl  Hutchinson, 
James  Johnson, 
Thorn :  Savage, 
John  Davy, 
Geoi'gc  Burden, 
John  Odlin, 
(jania :  Waj'tc, 
Edw''  Hutchinson, 


AVilli:  Wilson, 
Is;iack  Giosse, 
liich'd  Carder, 
llob't  Hardiuge, 
Ilich'd  Wayte, 
John  Porter, 
Jacob  Eliott, 
James  Pfenniman, 
Thorn  :  Wardell, 
Willi :  Warden, 
Tliom :  ilatson, 
Willi :  Banlston, 


John  Compton, 
M'     ^     Parker, 
Willi :  Freeborn, 
Henry  Bull, 
John  Walker, 
Willi :  Salter, 
Edwi  Bendall, 
Thom  :  Wheeler, 
W  Clarke, 
'M''  John  Coggeshall. 


58 


The  like  order  is  taken  for  other  townes,  changing  the  names  of  those 
who  shall  deliver  their  armes,  &  keepe  them./ 

The  names  of  Salem  men  to  bee  disarmed :  JNI''  ^  Scrugs,  ^P  Alfoot, 
^1"'  Coiuins,  Goo :  Robert  ^[oiilton.  Goo  :  King  ;  to  doliv''  their  arms  to  Leif? 
Damfort./ 

The  names  of  Neweberry  men  to  bee  disarmed  are,  ^P  Duiucr,  M"'  Eason, 
M'^  Spencer  j  to  bee  delivered  to  the  cunstable  of  the  to-\\Tie./ 

The  names  of  Roxberry  men  to  bee  disarmed  are,  M''  Edward  Denlson, 
Rlch''d  ilorris,  Ilich''d  Bulgar,  &  Willi :  Denison,  Philip  Sherman  ;  to  bee 
delivered  to  Goo  :  Johnson./ 

The  names  of  Ipswich  men  to  bee  disarmed  are,  M"'  Foster  &  Samu ; 
Sherman,  w"^'*  aie  to  deliv''  their  armes  to  M''  Bartholomcwe./ 

The  names  of  Charlstowne  men  to  bee  disarmed  arc,  M'^  George  Bunker 
tV:  James  Browne,  who  are  to  deliver  their  armes  to  Goo  :  Thomas  Line./ 

It  was  ordered,  that  if  any  that  are  to  bee  disarmed  acknowledg  their 
siun  in  subscribing  the  seditions  -libell,  or  do  not  iustify  it,  but  acknowledg  it 
I"!  ill  to  two  magistrates,  they  shalbee  thereby  freed  from  delivering  in  their 
armes  according  to  the  former  order./ 

T^\o  magistrates  have  power  given  them  to  excuse  &  exempt  wholly  from 
trainings  any  w'''  they  shall  tliinke  meete./ 

Any  that  are  excused  from  trainings  are  to  pay  for  the  vse  of  the  com- 
pany as  two  magistrates  shall  thinke  meete./ 

Lcifl  Howe,  being  enioyned  to  traine  the  company"  at  Linn,  is  pmited  to 
ha\c  the  fines,  w""  all  ould  arrerages  of  fines  behind  there./ 

The  tpwne  of  Roxberry  is  required  to  take  order  for  the  safe  custody  of 
yi'''  Hutchinson  ;  &  if  any  charge  arise,  to  bee  defrayed  by  her  husband./ 

*This  Courte,  being  sensible  of  the  great  disorders  gro>\  ing  in  this  coiiion 
wi'lth  through  the  ioiiteni])t'i  \v'''  have  of  late  bono  put  vpon  the  civil!  author- 


THE    xMAiiACllUSHTT.^    JJAV    IX    NKW    ENGLAND.  213 

ity,  &  inteiuliiig  to  pvide  remedy  for  the  same  in  time,  doth  order  &  decree,      16  3  7. 

that  whosoever  shall  hearufter  openly  or  ^\  illingly  defame   any  court   of  ius-  ^ 

'  ...  20  November. 

tice,  or   the   sentences   or  j):"cedin<js  of  the  same,  or  anv  of  the  magistrals  or  „      , 

'  i  o  J  J  D  Pffinaltyss  for. 

Other  iudgcs  of  any  such  court,  in  respect  of  any  act  or  sentence  therin  passed, 
&  being  thereof  lawfully  con\ict   in  any  Generall   Court,  or  Court   of  Assist- 
ants, shalbec  punished  for   the  same   by  fine,  imprisonment,  or   disfranchize-^ 
ment,  or  banishment,  as  the  quality  &  mcasm-e  of  the  offence  shall  deserve./ 

And  whearas  it  may  fall  out  sometimes  that  some  of  the  magistrats,  or  •  Penal tyes  for 
other  iudges,  or  members  of  the  Courts,  may  transgresse  the  limits  of  their  Court. 
liberty  &  authority,  it  is  therefore  ordered,  that  if  any  magistrate,  or  other  Magistrates  to 

'  *  ^  be  punished,  if 

member,  of  any  Court  shall  vse  any  repachfull  or  vnbeseeming  speaches,  or  deserring. 
behaviour,  towards  any  of  his  fellow  magistrats,  or  other  iudge,  or  member  of 
tlie  Court,  in  the  face  of  the  Court,  hee  shalbe  sharply  repved  by  the  Gov- 
erno'',  or  other  principall  iudg  of  the  same  Court  for  the  time  being  }  &  if  the 
quality  of  the  offence  shalbe  such  as  shall  deserve  a  further  censure,  or  if  the 
person  so  repved  shall  reply  againe  w"'out  leave,  the  same  Court  may  pceed 
to  punish  any  such  offender  by  fine  or  imprisonment,  according  to  their  best 
discretion./ 

Provided,  alwayes,  that  seeing  the  best  iudgcs  may  erre  through  igno-  Libeny  to  con- 
rance  or  misinformation,  ^\■'^  if  none  should  have  libertv  to  advertize  them  of,   ^"  T  ,^^7  . 

'  .  ^  ■  '  membe^  about 

might  bee  very  piuditiall  both  to   their  owne   peace  &  also  to  the   publike  ■'">■  ^"""iS'  *^' 
weale,  it  is  not  therefore  the  intent  of  this  Court  to  restraine  the  free  vse  of 
any  way  of  God,  by  petition,  or  other  private  advertizcment,  nor  the  free  vse 
of  any  lawfidl  publike  meanes,  where  private  shall  not  pvaile,  for  the  refor- 
mation of  any  such  failing  in  any  Coiut,  or  member  of  the  same./ 

Whereas  it  hath  appeared  vnto  this  Court,  ^•pon  many  sad  complaints,  357— 

that  much  drunkennes,  wast  of  the  good  creaturss  of  God,  mispence  of  precious  ^"'^  *^'  ^"°''" 

cnes. 
time,  &  other  disorders  have  frequently  fallen  out  in  the  inns,  &  coiiion  vic- 
tualing houses  w*''in  this  iurisdiction,  whearby  God  is  much  dishono''ed,  the 
pfession  of  religion   repached,  &  the  welfare  of  this  coiuonwelth  greatly  im- 
paired, &  the  true  vse  of  sucli  houses  (being  the  necessaiy  releefe  of  travellers) 
subverted ;  ffor  redresse  hearof  it  is  now  ordered>  that  after  the  last  day  of 
this  l^sent  month,  it  shall  not  bee  lawfull  for  any  person  that  shall  kecpe  any 
such  inne,  or  coinon  victualing  house,  to  sell  or  have  in  their  houses  any  wine, 
or  strong  waters,  f  nor  any  beare,  or  other  drinke  other  then  such  as  may  &  fRep.  417. 
shall  be  souled  for  T'  the  quart  at  tlio  most ;  &  for  this  end  none  of  those  psons     '  1'  ™^ J^^' 

^  *  of  the  order. 

(other  then  in  such  townes  as  for  want  of  a  coiiion  breMar  shalbec  alowed  by 
this  Court,  or  by  the  Court  of  Assistants,  or  by  two  of  the  counsellj  shall  brewe 
anv  beero  to  sell,  but  shall  take  the  same  of  some  *romon  brewer,  vpon  paine       [*210.] 


214  THE    RECOllDS    OF    THE    COLUXY    OF 

1  G  3  7.     to  forfet  for  every  offence  against  this  order  x*.    And  it  is  further  ordered,  that 

'        "^       '    no  such  coiiion  brewer  shall  sell  or  vtter  to  any  inn  or  coiSon  victualing  house, 

„  _  /   -w'^'in  tliis  imisdictiou,  any  beare,  or  other  cbinke  of  any  stronger  size  then  such 

as  may  &  shalbe  afibarded  at  the  rate  of  Ssh"  the  barrell,  vpon  paine  of  20*  for 

ev''y  offence  against  this  order./ 
Idlers  not  to  And  it  is  fiuthcr  ordered,  that  no  single  man,  or  other  person,  inhabiting 

taverns.  in  this  iurisdiction,  shall  lodge  or  remain  in  any  such  inn  or  coiuon  victualling 

house  longer  then  for  their  necessary  occations,  vpon  payne  of  SOsh*'  for  eveiy 

offence,  both  for  the  housekeeper  &  the  person  there  abiding  contraiy  to  this 

order./ 
Cunsts.  And   for   the   better  discovery  &  punishing  of  the   said   offences,  it   is . 

ordered,  that   the  cunstablcs  of  every  towne   shall   make   diligent   search  & 

inquiry  of  all  the  said  offences,  &  ^sent  the  same  to  the  next  Court,  &  for 
.    tliis  end  they  shalbee  charged  therewith  in  their  oatlics./ 
358-  And  Avhearas  conijilaint  hath  bene  also  made  that  diverse  pore  people, 

To  p'vent  ex-     ^^.j-^q  -would  willingly  content  themselus  w"'  mcane  dvot,  are  forced  to  take 

travagance  in 

diet,  &u.  such  dyot  as  is  tendered  them  at  12''  the  meale  or  more,  it  is  now  ordered, 

that  every  keeper  of  such  inn  or  coiiion  victualling  house  shall  sell  &  alowe 
vnto  every  of  their  guests  such  victuals  as  they  shall  call  for,  &  not  force  them 
to  take  more  or  other  then  they  desire,  bee  it  never  so  meane  &  small  in 
quantity,  &  shall  affoard  the  'same  and  all  other  dyot  at  reasonable  prizes,  vpon 
paine  of  such  iine  as  the  Court  shall  inflict,  according  to  the  measui'e  &  quan- 
tity of  the  offence./ 

Provided,  that  it  may  bee  lawfuU  for  any  such  ihkeeper  or  victualler  to 
have  in  their  houses  some  small  quantity  of  strong  water  for  their  owne  pri- 
vate &  necessary  use./ 
Eep.  (3)  18:42.  And  because   the   coiuon  brewers   may  the   better   bee  houlden   to   the 

wicke  likewise   observation  of  this  order,  it  is  likewise  ordered,  that  no  person  shall  brewe 
a  brewer.  ^jy  beare  or  oth''  drinke  to  sell  in  grosse  or  by  retaile,  but  onely  such  as 

shalbee  licensed  by  thi.s  Court  or  by  the  Court  of  Assistants,  vpon  paine  of 
100*  ;  &  whearas  Captaine  Sedgwick  hath  before  this  time  set  vp  a  brew 
house  at  his  greate  charge,  &  very  coinodious  for  this  part  of  the  countrey, 
hee  is  freely  licensed  to  brewe  beare  to  sell  according  to  tlie  size  before 
Brewers  to  be    ^ic^'iised  dureing  the  plesure  of  the  Courte./ 


licensed.  jj  jj^  ordered,  also,  that  no  person  shall  sell  any  cakes  or  buns,  either  in 

Cakes  Jtbunns  the  markets  or  victualling  houses,  or  elswheare,  v] 

forbid  vnles  iit.,,,  ,.  ,  in  i  ■.  -, 

buriiillsornK.r-  '^■"'0(1  tliat  this  order  shall  not  extend  to  such  cak 
ndges.  buriall,  or  marriage,  or  such  like  speciall  occation./ 


Cakes  Jtbunns  the  markets  or  victualling  houses,  or  elswheare,  vpon  paine  of  x'  fine  ;  pro- 
buriiillsornii.r-  '^''^^^'■'^^  ^^'''^t  this  order  shall  not  extend  to  such  cakes  as  shalbee  made  for  any 


THE    MASSACHU.SETT.S    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  215 

All  former  orders  against  swine  are  repealed.      Every  towne  w"'in  this      16  3  < . 
iurisdictiou  shall  have  po-wer  to  make  orders  for  the  ^venting  of  the  harmcs    ^       '^ 

20  November. 

■vych  jjj.^y  come  by  swine  in  cornc,  medowe,  pasture,  or  gardens,  &  shall  ha-\e  '?rO— 

power  to  impose  penultics  to  any  reasonable  valewe  by  their  best  discretion ;  &  Eu^  toune  to 
if  any  damage  bee  done  by  any  swine,  the  whole  tovnie  shalbee  lyable  to  the  ™^ng°J.  Ji^ 
parties  action  to  make  full  satisfaction,  &  to  make  fine  according  to  the  great-  !='"'«''*  'h"='- 

bouts  repealed. 

ncs  of  the  trespas,  by  the  discretion  of  the  Court ;  and  whear  townes  do  border 

each  *vpon  other  so  as  the  swine  of  one  towne  do  trespas  in  the  other,  if  it      [*211.] 

come  through  want  of  ringing  or  yoaking,  the  towne  to  w''''  the  swine  belong  ^y^™^,jt" 

shall  make  satisfaction,  &  answere  the  fine  ;  but  if  the  swine  bee  well  ringed 

&  yoaked,  then  the  tow'ne  wheare  the  trespas  is  done,  for  want  of  sufficient 

fencing,  shalbee  lyable  to  all./ 

Provided,  alwaies,  that  vpon  any  such  occation  of  trespas,  whear  the 
towne  shalbee  put  to  pay  any  satisfaction  or  fine,  the  towne  may  lay  it  vpon 
the  party  oflfending  if  they  can  know  them./ 

No  man  shall  recover  any  satisfaction  for  any  damage  done  by  greate  361- 

cattle,  except  their  fences  bee  sufficient,  &  so  the  damage  come  by  the  vnruli-  Rep- (3)  18; -42. 
nes  of  the  cattle./     503. 

In  all  corne  feilds  w'^''  are  inclosed  in  coinon,  every  party  w''*'  is  inter-  362— 

essed  shall  make  good  his  parte  of  the  fence,  &  shall  not  put  in  any  cattle  so    '^  " 
long  as  any  corne  shalbee  vpon  any  parte  of  it,  vpon  payne  to  answear  all  the 
damage  w*"^  shall  come  thereby./     503. 

It  is  ordered,  that  15*,  w*  is  dew  from  the  pscnt  Gov-'no',  of  M""  John-  40"  allowed  the 

Governor. 

sons  legacy  to  the  country,  (togeth''  w*  25*  more  to  bee  paid  him  out  of  the 
treasury,)  shalbee  set  of  for  the  losse  hee  had  in  corne  in  former  payments. 
And  it  is  further  ordered,  that  he  shalbee  alowed  for  his  publike  charges,  this 
yeare  of  his  governm',  100*,  &  the  same  alowance  to  bee  given  to  the  suc- 
ceding  Gov'^no''  as  a  setled  stipend./ 

M"'  Staughton  is  graunted  to  bee  freed  from  rates  for  this  yeare  for  his 
servise  against  the  Pecoits,  &  the  yeare  to  bee  from  May,  1637,  to  May,  1638./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  Secretary  shall  have  18'^  for  the  entry  of  every  363- 

action,  &  2sh'  for  the  makeing  of  eveiy  execution,  &  that  in  eveiy  toAvne  there 
shoidd  bee  a  coppey  of  the  lawes,  &  the  cunstables  to  pay  for  them,  &  for  the 
coppey  of  every  private  order  to  have  6''./ 

It  was  ordered,  that  M'  "Wilson  should  have  20*  given  him  for  a  gratuity 
for  going  w""  the  souldiers  against  the  Pecoits./ 


21G  THE    llECOUD.-!    OF    THE    COLONY   OF 

t  (J  3  7.     A  Declaration,  sent  the  Coppcy  to  Conecticut,  about  the  Pecoits  Countiy,  & 
■^     ~ '  Quonapiack. 

20  November. 

Pecquots  con-  Whcaras   it  hath  pleased  the  Lord,  of  his  great  micy,  to  deliver  into  o'' 

hands  o''  enemies,  the  Pecoits  &  their  allies,  &  that  thereby  the  lands  &  places 
■«■"='»  they  possesed  are  by  iust  title  of  conquest  fallen  to  vs,  &  o'^  freinds  &  assotiats, 
vpon  the  ryver  of  Coiiectecot,  &  "whereas,  by  subdcA^dng  those  o'  enemies,  not 
.  onely  o''selues  &  o""  said  assotiats  have  obtained  rest  &  safety,  but  oportunity  is 
also  given  for  peacable  habitation  to  all  such  as  shall  hearafter  inhabite  the 
lands  of  o"'  said  enemies,  both  at  Pecoit  &  Quinapiack,  &  the  parts  beyond 
towards  the  Dutch,  wee  do  hcarby  declare  the  iust  right  &  title  ^v''^^  o''selues 
&  o"^  said  assotiats  vpon  Conecticot  have  to  all  the  said  lands  &  territories  ;  & 
w"'all  it  is  o''  desu'e  that  o""  said  assotiats  (according  to  the  articles  of  confcder- 
[*212.]  ation  agreed  vpon  betweene  vs)  wilbee  pleased  to  appoint  2  coinittees,  *suffi- 
cicutly  authorished,  to  give  o''  coinittees  a  meeting  at  Newetowne  so  soonc  as 
the  season  of  the  yeare  vi^ill  pmit,  to  cunsult  &  determine  of  the  disposeing  & 
planting  the  said  lands,  &  of  setting  downe  an  equal  &  ratable  pportion  towards 
the  charges  expended  in  the  said  warrs,  to  bee  paid  by  all  such  as  slialbee 
admited  to  plant  &  inhabite  the  same,  &  that  they  will  please  to  give  vs 
convenient  notice  of  the  time  of  their  comeing,  &  consent  of  ioyneing  w""  vs  in 
this  consultation./  1T"»  9"'  A.     p  I.  N.,  Secret./ 

To  the  Elders  &  Bretlu'en  of  the  Church  of  God  at     ^ 

Courts  ictte'  to  Wliearas  complaint  hath  bene  made  to  tliis  Courte  that  a  different  course 

churche-  ab'       '^*'  lioi-ilden  in  the  churches  of  tliis  iurisdiction  for  raising  a  treasury  for  mainte- 
ministers  ^       nance  of  ministers,  &  whearvpon   some  minist's  are  not  so  comfortably  pvid- 

Ministers  to  be  cd  as  v.ere  fitting, 

It  is  desired,  tiiat  the  severall  churches  will  speedily  inqxiire  hearinto,  & 
if  neede  bee  to  conferr  together  about  it,  &  send  some  to  advise  w""  this  Courte 
at  the  next  session  thereof,  that  some  order  may  bee  taken  hearin  according 
to  the  rule  of  the  gosple./  p  Cur.  Inc :  Nowell,  Sec''et./ 

364—  Whearas  it  appeareth  vnto  tliis  Court  that  tlie  inhabitants  of  the  towne  of 

Courts  care  &    Neweberry  are  indebted  to  diverse  psons  neare  the  siune  of  60',  w^**  hath  bene 

orde'  for  y" 

ministe's  main-  expended  vpon  publike  &  needfull  occations  for  the  benefit  of  all  such  as  do  or 

j,  ^  "  shall  inhabite  there,  as  building  of  houses  for  their  minist'",  and  whereas  such 

as  ai'e  of  the  church  there  are  not  able  to  beare  the  whole  charge,  &  the  rest 

of  the  inhabitants  there  do  or  niay  enioy  cquall  benefit  thereof  w"'  them,  vet 

they  do  refuse,  against  all  right  &  iustlce,  to  contribute  w"'  them,  it  is  there- 


20  NoTcmbcr. 


THE    MASiACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  217 

fore  ordered,  that  the  freemen  of  the  said  towne,  or  such  of  them  as  vi^on  pub-      1  G  3  7. 

like  notice  shall  assemble  for  that  end,  or  the  greater  number   of  them,  shall 

raise  the  said  sume  of  60*,  by  an  equall  &  pportionable  rate  of  every  inhabitant 

there,  haveing  respect  both  to  lands  &  other  personall  estate,  as  well  of  such  as  are 

absent  as  of  those  that  are  dwelling  there  ^sent,  &  for  default  of  payment  shall 

have  pow'  to  le^y  the  same  by  distres  &  sale  thereof  by  such  person  as  they 

shall  appoint ;  &  the  same,  being  so  collected,  shall  satisfy  their  said  debts,  & 

if  any  remainder  bee,  the  same   to  bee  implied  vj)on  other  occations  of  the' 

tovrae.f 

*For  as  much  as  this  Court  hath  bene  informed  of  great  disscntions  growen      [*213.] 
in  the  towne  of  Waymoth,  through  the  procurement  of  some  contentious  psons,  .    305- 

for  the   speedy  redresse  thereof,  it  is  ordered,  that  the  Go''nor   or  Deputy  j^^^^  ;„  ^y^ .. 
Gov'^no'',  being  assisted  w*  some  other  of  the  magistrates,  shall  fourth  w**"  call  i"°"">- 
before  them  such  parties  as  they  shall  tliinke  fitt,  &  shall  take  such  course  for 
the  peace  of  the  towne  &  the  well  ordering  of  all  affaires  there,  as  to  their  wis- 
domes  shall  seeme  most  expedient./ 

Edward  Michelson,  being  appointed  marshall  of  the  Court,  is  appointed  to  366— 

have  for  any  execution  12''  in  the  pound  for  the  first  ten  pounds,  &  G**  in  the  Marshell  fees. 
pound  to   40*,   &  aff,  3'^  in  the  pound  to   a  hundred  pounds,  &   1'^  in  the 
pound  for  all  above  100*,  to  bee  paid  out  of  the   estate  w''''  the  execution  is    ' 
served  vpon.     For  eveiy  attachment  of  goods  or  persons  the  m'"shall  is  to  have 
2'  6^ ;  &  if  hee  goeth  any  way,  hec  is  to  have  12''  a  mile  beside./ 

And  the  marshall  is  to  have  2.  6'^  for  every  coiiiitment  in  Court,  &  10* 
stipend  for  this  yeare  to  come./ 

Kich''d  Bracket  is  appointed  to  keejje  the  prison,  &  hee  is  to  have   13*  6^^  367— 

8^  stipend  &  his  vales,  &  the  house,  (so  soone  as  Goo  :  Peii  can  bee  otherwise  Richard Br.ack- 

et  to  keep  y^ 
pvided  for ;)  &  if  hee  do  not  accept  it,  it  is  in  the  power  of  the  counsell  to  prison. 

pvide  another,  for  w'^''  hee  is  to  bee  at  the  coinandment  of  the  magistrates  for 

any  spcciall  service./ 

For  the  colledge,  the  Goveruo'',  M''  AVinthrope,  the  Deputy,  jNI""  Dudley,  Comittee  as  to 
the  Trcasui-er,  iP  Bellingham,  M''  Humfrey,  M'  Herlakenden,  M"'  Staughton,  New  Touuc. 
51^  Cotton,  M'  Wilson,  W  Damport,  Mt  Wells,  M"  Shcopard,  &  M-'  Peters, 
these,  or  the  greater  part  of  them,  whereof  M"'  Winthrope,  INI''  Dudley,  or  SP  „  „     ,. 
Bellingham,  to  bee  alway  one,  to  take  order  for  a  colledge  at  Newetowne./         farmc  to  be  lajd 

Jkl""  Abraham  Palmer,  Richvl  Wright,  Capt  Turner,  &  Cai>?  Traske,  or  "r~_ 

three  of  them,  are  appointed  to  lay  out  the  bounds  of  ^P  Humfreys  farmes./     Mount  Wooi- 

Mount  WooUaston  is  to  bee  bounded  by  the  Blew  Hills,  and  the  rest  i.s  g^^;^,,     ■ 
to  bee  to  Dorchester,  to  go  to  the  bounds  of  Plimoth./  bounds. 

VOL.  1.  28 


THE    KEC011D3    OF    THE    COLONY    OF 

It  is  ordered,  that  there  should  bee  lOsh"  a  pcece  alowed  for  such  wolves 
as  are  kiled./ 

OQQ  And  it  is  ordered,  that  there  should  bee  2sh^  a  peace  alowed  for  such 

AUowanc  for     flbxes  as  are  killed./ 

killing 
woollies,  10% 
&  3"  for  flbxes. 

[*214.]     *./it  a  Quarter  Court,  held  at  JVewetow7ie,  the  5th  Daij  of  the  10^  M% 

5  December.  ^    ^g.jj,^ 


P"SENT,     The  Governo'', 

Deputy  Gov''iio'', 
M"'  Bellingham, 


M''  Herlakonden, 
M-^  Staughton, 
Increase  NowcU. 


W'  Rich ; 
Brownes  satis- 
faction for  5" 
10  from  Curtiss 
Jesop,  &c. 


Luke  Henbury' 
Rent.,  for  theft, 
to  be  whip*, 

Hen :  Har- 
wood"  inveiito. 


368- 

Joane  Draks 

mil  &  invent. 


Georg  Wood- 
wards costs. 


WHEREAS  there  came  into  this  Courte  Rlcli'd  Browne,  of  Watertowne, 
on  the  behalfe  of  John  Woolcot,  &  William  Curtis,  of  Roxberry, 
&  by  mediation  of  the  Court  the  said  Willi :  Curtis  was  willing  &  did  agree 
to  pay  vnto  the  said  Rich''d  Browne  5.  10%  w"''  hee  was  indebted  to  one  John 
Jesop,  now  out  of  this  iurisdlction,  in  satisfiction  of  5.  10^  dewe  by  the  said 
Jesop  to  the  said  John  Woolcot,  this  Court  doth  order  that  vpon  payment  of 
the  said  5*  10'  by  the  said  Curtis,  the  said  John  Woolcot,  &  the  said  Ricli'd 
Browne,  &  their  executo''s  shalbee  alwayes  lyable  to  save  harmlesse  the  said 
Willi :  Curtis  against  the  said  Jesop  for  the  said  5*  lOsh^  till  a  sufficient  dis- 
charge bee  oth'^wise  had  from  liim./ 

Luke  Henberry,  being  convicted  of  theft,  was  censiued  to  bee  sev^erely 
whiped,  &  for  ruiiiug  away./ 

The  inventory  of  Heniy  Harwood,  of  Charlstownc,  was  f^sented  to  this 
Court,  being  46*  17^  8^  &  the  debts  4*.  Edw^  Conv'"sc,  Roba  Long,  &  Roba 
Hale  ■were  the  apraissers./ 

The  inventory  of  Joane  Drake,  w"'  a  coppcy  of  her  will,  was  presented 
to  the  Court,  being  28*  1'  S"*.  Willi :  Cheesbro,  James  Penniman,  &  Willi : 
Huet  were  the  appraisers.  She  gave  }  of  her  goods  at  Boston  in  N.  E.  to  John 
Nott ;  to  her  sister  Duglas  2* ;  to  her  nephew,  to  whom  shee  was  a  witnes,  20% 
to  buy  him  a  Bible  ;  the  rest  of  her  goods  heare  in  Newe  England  to  Samuell 
Bellingham,  &  all  her  goods  in  Ould  England  shee  gave  them  equally  between 
her  two  sisters  there./ 

The  disposcing  of  these  shee  leaveth  to  her  m'',  as  executor./ 

There  is  5sh'  damages  graunted  George  Woodward,  to  bee  paid  by  Willi : 
Dinely,  who  suilioncd  him  to  appear  at  this  Court,  and  causing  him  to  attend, 
did  not  psecute  ag"-  him./ 


THE    MAS3ACIIU3ETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  219 

There  is  13*  4'^  damages  granted  Sam  :  Freeman,  to  bee  paid  by  John  Gay,  1  G  3  7. 
who  suiuoned  him  to  ajDpcar  at  this  Court,  and  causeing  him  to  attend  w"'  2  *  ''  ^ 
wdtnesses,  psecuted  not  against  him./  s     ■  F 

mans  costs. 


*Jlt  a  Quarter  Court,  held  at  JVewetoione' the  6'"  of  the  First  Month,    I  OS  7-S. 

@  1637-1688.  ' ' 

P"SENT,    The  Governo'-,  M--  Herlakcnden,  [*!215.] 

The  Deputy  Gov'^no'',  M''  Staughton, 

M''  Belliughani,  Increase  Nowell. 
^P  Ilumfrey, 

JOSEPH  FABER,  being  complained  of  for  sclhng  of  wine  w"'out  order,  josc-  Fabc'. 
was  fined  10'  for  seitg  a  gallon./ 

Angell  Hollard,  being  pisented  for  a  libell,  acknowledged  his  fault  of  iiciibni. 
himselfe  volentarily,  &  was  fined  20sh'./ 

Clement  Briggs  is  bound  in  x*  for  liis  wifes  appearance  at  the  next  Quarter  Brigs  ijoml  for 

C,  ,  his  wife, 

ourt./ 

The  jpsentment  of  Arthur  Warren,  for  keeping  company  w"*  Clement  Artim'  War- 

xJnggs  wiie,  was  found  to  bee  true./  pa  jjrigs  wif. 

Lawrence  Waters  is  bound  in  x^  for  his  wife's  appearance  at  the  next  Laiu-:  Waters 

y^  ^^  ,  bound  for  his 

(Quarter  Court./  ^^(^ 

Leift  Howe  is  bound  in  20*  to  appear  at  the  next  Quarter  Court./  Lcf-  iiowbond 

The  sale  of  jNI'  Gurlings  land  by  M''  Bcniamin  &  M"'  Joseph  Weld  to  "''''■ 

M''  Andrews,  is  confirmed,  &  appointed  to  bee  layd  out  by  M'^  Damfort,  M''  Curlings  land 

Colebran,  and  Goodiii  Bridge./  ' 

John  Woolrige,  appearing  vpon  the  inditement  of  the  grandiury,  con-  Jn«  Wooindg 

fessed  his  fraude  &  diunkennes  in  Quid  England,  for  yv"^  hee  was   sharply  [^^  diunkcncs. 

reproved  &  seriously  admonished./ 

Christopher  Graunt,  appearing  \i3on  psentment  for  being  in  company,  Xtopher  Grant 

o     1    •    1  .  ^  .  r»        1    ^  find  5  for  ex- 

&  ch'inkmg  more  then  was  convenient,  was  fined  5'./  p^^s  drinkin". 

Henry  Bright,  appearing,  was  dismissed./  Hen :  Bright 

^     ^lullinder,  appearing,  was  dismissed./ 

.._.   ,     1        -r,      1  •  1  1  •  1  ■       Nicholas  Bus- 

JNicholas  Jjusbey  not  appearing,  an  attachment  was  granted  against  him  |,^  an  af^ach 
to  appeare  at  Boston,  the  22""  t^sent,  at  Boston./  •'*'*"'=  ""*  ^s' 

'  him. 

John  Smyth  not  appearing,  attachment  was  granted  against  him  to  appear  xho:  Smith, 
at  Xewetownc  the  27'^  ©sent./  attac"  ag-  him. 

'■  I  Tho ;  Starr 

Thomas  Starr  being  accused  for  speaking    against    the  order  of  Court  find  23  for 

,  ^  speaking  ag* 

about  swine,  &  the  same  pved  that  hee  said  the  law  was  against  Gods  law,  the  law. 


220 


TllJf  RECOKDS    OF    THE    COLONY   OF 


16  3  7-8.  aud  hoc  would  not  obey  it :  so  hee  was  comited,  &  eniopied  to  acknowledg 
his  fault  the  14"^  at  the  Gen''all  Court,  &  was  fined  20*,  &  to  give  security  for 
his  fine,  or  pay  the  same  before  his  releasement./ 

Attachment  was  graunted  ag"  Nic"  Theale  to  appear  the  4*  &./ 
Attachment  was  granted  ag^  Edward  Lambe  to  appear  the  4"^  in./ 
Attachm'  was  graunted  ag"  John  Bennet./ 
Attachm'  was  granted  ag*  Philip  Deai-e./ 
Tiio :  Evar,  Tho  :  Ewar  was  chosen  cunstable  of  Charlestowne,  &  tooke  his  oath  to 

cons' of  Charis  jis^harge  the  said  office  (God  help^)  the  24'^  first  i?i./ 


G  March. 


Attaclim*  gted 
ag'  scii  person, 
as  Edw  ; 
Lambe,  &u. 


[*216.] 

12  March. 


*A  Generall  Court,  held  at  JYewetowne,  the  12"'  Day  of  the  First 
Month,  1637  or  1638. 


369- 


P"SENT,      The  Governo'^, 

The  Deputie  Gov', 
M'  John  Endecott, 
M'  Eich :  Bellingham, 
M"  John  Humfrey, 
M'  Roger  Herlakonde, 


M"-  Israeli  Stoughto, 
M"^  John  Winthrope,  luni, 
M'  Eich :  Saltonstall, 
M"'  Symon  Bradstreete, 
&  Increase  Nowell. 


Deputies, 


M"'  John  Woodbridge, 
M"'  William  Bartholomew, 
Eobn  Lord, 
M'  Edward  Ho-vve, 
M'  Tym :  Tomlins, 
M'  Eich'd  Browne, 
M''  Thom :  Mayhewe, 
M"'  Bryan  Pendleton, 
-M''  William  Spencer, 
M'  Joseph  Cooke, 
M'  Eich'-d  Jackson, 
M"^  Joseph  Isaack, 
John  Johnson, 
Ensigne  Weld, 
Willi :  Parks, 


]\I''  Natha :  Duncan, 
M''  John  Glover, 
M'  Thomas  Joanes, 
M'  Atherton  Hoffe, 
M'^  John  Newgate, 
INI"'  John  Oliver, 
Capt  Eo :  Sedgwick, 
Leif  t  Ea  :  Sprage, 
^nsigne  Abr :  Palmer, 
Steven  French, 
Eich''d  Adams, 
Samu :  Warde, 
Anthony  Eames, 
John  Woodberry, 
Edmond  Batter. 


THE  cunstables  of  Boston,  Dorchester,  &  Hingham  are  fined  ten  shillings 
a  peece  for  not  returning  their  warrants  w""  their  deputies  names  vnder 
the  cunstables  hands./ 

It  is   referd  to  M"  Caine,  Capt  Sedgwick,  Capt  Cooke,  M'  Duncan,  & 
John  .Johnson,  these,  or  any  4  or  3  of  them,  to  take  care  to   fetch  tlie  aimi- 


THE    MASSACIIUiETTS    BAY    IN    XEW    ENGLAND.  221 

• 

nitlon  from   Castle  Hand,  &  dispose  of  it,  &  to   do  what  else   they  thiiikc    1  G  3  7-8. 
meete  about  the  selling  of  things  theie,  by  the   last  of  the   second  month,    "        '       ^ 
called  Aprill ;  &  for  the  effecting  of  this,  these  aforementioned  have  power 
granted  them  to  pssc  men  &  boatcs  for  that  busines./ 

The  ffreemen  of  Concord,  &  those  that  were  not  free,  w'''^  had  hand  in 
the  vndewe  election  of  M'^  Flint,  arc  fined  6.8'^  a  peece./ 

The  order  for  alowance  to  bee  made    for  losse  in  corne,  formerly  re-  370— 

ferd,  is  to  bee  voyde  w*in  14  dayes,  &  no  alowance  is  to  bee  made  after  14 
dayes  for  any  damage  sustained  thereby./ 

The  lawe   for    impositions   to   bee  paid   vpon  wine   &   strong  water   is  371— 

repealed ;  &  it  is  ordered,  that  every  towne  shall  jJsent  a  man  to  bee  alowed 
to  sell  wine  &  strong  water  made  in  the  country,  &  no  other  strong  water 
is  to  bee  sould./ 

These  vnder  written  are  alowed  to  sell  wine  &  strong  waf :  — 

For  Boston,     ^     Fairbanks  ;  for  Charlestowne,  Thom  :  Line  ; 

For  Salem,     ^     Gotte  ;  for  Newetowne,  M'     ^     Damport ; 

For  Roxberry,  Willi :  Parks  ;  for  Concord,  Leift  Willard  ;  . 

For  Ipswich,  'M'  Symonds  ;  for  Watertowne,     ^     Loverell ; 

For  Neweberry,  Edw^  Woodman ;  for  Dorchester,  M'  Natha :  Duncan  ; 

For  Hingham,  Thomas  Loringe.  No  man  else  is  to  sell  by  retaile  eith'' 
sack  or  strong  water,  w"'out  license  from  the  counsell./ 

jNI''  John  Russell  was  chosen,  &  s■^^■orne  surveyer  of  the  amies  for  Newe- 
towne, the  14"*  of  the  fii-st  month./ 

Concerning  the  remove  of  Watertowne,  the  Court  tliinkcth  meete  they 
should  have  libertie  to  sell  their  alotments  in  Watertowne,  &  they  are  to 
give  their  full  answear  the  next  Court,  w^hether  they  will  remove  to  the  newe 
plantation,  &  Jolm.  Oliver  is  put  in  the  roome  of  Eich^d  Jackson  to  lay  out 
the  said  plantation,  w"^"*  they  are  to  do  before  the  next  Court./  079 

It  is  ordered,  that  all  grcate  cattle  shalbce  bearded,  &  they  that  plant  are 
to  secure  their  corne  in  the  day  time  ;  but  if  the  cattle   do  hurt  corne  in  the  ^''P^"''^'!  ■*32. 

Damag;.  by 

night,  the  owners  of  the  cattle  shall  make  good  the  damages./  catle  in  y 

The  request  of  the  millitaiy  coiuission  is  referd  to  the  counsell./  "'^  *  '""^' 

James  Pen"  al- 

Ealph  Mousall  &  Eob''t  Hale  were  desired  to  valewe  the  house,  &  house  lowanC  of  lO" 
plot,  w'^  James  Penu  hath  lived  in,  what  it  is  worth  more  then  the   30* 
already  paid,  w^**  they  valewed  at  10*,  w'''',  w"»  the  byll  of  dyot,  amounting  to 
20*  10',  was  ordered  to  bee  alowed  Ja :  Peii./  Ezek  :  HoUy- 

Ezechiell  HolUman  appearing  vpon  suinons,  because  hee  did  not  frequent  ,.„  ,„i„i5t'(,rs  for 
the  pviblike  assemblyes,  &  for  seducelng  many,  hee  was  referd  by  the  Court  to  conWCon. 
the  ministers  for  conviction/ 


222  THE    RECORD.^    OF    TIIE    COLONY    OF 

163  7-8.  The  fine  of  Thomas  Starre  was  moderated  to  5\  w"^^  is  to  bee  discounted 

"        ^       ""  out  of  his  wages  for  the  voyage  against  the  Pecoits./ 

Tho"-  Starrs  ^^"^  Henry  Seawalls  busiues  &  difference  w"'  the  towne  of  Neweberry  is 

fine  rem.  rcferd  to  W  John  AVinthrope,  Junior,  M'  Rich''d  Saltonstall,  &  INI"'  Symon  Brad- 

M'  Hen :  Sew-  streete,  to  lieare  &  to  certify  how  they  find  the  case  to  the  Generall  Courte./ 
alls  diiier.  w">  -jj^^  Court,  vpon  Captaine  Patricks  petition,  gave   him   7*   to   make   his 

Newbery  re-  '      r  t.  j.  c 

fferd.  allowance  equall  w""  Captaine  Trasks,  for  the  time  of  three  months,  w''^  hee  was 

aUolInrfor'  imp^ied  against  the  Pecoits./ 

his  se'vic  ag'  y"  *There  is  a  grant  of  1000  acres  of  land  graiintcd  to  M'  Mathewe  Cradock, 

Pequots. 

rsoi-T  -1  whear  it  may  bee  had  w"'out  piudice  to  any  plantation  or  former  grants,  in  the 

37'^-  iiidgmcnt  of  the  Courte./ 

Craddocks  ai-  Also,  tlicrc  is  granted  to  M''  Cradock  500  acres  of  land  moi-c  for  such  ser- 

lowanc,  &•  oOO  ^-.^j^j-^  j^g   j-^^^   g]^,^|j  appoint  it  vnto,  twenty  miles  from  any  plantation,  w"'out 

piudice  to  any  plantation./ 
1000  acre'  to  Also,  there  is  1000  acres  of  land  granted  to  S''  Eich'd  Saltonstall,  wheare 

tonstal  ^^  '^^''y  ^°^  puidice  any  plantation  granted,  nor  to  bee  granted./ 
373—  All  grants  of  lands  are  to  take  place  as  they  were  granted./ 

Time  for  g'ts  -pj^j.  ^j^^  ^^^^l  ordering  of  these  plantations  now  in  the  begiiiing  thereof,  it 

to  take  place.  or  o  o  ' 


O  I 


_)._  haveing  bene  found  by  the  little  time  of  experience  wee  have  heare  had,  that 

Comittee,         the  Want  of  written  lawes  have  put  the  Court  into  many  doubts  &  much  trouble 

townes,  about 

lawes.  in  many  perticulcr  cases,  this  Court  hath  therefore  ordered  that  the  freemen  of 

every  towne  (or  some  part  thereof  chosen  by  the  rest)  w'l'in  this  iurisdiction 
shall  assemble  together  in  their  scverall  townes,  &  collect  the  heads  of  such 
necessary  &  fundamentall  lawes  as  may  bee  sutable  to  the  times  &  places 
whear  God  by  his  pvidcnce  hath  cast  vs,  &  the  heads  of  such  lawes  to  deliver 
in  writing  to  the  Governo"'  for  the  time  being  before  the  5"*  day  of  the  4"^ 
month,  called  June,  next,  to  the  intent  that  the  same  Governo'',  together  ■\\'*  the 
rest  of  the  standing  ■  counscU,  c&  llich'd  Bellingham,  Es^,  M'^  Bulkley,  M' 
Philips,  M'  Peters,  &  ISI''  Shcopard,  elders  of  severall  churches,  ISI'  Nathaniell 
Ward,  M'  WilU  :  Spencer,  &  M'  Will :  TIauthorne,  or  the  maior  part  of  them, 
may,  vpon  the  survey  of  such  heads  of  lawes,  make  a  comj)endious  abrigment 
of  the  same  by  the  Generall  Court  in  autuiiic  next,  adding  yet  to  the  same  or 
detracting  therefrom  what  in  their  wisdomes  shall  seeme  meete,  that  so  the 
whole  worke  being  pfectcd  to  the  best  of  their  skill,  it  may  bee  fscntcd  to  the 
Generall  Court  for  confirmation  or  reiection,  as  the  Court  shall  adiudge./ 

And  it  is  also  ordered,  that  the  said  psons  shall  survey  all  the  la-s\cs  & 
orders  already  made,  &  reduce  them  into  as  fewe  heads  as  thoy  may,  &  p>sent 
them  vnto  the  Gen'all  Court  for  approbation  or  refusall,  as  aforesaid./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  223 

Whereas  there  hath  heue  divers  coniphiints  made  concerning  opfsion  in    16  3  7-8. 
■wages,  in  prizes  of  coiiioditics,  in  smiths  workc,  in  excessive  prizes  for  the    ^"'^    '^        ' 

12  March 

worke  of  drauarhts  &  teames  &  the  like,  to  tlie  threat  dishono''  of  God,  the  scan-  „         .     .' 

o  '  o  >  Oppression  m 

doll  of  the  gosple,  &  the  greife  of  divers  of  Gods  people,  both  heai-e  in  this  ""«'''*  * 

.    .  .  .  .  prizes  of  coni- 

land  &  in  the  land  of  o''  nativity,  the  Court,  takeiug  into  consideration,  hath  i„iities  to  be 
ordered  it,  that  it  shalbee  duely  considered  by  M'  Endecott,  Isi'  Bcllingham,  l/'Voj""!'  ' 
M'  Herlakeuden,  IM'  Wintlirope,  lunior,   I\I''  Saltonstall,  M''  Bradstreete,   M"'  c(""'"ce. 
Staughton,   W  Tcters,   INI--  Noise,   M"'  Rogers,  M'  Norton,   M'  Cobbett,   M'' 
Sinies,   W  Sheopard,   W  Thilips,   W  Bulklcy,  W  Wilson,   W  Eliott,   M'" 
Mather,   W  Ilubbcrd,   M''  Hull,    M''  Woodman,  IM--   Edward  Howe,    Leifl 
Sprage,  M''  Eich''d  Browne,  IM''  Willi :  Spencer,  Isaack  Heathe,  Willi :  Smythe, 
&  Samu :  Ward,  whom  the  Comt  hath  desired  in  that   perticuler,  &  to  bring 
into  the  next  Gencrall  Court  their  thoughts  for  the  remediing  of  the  same./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  at  every  Gencrall  Court  (the  Court  being  called)  there  375— 

shalbee  a  coiuitte  first  chosen  out  to  hear  &  determine  of  all  pticuler  petitions  ^°"""^^  *° 

^  consider  of 

&  suites,  &  of  other  private  business,  vnles  the  committe  so  chosen  shall  see  petitions, 
it  meete  to  bring  the  cause  to  the  whole  Courtc./ 

*M' Willi:   Coddington,  M^  Jolm^  Coggeshall,  Goo  :  William  Baulston,      [*218.] 
Edward   Hutchinson,  Samuell  Wilbore,  John  Porter,  John  Compton,  Heniy    "J"""  ^j,"'*"* 
Bull,   Philip  Shearman,  Willi :  Freeborne,   &   Rich''d  Carder,   these  haveing  Coddington  & 

^  ^  sen  others  for 

licence  to  dept,  sumons  is  to  go  out  for  them  to  appear  (if  they  bee  not  gone  be-  yn  appe.,  if 
fore)   at  the  next  Coxu't,  the   third  month,  to  answear  such  things  as  shalbee  ^"^  ^"^^ 
obiected./ 

The  Forme  of  the  Suiuons  or  Warrants. 

Whearas  yo"  have  desired  &  obtained  licence  to  remove  yo'selues  &  yo' 
famiUes  out  of  tliis  iurisdiction,  &  for  that  information  hath  bene  given  to  the 
Court  that  yo''  intent  is  onely  to  w"'drawe  yo''selucs  for  a  season,  that  yo"  may 
avoyde  the  censure  of  the  Court  in  some  things  w"^"^  may  bee  obiected  against 
yo",  the  Court  doth  therefore  order  that  yo"  may  depart  according  to  the  licence 
given  yo",  so  as  yo'  families  bee  removed  before  the  next  Generall  Court ; 
but  if  yo''  families  bee  not  so  removed,  then  yo"  are  to  appear  at  the  next  Court, 
to  abide  the  further  order  of  the  Courtc  hcarin./ 

Of  Mount  WooUastone  ^  Randoll,  Henry  ^  ,  &  John  Johnson,  M"' 
Coddingtons  men,  of  Neweberry  M'^  Nico :  Eason,  of  Salem  Francis  Weston, 
Kich''d  Waterman,  Thom :  One,  &  Stewkely  Waskote,  are  to  ajipear  also,  if 
they  bee  not  removed  before  the  next  Couxte./  ,376— 

The  m''shall,  taking  w"'  him  a  cowper,  shall,  w""  convenient  spccdc,  give  *i'^"^""<'s  * 

'^  i       '  '  I  o  weight  tu  be 

notice  to  the  cunstable  of  every  towne  to  require  all  the  inhabitants  there  to  trjcd. 


224  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

16  3  7-8.  bring  their  measiu-es  &  weights  to  a  certaine  place,  &  at  a  certaine  day  ;  & 

"■^ ' '    then,  w'^  the  assistance  of  the  said  cunstable,  hee  shall  tiy  all  the  said  raeas- 

^^  '  ui-es  &  weights,  &  make  them  even,  &  so  set  a  scale  vpon  them  ;  &  for  his 
paines  hee  shall  have  of  the  owner  of  the  weight  or  measui-e  two  pence  for 
ev'y  measure,  &  a  penny  for  every  weight  or  yard,  that  is  defective  or  too 
great ;  &  if  any  weight  or  measure  bee  so  defective  as  hee  cannot  amend  it, 
hee  is  to  breake  or  deface  it ;  &  whosoever  shall  sell  by  any  other  weight  or 
measure,  hee  shalbee  punished  by  the  discretion  of  the  Court  wheai-e  it  shalbee 
complained  of./ 
M'  Jn-  Green,  Wheareas  a  letter  was  sent  to  this  Court,  subscribed  by  John  Greene,  dated 

charging  m  Ins  f^.^j^^  Newe  P''vidence,  &  brousrht  bv  one  of  that  companv,  wherein  the  Court  is 

lette'  y  Court  '  o  .  i       .  ' 

■b""  vsurpatiun,  charged  w"'  vsurping  the  pow"^  of  Christ  over  the  churches  &  mens  consciences, 
notw*''standing  hee  had  formerly  acknowledged  his  fault  in  such  speaches  by 
him  before  vsed,  it  is  now  ordered,  that  the  said  John  Green  shall  not  come 
into  tliis  iurisdiction  vpon  painc  of  imprisonment  &  further  censure  ;  &  be- 
cause it  appears  to  this  Courte  that  some  oth''  of  the  same  place  are  confident 
in  the  same  corrupt  iudgment  &  practice,  it  is  ordered,  that  if  any  other  of 
the  inhabitants  of  the  said  plantation  of  P''videiice  shall  come  w*''in  this  iuris- 
diction, they  shalbee  apphcnded  &  brought  before  some  of  the  magistrats  ;  & 
if  they  will  not  disclaime  the  said  corrupt  opinion  &  censure,  they  shalbee 
commaunded  ^sently  to  dcparte  ;  Si  if  such  person  shall  after  bee  found  w*''in 
this  iurisdiction,  they  shalbee  imprisoned  &  punished  as  the  Court  shall  see 
cause./ 
Comittce  tc  It  is  ordered,  that  M""  Treasurer,  INI""  Saltonstall,  IM'  Duncan,  IsL"  ISIay- 

levy,  petitions,  hewe,  &  John  Oliver  should  bee  coiiiittts  to  consider  of  a  levy,  petitions,  & 
*"•  other  triviall  matters./ 

[*219.]  *Ensigne  Cakebread,  appearing,  satisfied  the  Court,  &  was  discharged./ 

bread  disch""  ^^^^  Hawklns,  the  wife  of  Rich''d  Hawkins,  had  liberty  till  the  beginning 

Jane  Hawkins,  of  the  third  A,  Called  May,  &  the  magistrates  (if  shee  did  not  depart  before) 

wife  of  Ricli'*  -.  _  .  o     •         i  •  i  •  i  n      • 

Hawkin',  for-    ^^  dispose  01  her  ;  &  in  the  mcane  time  shee  is  not  to  meddle  in  surgery,  or 
■u,  'hr"?     '^    phisick,  drinks,  plalsters,  or  oylcs,  nor  to  question  matters  of  religion,  except 

w"*  the  elders  for  satisfaction./ 
Robert  Potter,  EoVt  Potter,  appearing,  had  liberty  till  the  next  Court,  in  the  beginlng 

ccnc.        ' '      of  tbe  3''  month,  called  May,  being  bound  in  20*  to  appear  then,  &  referd  the 

mcane  while  to  the  chiuxh  of  Roxberry./ 
M'  Blackleach  There  Is  dcwe  from  W  Blacklcach  to  the  countrey,  for  wine  bought  & 

debt  of  4"  to 

y  contry.  sould  by  him,  four  pounds,  three  shillings,  &  4''./ 

From M'  Hoi-  Thcrc  Is  dew  from  iP  Holgraie  to  the  country,  for  wine  bought  &  sould 

grauc,  30".  i_i_-  i--i  i.i>. 

by  him,  thu'tic  three  shillings  &  four  pence./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLANJ).  22y 

There  is  dew  from  M'  Pester  to  the  country,  for  wine  boiiglit  &  soulcl,    1  (]  3  7-8. 
fortie  oue  shillings  &  eight  pence./  '       '"'    ~^ 

Henry  Kingman,  the  ferrpnan  of  Weynioth,  is  granted  for  this  yeare  to  „ 
take  two  jicnce  a  pecce  for  transportatiou  of  people./  t^r.  *i"- 

Capt  Sedgwick,  John  Johnson,  &  M''  E,ob'"t  Kcayne  are  desired  to  speake  ,,     . ,.. 
.^th  ]y[r  Peters  &  M'  Pcirce  about  the  prices  of  the  coates  &  armes  w'''  the  '"■'"'  fcirynm 

of  VVoymouLh 

country  had  the  last  sumer./  to  take  2''  a 

It  was  ordered,  that  a  levy  of   1500*  should  bee  Icvyed  w"-''  convenient  '''""^''^ ' 

•^  •'  Comittcc  ;ib' 

speede.     To  raise  the  said  levy,  these  are  the  ^portions  agreed  vpon  :  — 

Boston  is  rated, y223*  10^  00* 

Dorchester,  .  .  ^  UO  00  00  Newetownc,  .  y  106*  00'  00^ 
Hingham,  .  .  ^036  00  00  Roxberiy,  .  .  Ulo  00  00 
Ipswich,.  .  .  yl80  00  00  Watertownc,  .  >  110  00  00~ 
Linn,  .  .  .  .  >■  105  00  00  Salem,  .  .  .  y  172  10  00 
Charlstowne,  .  ^  138  00  00  Xewebcrry,  .  .  y  075  00  00 
M-^Theoplii:  Eaton,  20  00  00  Meadfoardc,  .  .  :>'052  10  00 
Wavmoth,     .  .  ^027  00  00 


amies. 

Rate  for  1.500". 


(519    00    00  

881    10    00  .v881    10    00 


The  totall  is,  -V  1500     10    00 

Tliis  was  agreed  \pou  by  M''  ^layliewe,  INI'"  Cooke,  Leift  Sprage,  M''  Newe- 
gate,  Jolui  Johnson,  M''  Duncan,  John  Woodberiy,  Anthony  Eames,  Rich : 
Adams,  M''  Edward  Howe,  Rob''t  Lord,  &  M"^  Woodbridg,  who  were  appointed 
a  coiiiitte  for  that  end./ 

Leift  Edward  Gibons,  appearing,  satisfied  the  Court,  &  was  discharged./      Lcf<  uit«)ns 
Edward  Hutchinson,  lunior,  is  bound  in  40*  that  none  but  such  as  the  ,;. ,   , ,,  .  , 
counsell  shall  give  leave  vnto  shall  come  to   M"  Hutchinson ;  &  shee  is  to  **""" '"""'  '"■■ 

His  moth. 

remaine  at  ^iy  Cottons  vntill  further  order./ 

Thoni :  Hawkins,  acknowledging  his  fault  in  his  vnreverent  speaches  in  Thu  :  iiawkius 
the  Court  to  a  member  of  the  Court,  was  discharged./ 

It   is  ordered,  that  the    3   adulterers,  John  Hathaway,   RoVt  Allen,  &  y  .3  adiilteicrs 
JIargaret  Scale,  shalbec  severely  ■\\luped,  &  banished,  never  to  returne  againc,  ,°iiip. jtVn- 
vpon  paine  of  deathe./  ^''^'■ 

The  law  against  adultery  made  by  the  pticuler  Court  in  October,  1631,  is  378- 

confinncd,  that  whosoever  lycth  w"'  another  mans  wife,  both  shalbee  punished  ^^.^^^1^    ' 
by  death  ;  &  this  is  to  bee  pmulgated./ 

It  was  ordered,  that  a  coinittee  should  bee  chosen  to  supply  men  that 
want  land,  &  have  deserved  it./ 

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226  I'HE  RECORDi  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

163  7-8.  About  M'^  Hutchiuson.     It  is  ordered,  that  sliee  slialbee  gone  by  the  last 

"^    -■     ~^  of  this  month  ;  &  if  shee  bee  not  gone  before,  shee  is  to  bee  sent  away  by  the 

Hutchin  counsell,  w"'out  delay,  by  the  first  oportunity  ;  &  for  the  charges  of  keeping 

son'  time  for  ^iis  Hutcliinson,  order  is  to  bee  given  by  the  counsell  (if  it  bee'  not  satisfied) 

dcpai'ting. 

to  levy  it  by  distres  of  her  husbands  goods./ 
[*220.]  *The  Court  desired  that  the  IS*^  day  of  the  2''  month,  called  Aprill,  being 

A  day  of  hu-     ^^^  _^th  j.jy  pf  ^}-^Q  ^veeke,  should  bee  kei)t  a  day  of  humiliation  in  the  severall 

churches,  to  intreate  the  help  of  God  in  the  weighty  matters  w*  are  in  hand, 

&  to  divert  any  evill  plots  w*  may  bee  intended,  &  to  ppare  the  way  of  freinds 

y,-i:h  .^ygg  l^ope  may  bee  vpon  conieing  to  vs./ 
Cap' Jenison  Capt  Gennisou,  appearing,  satisfied  the  Court,  &  ^\as  discharged./ 

discharged.  ^^^  Roberta  Longe  had  the  7*  10'  remitted  him  w*  was  put  vpon  him  the 

M' Long' fine  °  r  sr 

remitted  him.      last  Courte./ 

379_  It  is  ordered,  that  the  marshall  shall  have  osh"  for  any  execution  that  is 

Marshalls  foes,  yndcr  3'./ 

James  Pcmbe'-  James  Pemberton  is  referd  to  the  coiuitte   of  the   next  Court  about  the 

ground  w'=''  hee  had  at  Nantascot./ 
M'  Coales  fine  ISI"'  Samu  :  Coales  fine  is  respited  till  the  next  Court,  &  hee  hath  liberty 

to  sell  his  house  for  an  inne./ 
Ensign  Har-  Ensigne  Harding  had  liberty  granted  him  till  the  next  Court,  the  third 

h,  called  ilay./ 
It  is  agreed,  that  M'  Humfrey  shall  enioy  the  whole  plaine  on  the  east 


ding  had  time  ,  ll     l   tt        ; 

g.himttiiMay  ^onth,  called  May./ 

nex. 

phry  farme  at    side  of  the  pond,  &  the  plaine  also  at  the  north  end,  to  the  length  of  a  halfe  a 
y  pon   ■■■         jjjjjg  f^ji    Qj.  juoje  if  the  said  plaines  stretch  further,  not  exceeding  a  mile  that 

btone  Meadow.  '  ^  ;■  o 

■wee  intend ;  also,  three  quarters  of  a  mile  on  the  westerly  side  of  the  pond, 
because  the  medowes  there  lying  may  bee  w'^'in  the  said  INI''  Humfreys  liis 
owne  ground,  and  on  the  south  side  of  the  pond  to  enioy  the  vpland  &  med- 
ows,  w"'  that  meadow  yv"^  is  called  by  the  name  of  Stones  Meadow,  &  the  said 
vpland,  w'''  is  a  hill,  not  very  broad,  beyond  Stones  Meadow,  so  called,  to 
part  the  said  ground  of  M''  Humfreys  from  Linn  townes  medowes,  layd  put  to 
the  inhabitants  thereof,  all  v/"^  said  ground  to  bee  liis  owne,  as  plaines,  rocky 

ground,  meadows,  or  swamps./ 

WILL:  TRASKE, 
NATHA :  TURNER, 
RICHRD  WRIGHT, 
ABRAH:   PALMER. 

M'  Jn»  Hum-  It  is  agreed,  that  M""  Humfrey  his  ground  shall  begin  at  the  cUfte,  in  the 

fry  farme  ab'  t  •  o  i  i^ 

Marbiehead.      Way  to  Marble  Head,  w"''  is  the  bound  betwixt  Salem  &  Lmn,  &  so  along  the 
line  between  the  said  townes  to  the  rocks,  one  mile,  by  estimation,  to  a  great 


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227 


12  Mai-ch. 


red  oake  marked,  from  w''^  the  said  marked  tree,  all  vnder  &  over  tlieisc  rocks    1  G  o  7-8. 
vpon  a  streight  line  to  the  runing  brooke  by  Thomas  Smyths  house,  all   the 
v,"'^  said  ground  'wee  alow  him  iov  his  owne,  &  so  from  Thomas  Smyths  to  the 
sea,  in  case  the  ground  appears  to  bee  M'^  Humfreys  vjwn  v,'^  Thomas  Smyth 
&  Willi :  Wytters  houses  stands,  w"'  the  ground  vi''^  they  liave  broken  vp  by 

tlieir  houses.     By  the  iovnt  agi-cem'  of 

WILLI:  TRASKE, 
NATIIA:  TURNER, 
RICI1"D  WRIGHT, 
ABRAII:  PALMER. 


* /2  Generall  Court,  held  at  JVewctoume,  the  2"  Day  of  the  3''  M;  1688,     1  G  3  8. 

for  Elections. 


F^SENT,    The  Govemo'^, 

The  Deputy  Gov'', 
M"'  Endecot, 
M''  Bellingham, 
AP  Herlakondon, 


Deputies, 


M'  Atherton  Hoffe, 
]\P  Rob-'t  Kaync, 
M"'  John  Olyver, 
Capt  Rob't  Sedgwick, 
Leift  Ralph  Sprage, 
Ensig :  Abr :  Palmer, 
!M'^  Rich :  Browne, 
M'  Thom :  Mayhewe, 
!M''  Biyan  Pendleton, 
Isiiack  Heathe, 
John  Johnson, 
WilK:  Parks, 
Joseph  Cooke, 
Rich''d  Jackson, 
John  Bridge, 
JI''  Samu :  Svmonds, 


M'  Saltonstall, 
W  Bradstrcete, 
M''  Staughton, 
Incr :  Nowell. 


M'  Willi :  Bartholme"', 
^l'  Natha :  Duncan, 
M""  Jolin  Glover, 
Willi :  Gayler, 
John  Vjiham, 
Henry  Kingman, 
W  Willi :  Hauthome, 
Edmond  Batter, 
M'  Edw"^  Howe, 
Tymo :  Tomlins, 
M'  Thom :  Flint, 
Leift  WiUard, 
M''  John  Woodbridge, 
M"'  Edw^  Rawson, 
M'  Joseph  Androws, 
Nicho :  Baker. 


MR  JOHN  WINTHROPE,  Senior,  was  chosen  Govemo''  for  the  yeare 
ensuing,  &  did  take  the  oathe  to  his  place  belonging./ 
M'  Thomas  Dudley  was  chosen  deputy   for   the  yearc   ensuing,   &   did 
take  the  oathe  to  his  place  belonging./ 


228  '-I'fJJ^    IIKCORUS    OP    TIIK    COLONY    OF 

M'^  Rich'd  Bellingliani,  ^NI'  Roger  Herlakeiiden,  M'  Rich'-d  Saltonstall, 
IM"^  Symon  Bradstieete,  M"'  Israeli  Staughton,  &  Increase  Nowell  were  cliosen 
Assistants  for  the  vearc  ensuing,  &  earh  of  them  tookc  the  oath  to  their  place 
belonging./ 

M''  Jolni  llumfrey  &  JI'  John  Winthrope,  lunior,  were  chosen  Assistants, 
but  being  absent  coidd  not  take  their  oathes./ 

M"'  John  Oliver  was  appointed,  insteed  of  M''  Damford,  who  is  dead,  to 

set  out  the  bounds  between  Dedhani  &  Dorchester  the   1-1"'  3''  iii,   1G38,  & 

to  set  out  the  300  acres  for  the  fiirme  w'*"  Dedham  men  did  purchase./ 

Comittee  to  lay  ^^'  John  Oliver,  M'  Abraham  Palmer,  &  Goodin  John  Bridge  were  ap- 

outbndsof       pointed  to  set  out  the  bounds  bctwecnc  "Watcrtowne  &  Concord,  &  between 
seu  townes.         '■ 

Watertowne  &  Dodliam,  &  to  niarke  tlie  bounds  betwcene  A\'atertownc  & 
Newetowne,  &  to  lay  out  Watertowne,  their  8  miles  granted  tliem,  or  if  tliey 
cannot  enioy  their  8  miles,  to  alow  them  satisfaction,  w"'  w"^  they  jimise  to  rest 
fully  satisfied,  &  never  to  meddle  more  about  the  difference  between  them  & 
Ncwetowne./ 
Rate  free  ^^'  John  Ilunifrcv  is  remited  his  rate  to  the  last  1500*  levy./ 

ooA  M"'  Willi :  Spencer  is  granted  300  acres  of  ground  beyond  Concord,  by 

303.  the  Alewife  Ryver./ 

3g0-  'I'he  order  made  the   10  &,  1636,  321,  about  watches  &  a  ward  on  the 

W.itches  &        Lords  dav,  is  renc^Ncd,  &  confirmed  to  bee  for  continuance  fro  year  to  vear, 

wards  cont. 

all  but  the  last  clause,  about  carrj'ing  armes  to  the  meeting  houses,  yv''^  is  referd 

to  the  pticular  townes./ 
ggj_  The   order  against  intertaining  any  above  3  weeks  w*''out  licence  (made 

Enie'g  strg's.    the  3^  ifi,  163Tj  is  confirmed  from  henceforward  for  a  constant  lawe./ 
Debt  to  New  The  500*  debt  to  o''  brethren  of  Newetowne  Is  apj)ointed  to  bee  paid  by 

the  rates  of  Ipswich  &  Salem,  so  far  as  they  ■s'lill  go./ 
382—  It   is   ordered,   that  ev''y   towne  shall   bcare   the   charges   of  their'    owne 

Ch-irge  of  mag«  magistrates  &  deputies,  &  to  alow  for  a  magistrate  3^  6''  a  day,  &  for  a  deputy 

2^  6'*  a  day,  from  the  time  of  their  going  out  to  the  Court  vntill  their  returne, 

for  their  dyot  &  lodging./ 
New  To.,  It  is  ordered,  that  Newetowne  shall  henceforward  be  called  Cambrige./ 

C'auibr. 

„Qc,  It  is  ordered,  tliat  all   fines  w*^''   stand  vpon   record,  attachments   to   bee 

Debts  retn.        granted,  &  given  to  the  marshall  to  distraine  for  them./ 

Ordinary  keep'  Samuell  Colc,  Rob'"t  Longe,  &  Willi :  Baulston  are  fined  20'  a  peece  for 

selling  beare  at  2''  a  quart./ 
(  h:irfres  of  fort  Whcrcas  the  maior  part  of  this  Court  hath  exp'"ssed  themselues  \^^willing 

jjjjj  to  charge  the  country  further  w"'  tlie  finishing  &  maintaining  of  the  fort  at 

(•astlo    Hand,   i!v."  vet    vndcrstnTubng   tliat   there   are   manv  in   the  countrv  are 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    Ix\    NEW    ENGLAND.  229 


2  May. 


■willing  &  (Icsiros  that  the  said  fort  should  hce  yet  vpheld  &   niamicd,  it   is      1  G  3  8. 

therefore  ordered,  that  if  the  aforesaid  pties  that  are  so  willing  &  desiros  that 

the  said  fort  sliould  bee  yet '  vpheld,  shall  satisfie  the  counsell  ■\v"'in  8  daycs 

that  they  wilbee  at  such  chai'ges   for  the  manning  &  maintaining  of  the  said 

fort  till  the  next  Generall  Court  as  shalbee  disbursed  thcrcvpou,  &  as  the 

counsell  shall  see  cause  to  appoint,  that  then  the  said  fort  shalbee  so  disposed 

of.     And  if  the  next  Generall  Court   shall   see   cause  to  maintaine  &  vphold 

the  said  fort  longer,  then  this  charges  &  that  w""'"  shalbee  after  shalbee  borne 

by  the  piiblike.     *But  if  pcrticuler  men  will  not  vndertake  the   defraying  of       [*222.] 

the  charges  of  the  said  fort,  vpon  the  consideration  before  ex^ssed,  then  the 

order  of  the  last  Coiart  for  the  fetching  away  ordinances,  ^<?,  shall  iiiiediatcly 

be  executed  by  M''  Staughton,  Cajii  Cooke,  Ensignc  Palmer,  John  .Johnson, 

&  M--  Glover./ 

It  was  ordered,  by  this  p.sent  Court,  that  John  Winthrope,  Es^,  the  p>sent  383— 

Governo"",  shall  have   1200  acres  of  land,  whearof  1000  was  formerly  granted  "       '"  /?Ln 

'  '  JO  graunt  of  1200 

liim,  &  Thomas  Dudley,  Escp,  the  Deputy  Governo"^,  his   1000  acres  granted  acres  to  be  layd 

out  close  by  y" 

to  liim  by  a  former  Courte,  both  of  them  about  6  miles  from  Concord  north-  nuer  side, 
wards  :  the  said  Govemo'"  to  have  his  1200  acres  on  the  southerly  side  of  two  ,„'„„      ^^'   ^ 

•'  1000  ac's. 

great  stones  standuig  neare  together  close  by  the  lyver  side  that  comes  fro 
Concord,  &  the  Deputle  Governo''  to  have  his  thousand  acres  on  the  northerly 
side  of  the  said  two  great  stones,  (w''''  stones  were  lately  named  the  Two  Broth- 
ers.) The  Deputie  Governo''  is  to  run  a  line  easterly  from  the  said  stones,  so 
that  hee  may  take  in  a  nicadowe  on  the  other  side  of  a  hill,  &  so  to  extend  his 
thousand  acres  as  farr  northerly  as  hee  will  &  as  the  thousand  acres  will  beare, 
&  the  Governo''  to  ioyne  in  the  said  line  ruiiing  easterly,  &  to  extend  his  lot 
as  faiT  southerly  as  his  twelue  hundi-ed  acres  will  beare,  w"''  2200  acres  are  by 
this  Court  established  to  the  said  pties  severally,  &  their  severall  heires./ 

There  is  ten  acres  of  land  granted  to  James  Pemberton,  part  of  it  the  383— 

land  formerly  planted  by  him,  &  the  rest  ioyneing  to  it  at  Nantascot./  to'^io  acres 

The  to'wne  of  Roxbeny  is  granted  four  thousand  acres   of  land  whear  it  4000  acres 

111  t\  ^^'     T  1  •  r  ^  granted  to 

may  bee  iayde  out  w'"out  piudice  to  any  plantation  or  lormer  graunts,  bee"  Eoxburv.  S: 
Dedam  doth  shorten  them./  **"■ 

RoVt  Potter,  appealing,  was  enloyned  to  appear  at  the  next  session  of  this  Robert  Potter. 
Court,  vnles  hee  bee  w""  his  family  removed  out  of  the  plantation  before./ 

The  Court  is  adiourned  to  the  7""  of  the  4"'  ifi,  being  the  5*  day  of  the  Courts  adjourn' 

to  7  June  nex. 

same  weeke  in  w''''  the  Quarter  Court  is./  jg  -^^ 

The  19"^  3'  month,  1638,  M''  George  Bunker,  being  chosen  one  of  the  M'GeorgBun- 

^_  111-  ij*  ^^^'  constable, 

cunstables  of  Charlcstowne,  tooke  his  oath  to  that  place  belonging,  beiorc  me,  charl  To., 
Increase  Xowell./  »^™™'  ^'- 


230  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

163  8.  The  20*''  6*'^  i?i,  1638,  Willi :  Braukenborow  being  chosen  cnustable  of 

Charlestownc,  in  the  roome  of  Thom  :  Ewar,  did  take  his  oathe  to  that  place 
belonging,  before  me.  In :  Xowell./ 


20  August. 


[*223.]  *The  8"  4'"  Month,  @  1638. 

8  June.  These   4   gentlemen   after  named,   M^'   John   Humfrey,    M"^  John  Win- 

Magists  &  ' 

deptB  fined.       tluope,  lunior,  ]\P  Atheiton  Hoffe,  &  INI''  Edw**  Kawson,  were    fined  Ssh"  a 

peecc  for  their  absence  when  the  Court  was  called./ 
MaiT  Jones  !Mary  Joanes  was  consented  to  bee  taken  care   of  by  the  conntre}',  &  at 

mantenancc.        .i  i_  i  / 

the  countryes  charge./ 
100  16  3  e.x-  The  100'  16*^  3"  expended  ;d)out  furthering  the  fishing,  the  Court  in  ciir- 

'^™.  '^  f   ,       tesv  consented  to  beare  it./ 

hshing  trad.,  *  / 

tobcp'ibyy  Tho.se  that  had  their  bills  signed   in   Ipswich  &  Salem,  before  the  last 

country. 

Stoppage  of       order,  may  stop  their  rates  in  theire  owne  hands./ 

■'"''"'■  Edward  Converse,  appearing,  was  admonished  to  bee  more  carefull  of  the 

Edward  Con- 

vers,  ferryman,  fferiy,  &  enioyned  to  man  two  boatcs,  one  to  lye  on  the  one  side,  &  the  other 
o  pa>        aw-  ^^  j.j^g  other  side,  except  the  wind  were  so  hiafh  that  they  were  foi'ced  to  pnt 

sons  fine.  '  ^  n  j  J. 

foure  men  to  man  one  boate,  &  then  one  boate  to  serve ;  onely  hee  is  enioyned 
_„  .  to  pay  M'  Hansons  fine,  &  so  is  discharged./ 

End  of  all  dif-  For  a  finall  end  of  all  difference  betweene  Watertowne,  Concord,  &  Ded- 

Wate'r  Con-  ^^"-^  concerning  the  bounds  bet^^■cene  the  said  townes,  it  is  ordered,  that 
c^  &  Dedham.  Watertowne  8  miles  shalbee  extended  vpon  the  line  betweene  them  &  Cam- 
bridge so  farr  as  Concord  bounds  will  give  leave,  &  that  theii'e  bounds  by  the 
ryver  shall  rini  8  miles  into  the  countrey  in  a  straight  line,  also  as  the  rj'ver 
doth  for  the  most  part  run,  &  so  to  take  in  all  the  land  of  that  side  of  the 
ryver  w'**  will  not  fall  into  the  square  of  5  miles  granted  to  Dcdham,  & 
that  the  neck  on  the  same  side  of  the  lyver  neare  to  Dedham  towne  shalbee 
cast  into  the  said  square  of  5  miles  to  make  vp  the  same,  so  as  the  said  square 
is  to  bee  accounted  by  the  quantity,  &  not  by  the  scihiation,  because  the  place 
will  not  beare  it,  &  that  their  8  miles  from  Wateitown  meeting-house  shalbee 
by  a  line  betweene  both  the  other  lines./ 

jg  jj^y^  The  16"'  of  the  3">  Month,  1638. 

Wee,  whose  names   are  vnderwritten,  being  appointed  bv  this  Court  to 

Bounds  be- 
tween iioxbur)'  rectify  the  bounds  betweene   Roxberry  &  Dedham,   (together  w"'   the   lands 

stated  purchased  by  Dedham,)  have  fully  agreed  concerning  them  by  di'awing  an 

cquall  line  of  chvision  by  marked  trees  &  stakes,  w"^*"  is  corectcd  from  the 

southeast  side  of  Roxberry  bounds  by  a  streight  northwest  line  ruuing   till  it 

touch  vpon  Charles  Ryver.    Furthermore,  in  consideration  of  some  straightnes 

at  the  Mestermost  end  of  Roxberry  bounds,  liv  reason  of  the  course  of  the 


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river,  it  is  mutually  agreed,  that  a  portion  of  medow  shall  belong  A'nto  Rox- 
berry,  w*  ioyneth  towards  the  northeast  vpon  Roxberry,  &  is  bounded  towards 
the  southeast  by  certeine  marked  trees  from  the  line  of  division  aforesaid, 
''comprehending  a  narrow  slip  of  vpland,)  vnto  a  point  of  vpland  on  the 
brows  of  the  marsh,  &  from  thence  by  the  northermost  point  of  a  httle  hil- 
lock of  vpland  in  the  marsh  straight  on  to  the  ry  ver./ 

EDW:  ALLEYN, 
GEO:  ALCOCK, 
JOHN  OLIVER. 

*  ^-  The  17*  of  the  S^  M°,  @  1638.  [*22-i.] 

17  Mav 

Wee,  whose  names  are  vndei-written,  being  appointed  by  this  Court  to  rec-  "    „ 

386— 
tiiy  the  bounds  between  Dedham  &  Dorchester,  have  agreed  to  stiike  the  head  Bounds  be- 

line  of  Dorchester  from  a  marked  tree  by  a  fresh  brooke,  (now  coiiionly  called  j^^^^  ,j.  j^^^_ 
Huggins  Brooke,)  to  a  certeine  stake  of  vpon  Dorchester  plaine  towards  the  "hester. 
top  of  the  great  Blew  Hill./ 

&  to  run  from  the  stake  aforesaid  vpon  a  straight  line  soiitlnvest  to  anoth- 
er stake  at  the  enterance  of  the  great  ragged  plaine,  &  there  set  of  toward  the 
southeast  10  rods  vnto  another  stake,  from  whence  it  ruiieth  againe,  vpon  a 
straight  southwest  line,  to  a  small  tree  marked,  standing  about  the  middle  of 
the  plame  aforesaid ;  &  from  thence  the  line  is  varied  one  point  southerly  to  a 
certeine  stake  vpon  the  brow  of  a  little  hill  in  sight,  &  so  to  run  as  the  line  of 
partition  between  the  said  townes  of  Dorchester  &  Dedham,  to  extend  to  Plim- 
oth  bounds./  EDW:  ALLEYN, 

RICHRD  COLLECOTT,  ^  •'""*• 

JOHN  OLIVER.  ,„„„      ^Fr 

100"  r  ann  al- 
lowed, to  main- 

The  Court  agreed  to  alow  100*  p  anii  for  the  maintaining  of  the  fort ;  but   ""^^ 
not  to  exceed,  to  bee  ordered  by  the  counsell  &  the  magistrates  of  the  Bay./        Military  compa 

The  millltaiy  company  of  Boston  may  jpsent  2  or  3  to  the  counsell,  to  '''^°\'°".*° 
choose  a  captaiue  out  of  them,  if  the  counsell  like  y"./  sent  .2  or  3  for  a 

cap*. 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  magistrates  of  Ipswich  shall  have  power  to  dis-  jiaj,isu  of  ips- 
chai-ge  M--  Eason  &  M'  Geoffry  fro-"  buikhng  at  Winnacunnet,  &  if  they  will  ^™^  to^dis^^ 
not  take  warning,  to  cleare  the  place  of  y"./  son,  M'  Gepf- 

mi  11    1  T  n  •  /•  1  ®T»  from  Win- 

ihe  counsell  have  power  to  dispose  some  small  quantity  oi  powder  to  ecumet. 
such  townes  as  neede./  Counsells  pow- 

^      _  ,     ^  ^  e'  to  dispose  of 

Capt  Keayne  &  the  mlllitaiy  comp"  have   pow"^  to  ex'"clse  whear  they  powdc. 
please,  &  to  make  vse  of  so  many  of  the  comon  amies  as  they  neede./     And  a  389— 

'^  ■'  J  I  p_^p,  Keaj-n  y« 

warrant  from  any  of  the  counsell  is  sufficient  for  the  delivery  of  them  vnto  1st  cap',  of  y 
Cap!  Keayne,  or  such  as  hee  shall  appoint./  ^j  Boston 


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THE    RECORDS    OF    THE    COLOISIY    OF 


1  G  3  8. 

"—       Y      ""^ 

8  June. 
Snlem  county 
Courts,  by 
whom  kept. 
Ipswich  county 
Courts. 
A  rate  of  2001i. 


390- 

Rule  for  meas- 
ures. 

Courts  trans- 
ferred to  Bos- 
ton. 


Salem  is  to  keepe  their  pticular  Courts  -sv"^  the  magistrats,  &  such  as 
were  before  appointed,  onely  M''  Ballai^d  is  chosen  iii  the  roome  of  Captaine 
Turner./ 

Ipswich  to  have,  w"'  the  magistrats,  M''  Symonds,  M'^  Woodbridg,  &  M'' 
Hubberde./ 

It  was  ordered,  that  there  should  bee  200*  levyed  out  of  the  severall 
plantations,  &  this  according  to  the  {(portion  of  the  last  rate,  to  bee  paid  w^'in 
a  month,  &  the  Secretary  to  ha'  pow"^  to  send  out  warrants,  &  take  the  ac- 
counts./ 

Eob''t  Potter  appeared./ 

It  was  agreed,  that  the  measures  should  bee  made  according  to  the  water 
measure,  that  is,  according  to  the  bottom  of  the  notch  in  the  brasse  standard./ 

The  Coiuts  are  transferred  to  Boston./ 


[*225.] 

5  June. 
Qu"  Court,  5 : 
i.  38. 


M'  Skeltons 

estat.  set. 


Ric  :  Colli. 


Gurlins  land. 


Difference  be- 
twecne  M' 
Whit.  &  M' 
Woolcot  re- 
fferd. 


*Jlt  a  Courte  of  Assistants,  held  at  Cambridge,  the  5"'  Day  of  the  4"" 
M%  @  1688,  being  a  Q'ter  Courte. 


P''SENT,     The  Goveriio'', 
Deputy  Gov''no'', 
M"'  Endecott, 
M''  Bellingham, 
M'  Saltonstall, 


M'  Stoughton, 
JSP  Bradstreetc, 
M''  Herlakonden, 
Incr :  Nowell. 


Edith  ritts 
abused. 


IT  was  ordered,  w*  the  consent  of  \l"  Baggerly,  that  the  increase  of  M"' 
Skeltons  cattle  should  bee  divided  according  to  M""  Skeltons  will,  &  that 
the  goods  &  household  stuffe  w'^''  belongs  to  the  3  eldest  child''n  should  bee 
divided  by  some  of  the  church  of  Salem,  &  coiiiitted  to  the  church  of  Salem./ 

Eich''d  Collicot  &  Jolin  Buslin  were  fined  6^  8*  a  peece  for  absence  when 
the  Court  sat  in  the  afternoone,  being  jurymen./ 

M''  Willard  &  M'  Spencer  are  ioyned  w"'  oth''s,  formerly  appointed  about 
M"'  Gurlins  land./ 

M"^  Ilich''d  Bellingham,  Increase  Nowell,  &  M"^  Mayhewe  are  appointed, 
they  or  any  two  of  them,  to  examine  witnesses  vj)on  oathe,  &  to  heare  &  exam- 
ine all  tilings  concerning  M"^  White  &  jNI"^  Woolcote,  &  to  do  it  w'^in  14  dayes, 
&  M"  Woolcot  is  to  bring  in  a  pfect  inventory,  &  distinguish  the  goods  inven- 
toried between  his  &  the  childrcns,  lea^ang  to  the  Court  to  give  order  about 
them./ 

Samucll  Jackson  &  Edith  Pits  did  appear,  &  give  in  their  e^'idencc  ag' 
John  Emerson,  of  Scituate,  about  his  abusing  the  said  Edith./ 


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Heniy  Seawall,  being   ^sentecl  by  the  graudiuiy  for  beating  his  wife,      1  (5  3  8. 
is  referd  to  the  Court  of  Ipswich  to  examine,  &  hee  to  appear  w"'out  any  new    """    y——' 

5  June. 

summons./  ,,  ,,      „ 

/  M'  Hen  :  Sew- 

Eob''t  Bartlet,  being   psented  for  cursing  &  swearing,  was  censured  to  '''i*  beating  his 

wife  referd  to 

have  his  tongue  put  in  a  cleft  sticke./  Ipsw. 

John  Smyth,  of  INIeadford,  for  swearing,  being  penitent,  was   set  in  the  ^°'''  ^'"■*^'^* 

sent,  for  swear- 
bilboes./  ing,  lUs  toung 

T^     1       .  Ti*   1        /-I         •   1  I*  1  •  •  c    •  •  in  a  cleft  stick. 

JVathenne,  vxor  Kich :  Cornish,  was  lound  suspitious  oi   incontinencv,  to-,, 

'  '  '^  •  '   Jn"  Smith  sent. 

&  was  seriously  admonished  to  take  heede./      .  Kath :  Comish 

Clement  Brigs  his  wife   is  enioyned  not  to  come  into  the  company  of  _,     ,  _  . 

Arthur  Warren./  wife  enjoy,  not 

Willi :  Busbey  being  ^sented  for  drunkeimes,  it  was  found  the  falling  Arth :  Warren. 

sicknes./ 

Laurence  Waters  wife  was   enjoy ned   to  give  John  Finch  18'',  &  Nico  :  Laurenc  Wa- 

Theale  to  give  Jn"  Finch  IS-*,  &  Edw-»  Lambe  to  give  him  2%  &  Lambe  was  ^<='^'f<'^^°^^- 

^  "  era  admonish*. 

fined    15'  6'^   for  his   contempt,   &   all  of  them  were   admonislied  to  avoyde 
dancing./ 

John  Bennet  &  Philip  Deare  were  referd  to  Salem  for  their  drunkencs./ 

The  towne  of  Newberry  was  fined  6^  S"*,  &  enioyned  to  repaire  y"'  de-  Newber)'  find 
fects  before  the  Court  in  Septemb'"./ 

The  to^^•ne  of  Ipswich  is  fined  6.  8',  &  hath  lib''ty  till  the  7"'   iii  to  ips.  findC.  8. 
repair  their  defects./ 

The  towne  of  Linn  is  fined  20%  &  enioyned  to  mend  their  wayes  before  Lin  find  20». 
the  next  Court/ 

The  towne  of  Charlestowne  is  fined  6^  8'^,  &  hath  lib''ty  till    the    7"'  chariTofind 
month./  ^•^• 

Thomas  Ewar  is  fined  -iO""  for  the  leaving  his  pit  or  well  open,  in  w"^*"  a  Tho:  Ewar 
child  was  drowned./  f"'^.*'";'.'. 

'  -        leaning  his  pitt 

The  towne  of  Cambridge  was  fined  5sh%  &  to  Pparc  before  the  next  Court./  "p*^"- 
The  towne  of  Boston  trav-'se  their  psentment./  ^'■""^-  ^"'^  ^- 

Boston  trail 

Edmond  Hubberd,  Senior,  was  fined  40'  for  leaving  a  pit  open,  in  w<^''  a  yir  p'sent. 
cliild  was  drowned./  Edmund  Hub- 

'  _  bard  find  40. 

Francis  Westons  wife  was  censured  to  bee  set  2  houres  in  the  bilboes  hear,  Ynnc  Westons 
&  2  houres  at  Salem,  vpon  a  lecture  day./  "■^/^  '^' '"  ^^^ 

'      ^  •'  '  bilboes  2 

The   towne  of  Dorchester  was  fined  6.  8'',  &  hath  liberty  till  Septemb''  bowers. 

.  ,  "  Dor'i'  find  6.  8. 

next./ 

The  towne  of  Roxberry  was  fined  6.  8'',  &  hath  lil/ty  till  the  7"'  montli./  ito.x.  find  6. 8. 

The  towne  of  Waymoth  was  fined  G"  8'',  &  hath  lib''tv  till  the  7"'  month  Weymou"  find 

,  ,  "  6.  8. 

next./ 

VOL.  I.  30 


23-1 


THE    RECORDS    OP    THE    COLONY    OF 


'1  G  3  8. 

O    Juno. 

Hingh.  find  6.8. 
Tho  :  Gray  to 
be  seuly  whip' 
&  banish*. 
Jd'  Leg  &  W" 
Edmonds 
bonds  for  y^ir 
wives. 
Rob'  Cole. 
Jn'^  Emcrsons 
bond. 


The  townc  of  Hingham  was  fined  G.  8'',  &  liatli  a  luoiitlis  lib'ty./ 

John  Holgrave  is  referd  to  Salem./ 

Thomas  Gray  was  censured  to  bee  severely  whiped,  &  the  former  execu- 
tion of  banishment  to  bee  inflicted./ 

Jolm  Leg  bound  in  40*,  &  Willi :  Edmonds  boimd  in  40',  to  cany  thek 
wifes  to  Salem  Court,  &  Rob''t  Keyes  bound  in  20*  to  appear./ 

RoVt  Cole  was  cnioyned  to  pay  the  witnesses  10%  &  so  was  discharged./ 

John  Emerson  is  bound  to  the  good  behavio""  for  twelue  months,  &  bound 
in  40*  to  appeare  at  the  Quarter  Coiu^t  in  this  iiuisdiction  the  4*  &.  1639./ 

George  Pye,  a  ]\Iore,  was  to  remaine  w*  M"'  Cradock  vntill  advise  from 
England,  &  advise  to  bee  sent  to  Rye./ 

Rob''t  Morgan,  Edw'^  Hall,  &  Rich :  Lambert  ai'c  referd  to  Salem./ 


[*226.] 

i  September. 


Heu ;  Collens 
find. 

Katherin,  wife 
of  Sam ;  Finch, 
wliipt  for 
Kpcaking  ag' 
magist"  & 
church". 


Geor :  Uorn 
find  for  being 
distempred  by 
drink. 
VV-  South 
whipt  &  ban- 
ish'. 

M'  Ju»  Win- 
thr*  took  his 
oath. 


*j1  Courte  of  Assistants,  held  at  Boston,  the  4^  of  the  7'*  Month, 

@  1688. 


P"SENT,      The  Govcrno"', 

The  Deputie  Gov"'no', 
M"^  Endecott, 
M"^  Bellingham, 
M'  Herlakondon, 


M'  Bradstreete, 
M'^  Stoughton, 
iyp  John  Wintlo-op, 
&  Increase  Nowell. 


THE  cunstables  of  Cambridg  &  the  cunstables   of  Boston  are  fined  lOsh' 
a  peece  for  not  returning  their  warrants  in  time,  w*''  the  names  of  the 
jury  men./ 

Henry  Collens  is  fined  5^  for  not  appearing  when  hee  was  called  to  serve 
vpon  the  grand  iury./ 

Katherine,  the  wife  of  Samuell  Finch,  being  accused  for  sjjeaking  against 
the  magistrates,  aga  the  churches,  &  against  the  elders,  was  censured  to  bee 
whiped,  &  coinited  till  the  Gene''all  Court./ 

^     Holloway  is  bound  in  20*  to  appear  at  the  next  Courte./ 

John  Crosse  being  warned  to  appear  about  his  servant  Clement  Manning, 
who  miscarried,  the  said  Crosse  was  discharged./ 

George  Home  is  fined  10'  for  distemper  w"^  drinke,  w*  his  m"^,  Willi : 
Denne,  vndertooke  to  see  satisfied./ 

John  Smyth  bound  in  20*  to  appear  at  the  next  Courte./ 

William  South  is  censured  to  bee  severely  whiped,  &  kept  to  the  General! 
Courte.    By  whom  hee  was  banished,  to  rcturne  no  more  vpon  paine  of  death./ 

M'  John  Winthi-opc,  lunior,  tooke  the  oath  of  Assistant./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND. 


235 


The  busines  of  Capt  Lovells  is  referd  to  ^Ij  Roger  Herlakoucleu  &  In- 
crease Nowell,  to  examine  all  things  about  it,  both  estate  &  debts./ 

The  inventory  of  Edward  Wilson,  amounting  to  48*  2'  00'',  was  deliv- 
ered into  the  Court  this  4"'  day  of  the  7"^  m,  by  Thom  :  Wilson,  executor  of 
the  aforenamed  Edward,  &  was  received  de  bene  esse./ 

It  was  ordered,  w""  the  consent  of  IM""  Eich^d  Bellingham,  that  the  said 
M'  BelUngham  should  deliver  Willi :  Cheesbro,  for  John  Nott,  6*,  in  satisfac- 
tion for  liis  ^  pt  of  all  the  goods  &  chattels  given  lum  by  his  aunt,  Joane 
Drake,  this  to  bee  dd  psently,  &  the  said  M'"  BelUngham  to  bee  dischar[g]ed 
thereof  vpon  delivery  of  the  same./ 

The  agreement  betweene  M'  John  Flske  &  his  brother  William,  made 
by  My  John  Eudecot,  Willi :  Hathorne,  John  Woodberry,  &  Jeffrey  Massey, 
was  approved  in  Court,  w"^  the  consent  of  pties,  that  the  said  Jn°  shall  re- 
tui-ne  200'  of  the  estate  in  liis  hands  to  his  brother  Willi :,  &  "Willi :  shalbee 
bound  to  give  vnto  liis  said  brother  John,  if  hee  dies  vnmarried  before  hee 
comes  to  the  age  of  24  yeares,  the  suiiie  of  100* ;  &  the  said  Willi :  did 
release  to  the  said  John  in  Court  all  his  interest  in  the  land./ 

John  Knowles  (haveing  married  the  widow  of  Ephraim  Davies,  who  was 
sister  to  Rob't  Bills)  was  granted  administration  of  the  estate  of  Rob''t  Bills./ 

The  will  of  Silvester  Bauldwin  was  J?sented  into  the  Court,  &  his  wife 
Sarah  «&  sonne  Eich''d  were  alowed  executors  according  to  the  will./ 


16  3  8. 

4  September. 
Edn""  Wilson 
will  &  estate. 


.Jane  Dralies 
legacy  to  Jn** 
Not. 


ARreera'  betw. 
Jn°  &  \V» 
Fiske. 


391- 

Adifistracon  to 
Rob'  Bills  es- 
tate. 

Silues'  Bald- 
wins estate. 


*Jt  a  Generall  Court,  held  at  Boston,  the  6"  Day  of  the  7'"  Month, 

@  1638. 


P"SENT,      The  Governo"", 

The  Deputie  Gov'^no'', 
M"^  Endccott, 
M"^  Bellingha, 
M^  Herlakcnden, 


M"'  John  Winthrop,  lu, 
W  Bradstreete, 
W  Stoughton, 
Increase  Nowell ; 


[*227.] 

6  September. 
Gen  Court,  6  : 
7   38. 


Deputies, 


M--  Joseph  Hull, 
Antho :  Eames, 
Steven  French, 
Willi :  Eeade, 
Natha :  Duncan, 
John  Glover, 
Hum  :  Atherton, 
Isaack  Heatlie, 


John  Johnson, 
Willi :  Parke, 
Atherton  Haugh, 
Eob''t  Keayne, 
John  Newegate, 
Ealfe  Sprage, 
Abrah :  Palmer, 
Joseph  Cooke, 


THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


John  Bridge, 

Grego  :  Stone, 

^  Rich :  Browne, 

-^hom  :  INIahewe, 
Willi :  Jeanisou, 
Thom  :  Flint, 

-  Symon  Willard, 
Edw'  Howe, 


Willi :  Hathorne, 
John  Woodberry, 
Jacob  Barney, 
Willi:  Hubberd, 
Samu :  Symonds, 
Rich''d  Lumkins, 
Edw*"  Eawson. 


Gen'  Court 
6  ;  7  :  38. 


Ralph  Mousall 
dismist  y* 
Court. 


391- 

M'  Downing 
decoy. 


391- 


Hampton 
plant.,  Winna- 
cunnet. 


391- 


rr^HE  Generall  Courte  being  assembled,  a  coinission  was  granted  to  make 
_l_  M"^  Nathaniell  Rogers  free  at  Ipswich,  by  takeing  his  oath  thearc  before 
two  magistrates./ 

Ealfe  Mousall,  being  questioned  about  speaches  form'ly  spoken  by  him 
in  approbation  of  M''  Wheeleright,  was  dismissed  from  being  a  member  of  the 
Courte./ 

Whearas  Emanuell  Downing,  Es^,  hath  brought  over,  at  his  great 
charges,  all  things  fitting  for  takeing  wild  foiile  by  way  of  duck  coy,  this 
Court,  being  desiros  to  encourage  them,  &  others,  in  such  designs  as  tend  to 
pubhke  good,  do  give  him  full  liberty  to  place  the  same  duck  coy  in  some 
convenient  place  w"'in  the  bounds  of  Salem,  as  the  towne  &  hee  can  agree,  & 
that  it  shall  not  bee  lawfull  for  any  pson  to  shoote  in  any  gun  w'l'in  halfe  a 
mile  of  the  pond  where  such  duck  coy  shalbee  placed,  nor  shall  vse  any  other 
meanes  for  disturbance  of  the  foule  there  ;  &  if  any  man  shall  offend  against 
this  order,  hee  shalbee  fined,  or  oth''wise  punished  by  the  discretion  of  such 
court  as  shall  have  hearing  of  the  cause ;  &  if  any  pson  shall  bee  taken  shoot- 
ing, or  going  aboute  to  shoote,  w'^'in  the  said  limits,  &  beeing  not  knowne  to 
the  said  Emanuell  Downing,  or  his  servants,  w*''  shall  attend  the  said  duck 
coy,  it  shalbee  lawfull  for  them  to  make  seizure  of  his  peece,  &  detaine  the 
same  till  the  cause  be  h[e]ard  &  determined./ 

The  same  order  shall  extend  to  all  other  places  whear  any  duckcoy 
shalbee  erected  by  like  licence  from  the  Courte./     390. 

The  Court  grants  that  the  petitioners,  M"^  Steven  Bacliiler,  Christo : 
Hussey,  IMaiy  Hussey,  vidua,  Thom :  Crumwell,  Samuell  Skullard,  John 
Osgood,  John  Crosse,  Samu :  Greenfeild,  John  Molton,  Tho :  jNIolton,  Willi : 
Estow,  WilH :  Palmer,  Willi :  Sergant,  Rich'd  Swayne,  WilH :  Sanders,  Roba 
Tucke,  w"'  diverse  others,  shall  have  liberty  to  begin  a  plantation  at  Winna- 
cunnet ;  &  M""  Bradstreete,  M'"  Winthrope,  lunior,  &  M'  Rawson,  or  some 
two  of  them,  are  to  assist  in  setting  out  the  place  of  the  towne,  &  apportioning 
the  severall  quantity  of  laud  to  each  man,  so  as  nothing  shalbee  done  therein 
w"'out  alowance  from  them,  or  2  of  them./      391. 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  237 

M'  Bradstreete,  jM"  Dudley,  luuior,  Capt  Dennison,  M'  Clarke,  of  New-     16  3  8. 
berry,  ]\P  Woodbridge,  INP  Battye,  M'  Batter,  M'  Wiusley,  Hen :  Bilye,  Giles    '        '       ^ 
Firman,   RichM  Kent,  &  John  Sanders  are  alowcd   (vjjon  their  petition)  to 
begin  a  plantation  at  ]\Ierriniack,  &  shall  have  liberty  to  associate  to  them  such  -^^^  pkntacon 
others  as  they  can  a<^ree  vpon  ;  &  if  any  difference  fall  out  amongst  the  plant-  ^"  Memmack. 

'        ,     .  .    .  ^       ,  .  Vide  p>  259. 

crs  about  the  seate  of  their  towne,  or  receivnig  of  other  associats,  or  alotmcnt 
of  lands,  that  then  tlus  Court  or  the  counsell  shall  set  order  in  it./     391. 

M'  John  Vnderhill  was  comited  for  abuseing  the  Court  by  his  gross  &  M'  Vnde'i'H  his 
palpable  dissimulation  &  equivocation,  or  mentall  reservation,  in  his  petition,  jisginmiatio 
&  after  saying  his  failing  was  onely  in  the  manner./ 

Leifteuant  Morris  had  leave  to  depart,  (haveing  offended  in  subscribing  Lef  Moms 

,.  i-ici  !!•  ,h  1      aduised  to  dep' 

tlie  petition,  or  remonstrance,)  being  advised  to  forbear  medhng  w'"*  o'  people  y.jurisdictio. 
in  the  matters  of  opinion,  least  they  bee  further  dealt  w"',  &  was  advised  not 
to  sit  downe  w"'in  o''  limits,  &  was  ^^•ishcd  to  warne  the  rest  not  to  sit  downe 
w'^'in  our  limits./ 

*Leif  t  Davenport,  for  his  paines  &  attendance  about  restoring  each  man      [*2.'28.] 
his  amies  since  the  rcturne  of  the  souldiers  from  the  Pecoits  &  before,  had    ^ .    ''"™" 

'  ports  gratuity, 

granted  him  10*./  lO"- 

JI''  John  Ynderhill  is  banished,  to  go  out  of  this  iurisdiction  w^'in  14  M' Jn°Vnde'- 

.  .  ....      hill  banisht. 

dayes,  &  not  to  returne  any  more,  except  it  bee  to  take  Ins  passage  in  the  ship 
of  of  Salem,  now  bound  for  England./ 

'M'  John  Ynderhill  had  pmise  of  his  200  acres  of  ground,  beside  what  392- 

hee  hath  had  before./ 

Leif  ?  Rlch'd  Morris  had  pmise  of  Ids  100  acres  of  ground,  beside  what  M'  Morris  100 

ac'. 
hee  hath  had  before./ 

!Moses  Maverick  is  pmitted  to  sell  a  tuii  of  -srine  at  Marble  Head,  &  not  M' Moses  Mau- 

ericks  licenc  to 

to  exceede  this  yeare/  sell  wine  at 

The  towne  of  Dedham  is   desired  to  spare  2  that  aie  most  fit  to  go  w'l-  Ma-biehead. 

Southe'most 

Goodman  Woodward,  &  Goo :  Johnson,  (if  hee  can  spare  time,)  or  another  to  ijne  to  be  lajd 
bee  got  in  his  roomc,  to  lay  out  the  most  southermost  part  of  Charls  Ryver, 
&  to  have  5sh'  a  day  a  pecce./ 

Goodman  Woodward,  INI"'  John  Stretton,  w"*  an  Indian,  &  2  others  ap-  North  line. 
pointed  by  the  magistrates  of  Ipswich,  are  to  lay  out  the  line  3  mile  northward 
of  the  most  northermost  part  of  Merrimack,  for  w'^''  they  are  to  have  5'  a  day 
a  peece./ 

M""  Treasurer,  the  Secretary,  w*  M'  Keayne  &  M."  Duncan,  they,  or  any  M'  Craddocks 
3  of  them,  were  appointed  a  coinitte  to  examine  the  accounts  of  M""  INIathewe  ^^^^^^^ 
Cradock,  M''  John  Ilumfrey,  &  Leifl  Gardner./ 


238  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

16  3  8.  To  remember  to  pvide  barke  the  second  month  for  the  tanning  of  diverse 

liides  to  come./ 

The  mkeepers  or  ordinary  keepers  hare  liberty  to  brewe  the  beare  yf^^ 

prouided  for      they  sell  in  their  houses,  or  to  agree  w"^  the  brewar  as  they  can./ 

-_„  Eich'd  Tiu-ner  had  granted  him  38^  for  losse  w""^  hee  sustained  formerly 

o  Jo— 

Inkecp's  libe'ty  in  receiving  corne  at  5'  p  bushell./ 

to  brew  their  •         i  i  •  •\  r    r~^  tt  ^  i 

one  beer.  Letters  Were  appointed  to   bee  written  to  31''  Ueorge  Harwood,  to  desire 


6  September. 
Bark  to  be 


liim  to  send  liis  account./ 


Rich :  Turne's 
recompenc  for 

loss  of  corne.  jSI'  E,icli''d  Browne,  M'  Willi :  Colebran,  &  John  Bridge  are  appointed 

"'  ?r ''  wT    to  lay  out  IM'-  Gurlings  laud  at  Cambridge./ 

wood  desir-^  to  ■'  ^  ^    ' 

send  his  ac-  ]\£r  "Willi ;  Foster,  appearing,  was  informed  that  wee  conceive  him  not  fit 

counts.  ^ 

Guriincts  land    to  live  w*''  vs  ;  therefore  hee  was  wished  to  depart  before  the  Generall  Court 
tobebjdout.    j^M'chnext./ 

M'W»  Foster  '  _  _ 

advised  to  de-  Thom :  Cornhlll  was  licensed,  vpon  tryall,  to  keepe  an  inn,  in  the  roonie 

dS™!"'''"'"   of  Willi:  Baulston,  till  the  next  *Generall  Courte./ 

Tho:  Cornhills  M"'  CornehiU  was  ordered  to  keepe  11'  10^  of  the  estate  of  Willi:  Baul- 

licene. 

[*229.]      ^'°^^-/ 
gf)j,_  The  petitioners,  M""   Pendleton,   M"^  Noyse,  IM"'   Brown,  &   Comp"',  are 

Sudbury  plan-    alowed  to  go  on  ill  their  iilantatlon,  &  such  as  are  assotiated  to  them ;  &  Lcif  t 

tacon. 

Tho"  Browne.  Willard,  Thomas  Bro  ^  ,  &  INI''  John  Oliver  are  to  set  out  the  bounds  of  the 
'said  plantation,  &  they  are  alowed  4^  a  day,  each  of  them,  &  M'  Jolm  Oliver 
5sh'  a  day,  to  bee  borne  by  the  newe  plantation.  And  the  petitioners  are  to 
take  care  that  in  their  alotments  of  lands  they  have  respect  as  well  to  mens 
estates  &  abiUties  to  impve  then-  land,  as  to  their  number  of  persons ;  &  if  any 
difference  fall  out,  the  Court  or  the  counsell  shall  order  it./ 

Peter  Pres-  Peter   Presgrave,   M"^    Samuell    Mavericks    man,  M'as    censured    to    bee 

brwLpT''*"    severely  wliiped/ 

395_  It  is  ordered,  that  whatsoever  swine  shalbee  found  w*in  two  miles  of 

any  meeting  house,  (except  w*in  a  mans  owne  land,)  w*''out  a  sufficient  keeper, 
or  else  bee  found  w'^'in  any  cornefeild,  garden,  or  pasture,  being  any  other  mans 
ppriety  or  medowe,  shalbee  forfettcd ;  &  whatsoever  psoii  of  the  same  to%^ne 
where  such  swine  shalbee  taken  shall  take  vp  any  such  swine  alive,  or  kill 
them,  shall,  by  two  freemen  of  the  same  towne,  prize  the  same,  &  the  dam- 
mages  being  first  satisfied,  the  remaining  part  of  all  swine  taken  shall  go  the 
one  halfe  to  the  ptie,  &  the  other  halfc  to  bee  delivered  to  the  cunstable,  (or 
to  some  man  chosen  by  the  to'n-ne,)  to  bee  imployed  as  a  coiiion  stock,  for  the 
good  of  the  towne  whear  it  is  taken  ;  pvided,  that  no  swine  shalbee  forfetted 
till  the  first  of  Aprill  next,  vnlesse  they  bee  found  in  cornefellds,  gardens, 
medows,  or  pasture,  being  any  other  mans  pprioty./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  239 

And  this  Court  doth  intend  that  all  men  shalbee  carcfull  to  see  to  the      1  G  3  8. 
execution  of  tliis  order  ;  &  whosoever  shall  reproach  or  find  fault  w"'  any  for  '' 

,6  September. 

seizing  or  killing  any  swine,  according  to  tliis  law,  shalbee  liable  to  punish-  q^^^,  ^^, 
ment.     Provided,  also,  that  tiU  Aprill  next  it  shalbee  lawfull  for  swine  to  go  swjne. 
&  feede  'N^on  such   lots   or  pasture  grounds,  being  not  inclosed,  as  lye  in  or 
adioyning  to  the  coiiions  of  any  towne./ 

Tliis  order  to  bee  of  force  w*Mu  one  weeke  after  the  end  of  the  Courte./ 

All  former  lawes  against  swine  are  repealed./ 

•Wliearas  diverse  psons  who  are  indebted  to  the  countrey  for  their  parts  to      [*230.J 
publike  rates,  &  others  for  fines,  who,  for  avoyding  the  payment  thereof,  have  396- 

sould  away  their  houses  &  lands,  &  sent  away  their  goods,  intending  to  remove  distreyned  for. 
to  other  plantations,  it  is  therefore  ordered,  that  the  Treasurer  shall  grant  war- 
rant to  the  m''shall  to  attach  the  bodies  of  such  psons,  &  keepe  them,  till  they 
make  satisfaction  for  theu-  rates  or  fines  ;  &  all  such  psons  as  are  to  pay  any 
fines,  if  they  have  not  any  lands  or  goods  to  bee  distrained,  shall  have  their 
bodies  attached,  to  make  satisfaction,  pvided  that  any  Court  or  the  coimsell 
may  discharge  any  such  pson  from  imprisonment  if  they  shall  find  them  indeed 
vnable  to  make  satisfaction./ 

For  avoyding  of  the  countryes  charge  by  bringing  small  causes   to  the  397- 

Court  of  Assistants,  it  is  ordered,  that  any  magistrate,  in  the  towne  where  hee  ^°'^  ending  of 

smale  causes 

"li"^',^;  may  heare  &  determine  by  his  discretion  all  causes  whearin  the  debt,  by  magis"  or  3 
or  trespas,  or  damage,  {6,  doth  not  exceede  20'  j  &  in  such  towne  where  no  "^^"^  appfo  • 
magistrate  dwells,  the  Generall  Court  shall  from.,  time  to  time  nominate  3  men, 
two  whereof  shall  have  like  power  to  heare  &  detemiine  all  such  actions  vnder 
20' ;  &  if  any  of  the  pties  shall  find  themselues  greived  w""  any  such  end  or 
sentence,  they  may  appeale  to  the  next  Quarter  Courte,  or  Courte  of  Assist-  .       , 
ants,  ^5.     And  if  any  pson  shall  bring  any  such  action  to  the  Court  of  Assist- 
ants before  hee  hath  endeavo''ed  to  have  it  ended  at  home,  (as  in  tliis  order  is 
appointed,)  hee  shall  lose  liis  action,  &  pay  the  defendant  costs./ 

If  no  appeale  bee  put  in  the  day  of  the  sentence  vpon  such  small  actions, 
the  magistrate  or  the  said  2  chosen  men  shall  grant  execution./ 

For  Waterto-svne,  M'  Thorn :  Mayhewe,   Cap?  Willi :   Jeanison,   &  M' 
Eich^'d  Browne  are  chosen./ 

For  "VVaymoth,  Willi :   Smyth,   Eich'"d  Adams,    &    Steven   French  are 
chosen./ 

For  Hingham,   M'  Joseph  Hull,  Edmond  Hubberd,  Seni :,  &  Antho : 
Fames  were  chosen./ 

For  Neweberry,  M"'  Edward  Eawson,  M'  John  Woodbridg,  &  M''  Edw* 
Woodman  were  chosen./ 


240 


THE  RECORDS  OP  THE  COLONY  OF 


16  38. 

6  September. 

398- 

Lands  granted 
to  seu  men. 

[*231.] 


399- 


The  Court  granted  these  pportions  of  land,  — 

To  Goodffi  John  Johnson, 250  acres. 

To  W  Rich'"d  Browne, 200  acres. 

To  Capt  Willi :  Jeanison, 200  acres. 

To  M'  Willi :  Hubbard, 300  acres.      ^ 

To  M"'  Geo  :  Bunker, 050  acres. 

*To  M"'  Abraham  Palmer, 200  acres. 

To  M"^  Abraham  ISIellows, 200  acres. 

To  Eich''d  Bellingham,  Es^, 700  acres,  to  be  con- 
sidered of  by  M'  Hathorne,  Leift  Damfort,  Leift  Howe,  &  M'^  Ballard,  or  any 
2  of  them,  being  one  of  each  towne,  &  to  informe  the  Courte./ 

For  avoyding  the  trouble  of  this  Court  about  granting  of  lands,  &  the 
more  equall  pceeding  therein,  — ^ 

It  is  ordered,  that  M"^  Bellingham,  the  Treasurer,  M'  Israeli  Staughton, 
M'  Eich''d  Browne,  John  Johnson,  &  Abraham  Palmer,  or  any  4  or  3  of  them, 
shall  have  power  to  take  the  names  of  all  such  as  will  demand  alowance  of  lands, 
&  shall  consider  of  the  ground  &  reasons  of  their  demaunds,  &  therevpon  shall 
set  down  the  names  of  all  such  as  they  shall  find  fit  to  have  lands  granted 
them,  &  what  quantities  of  land  they  shall  see  fit  to  bee  alowed  to  them,  have- 
ing  regard  to  their  adventures  in  the  coiuon  or  ioynt  stock,  &  their  abilities  to 
improve  lands,  &  also  to  such  lands  as  have  bene  akeady  granted  them,  either 
by  the  towne  or  by  the  Coiu't,  &  that  the  countrey  at  large  bee  not  burthened 
to  pvide  lands  for  the  inhabitants  of  such  townes  as  have  land  enough  to  sup- 
ply them,  except  other  considerations  require  it ;  &  that  they  consider  that, 
though  the  first  planters  were  alowed  50  acres  for  each  person,  yet  this  benefit 
is  not  to  bee  alowed  to  all  others,  &  what  they  shall  do  hearin  to  make  certifi- 
cate thereof  to  the  next  Court ;  they  are  w^all  to  consider  that  men  cannot 
have  their  full  pportions  at  the  ^sent./ 

This  Court  takeing  into  consideration  the  necessity  of  an  equall  contribu- 
tion to  all  coinon  charges  in  townes,  &  observing  that  the  cheife  occation  of 
the  defect  hearin  ariseth  from  hence,  that  many  of  those  who  are  not  freemen, 
nor  members  of  any  church,  do  take  advantage  thereby  to  w*draw  their-  helpe 
in  such  voluntary  contributions  as  are  in  vse,  — 

It  is  therefore  hearby  declared,  that  ev''y  inhabitant  in  any  towne  is  lyable 
to  contribute  to  all  chai'ges,  both  in  church  &  comon  welth,  whereof  hee  doth 
or  may  receive  benefit';  &  withall  it  is  also  ordered,  that  every  such  inhabitant 
■who  shall  not  volentarily  contribute,  pportionably  to  his  ability,  w"'  other  free- 
men of  the  same  towne,  to  all  coinon  charges,  as  well  for  vpholding  the  ordi- 
nances in  the  churches  as  otherwise,  shalbee  compelled  thereto  by  assessment 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAl'    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  241 

&  distres  to  bee  levied  by  the  cunstable,  or  other  officer  of  the  towne,  as  in     1  G  3  8. 
other  cases./  "       ^        ' 

It  is  ordered,  that  there  should  bee   two  faires  at  *Salem  iu  the  yeare,       r*oQo  i 
the  one  the  last  Wednesday  in  the  3"^  month,  called  May,  the  other  the  last  400— 

Wednesday  of  the  7""  month,  called  September./  '''^lem  faii-es. 

Also,  it  is  ordered,  that  there  shalbee  2  faires  at  Watertowne,  the  one  the  Water  Towne 
first  Fryday  of  the  4""  month,  the  other  the  first  Fryday  of  the  T'''  month./ 

Lastly,  it  is  ordered,  there  shalbee  2  faires  at  Dorchester,  the  one  the  first  Dorchester 
Wednesday  of  the  3*^  month,  the  other  the  last  Wednesday  of  the  8""  month./ 

Bray  Wilkin  hath  liberty  to  set  vp  a  house  &  keepe  a  ferry  over  Napon-  401— 

set  Ryver,  &  to  have  a  penny  a  pson,  to  bee  dii-ected  by  M'  Staughton  &  51''  ^""^y  wukins 

liberty  for  a 
Glover./  fferr.  ou'  Xa- 

M"'  John  Haule  bound  himselfe  in  20*  for  his  servant  John  Burrows,  that 
hee  shall  not  seduce  any  man,  nor  move  questions  to  that  end,  nor  question 
Tn-tb  a^jiy  other,  except  w"'  the  magistrates  or  teaching  elders./ 

An  attachment  is  to  go  out  to  the  cunstable  of  Hinghani  to  attach  Adam  Adam  Mot  to 
Mott,  &  to  bring  him  before  the  Governo'  or  some  one  of  the  counsell./  ^^  ''"^'^'''■ 

Intimation  to  bee  given  to  the  elders  of  each  church  of  the  desire  of  the  Day  of  thanks- 
Court  to  keepe  the  last  Thursday  of  the  S*"^  month  a  day  of  thanksgiving  for 
the  safe  comeing  of  so  many  ships  this  yeare,  &  the  seasonable  weather  in  the 
spring,  &  now  to  ripen  the  harvest./ 

It  was  ordered,  that  the  cunstables  should  informe  of  ncMC  comers,  if  any  402— 

bee  admited  w"'out  license  ;  &  to  that  end  warrant  to  bee  sent  out  to  the  cun-  ^^"  **  *°  ""^^ 

corn's. 

Stables  of  each  towne,  to  informe  the  Court  of  Assistants,  w'^''  is  to  consider  of 
the  fines,  whether  to  take  them  or  to  mitigate  them.  Onely  Willi :  Kingsbury 
&  Abraham  Shaw'e  are  appointed  for  Dedham,  there  being  yet  no  cunstable 
chosen  there./ 

There  is  a  ferry  appointed  from  Boston  to  Winnetsemet,  Noddles  Hand.  403— 

•   Ferry  between 

&  the  ships  ;  the  pson  to  bee  appointed  by  the  magistrates  of  Boston./  Boston  &  Win- 

y  1111  •  1  111  isemet,  ivho  to 

it  was  ordered,  that  the  to'\\'nsmen  in  each  towne  should  see  corne  bee  choose. 

well  ground,  &  to  see  to  weights  &  measures  in  mills  &  shops,  &  the  corne  at  404- 

mills  to  bee  weighed  both  to  &  from  the  mills,  if  men  desire  it./  measures  to  be 

George  Morrell,  for  stealing,  was  enioyned  to  give  double  restitution./        p'ded  m  each 

Luke  Hanbcrry  was  censured  to  bee  severely  whijicd,  &  kept  in  prison  Gcorg  Morrells 

till  the  counsell  can  dispose  of  him,  or  else  to  bee  banished,  vpon  i)ainc  of  T"" 

'  I.uke  HanbuT)* 

deathe./  s.nt. 

This  Court,  finding  that  since  the   rciicalins;;   of  the   former   laws   again-vi  40o— 

^  '  ^  '^  I  nw ah' tobacco 

tobacco,  the  same  is  more  abused  then  before,  it   hath  therefore   ordered,  th:ii   m.t  to  be  taken 

1     11       1  1  •        1       ,•  •,  1  ....  ,      in  street  fcilds, 

no  man  snail  take  any  tobacco  m  tlic  lends,  except  m  his  louniey,  or  at   meale  jj;.. 
vol..  I.  31 


242  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OP 


6  September, 

[*233.] 


16  3  8.  times,  vpon  paiiie  of  12''  *for  every  ofFciice ;  nor  shall  take  any  tobacco  in  (or 
so  near)  any  dweling  house,  barne,  corne,  or  hay  rick,  as  may  likely  indanger 
the  fh'eLag  thereof,  vpon  paine  of  x^  for  every  offence  ;  nor  shall  take  any 
tobacco  in  any  inne,  or  coiiion  victualing  house,  except  in  a  private  roome 
there,  so  as  neither  the  master  of  the  same  house,  nor  any  other  guests  there, 
shall  take  offence  thereat ;  w'^''  if  they  do,  then  such  pson  is  fourthw'*'  to  for- 
beare,  vpon  paine  of  2'  G"*  for  every  offence./ 

Noe  man  shall  kindle  tyre  by  gunpouder,  for  taking  tobacco,  except  in 
his  iourney,  vpon  paine  of  12''  for  every  offence./ 

And  if  any  servant  or  workman  takeing  wages  sliall  offend  in  any  of  the 
premises,  his  master  shall  stop  so  much  of  his  wages  as  the  penulty  amount- 
eth  to./ 

All  the  said  forfetures,  av*''  the  charges  of  psecution,  shalbee  levied  by 

any  of  the  magistrates,  vpon  conviction  of  the  ptie  by  oathe  of  one  sufficient 

witnes  by  distresse,  ^fi,  and  imployed  for  the  benefit  of  the  towne  wheare  the 

offence  was  coinitted./ 

Arte  "Whereas  it  is  found,  by  sad  expience,  that  diverse  psons,  who  have  bene 

Repealed,  (7,j    iustly  cast  out  of  some  of  the  cliurches,  do  pphanely  contemne  the  same  sacred 

4  ■  39 

„■    ■  &  dreadfull  ordinance,  by  ©senting  themselues  overbouldlv  in  other  assem- 

cat  p'sous  to.  blies,  &  speaking  lightly  of  theu'  censures,  to  the  great  offence  &  greefe  of 
Gods  people,  &  incui-agment  of  evill  minded  psons  to  contemne  the  said  ordi- 
nance, it  is  therefore  ordered,  that  whosoever  shall  stand  excomunicate  for 
the  space  of  6  months,  w*out  labo''ing  what  in  him  or  her  lyeth  to  bee  restored, 
such  pson  shalbee  ^sented  to  the  Coiut  of  Assistants,  &  there  pceeded  w""  by 
fine,  imprisonment,  banishment,  or  fiuther,  for  the  good  behaviour,  as  their 
contempt  &  obstinacy,  vpon  full  hearing,  shall  deserve./ 
4Q7_  It  is  ordered,  that  the  new  plantation  to  bee  setled  vpon  Concord  Ryver 

Concord  new     shall  ioyne  to  Concord,  &  have  -4  miles  vpon  the  ryver,  according  to  the  plot 

plant. 

given  in ;  &  if  any  difference  arise  betwecne  the  inhabitants  there,  the  Court 

or  the  counsell  shall  order  the  same./ 

Kate  400.  There  is  a  rate  of  400*   granted,  but  the  waiTants  not  to  bee  sent  out 

vntill  the  other  accounts  bee  cleared,-  &  that  to  bee   done  w"'in  8  weeks ;  & 

these  afternamed  are  to  meete  the  first  Tewsday  in  November,  &  to  take  the 

Treasurers  account,  &  then  to  appoint  the  warrants  to  bee  sent  out./ 

The  coiuittee  are,  M""  Hathorne,  Cap?  Jeanison,  M'  Cooke,  Leif  t  Sprage, 

John  Johnson,  M""  Kcayne,  M'^  Dmican,  M'  Hubberd,  ]\P  Eawson,  ISI"'  Hull, 

M'^  Ballard,  &  Willi :  Kcadc./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND. 


243 


Dorcliesf, 
Hingliam,  . 
Ipswich,    . 
Linn,    . 
Chaiistow", 
Boston, 
Cambridff, 


36  16  03 

11  03  10 

46  10  00 

>31  00  00 

35  13  00 

^57  14  09 

34  17  06 


Roxberry, 
Watertown, 
Salem, . 

Neweberry, 

Meadford, 

Waymoth, 


31  00  00 
29  01  03 
44  11  03 
27  03  06 

06  15  08 

07  15  00 


400  00  00 
It  ■n'as  agreed,  that  the  Court  of  Assistants  should  take  order  for  the 
Indians,  that  they  may  have  satisfaction  for  their  right  at  Linn  &  at  Water- 
towne./ 

*The  Court  did  discharge  the  fines  ■vnderwritten,  w'^''  do   stand  recorded 
before  in  this  booke./ 

30"'  Novemb',   1630,  S'-  Rich^d  Saltonstall,  being  then  fined  5*,  is  dis- 
charged of  the  said  5*./ 

1   M'ch,    1630,  Tho :   Staughton,  being  fined   5*,  is   discharged  of  the 
said  5*./ 

7"^  7  in,  W  Ludlow,  M"^  Pinchen,  &  M''  Rossiter  are  discharged  of  6'  8* 
a  peecc./ 

S''  Rich^'d  Saltonstall  is  discharged  of  4  bushells  of  mault./ 

Nicho :  Knop,  being  fined  5*,  pt  was  paid,  &  the  rest  was  remitted./ 

3"^  May,   1631,  Thomas  Walford  being  fined  3*,  hee  p-^  it  by  kiiig  a 


408- 

Indians  right 
prouided  for. 

[*234.] 
409- 


wolfe./ 


Dicto,  John  Norman,  Senior,  was  fined  10',  w"=''  this  Court  remited  him./ 
18""  May,  Daniell  Abbot  Avas  fined  5%av'^''  Avas  remited  him  by  tliis  Court./ 
16""  August,  M'  Sheopard,   Rob'"t  Coles,   &  Edw*  Gibbons  were  dis- 
charged of  those  fines  by  this  Court./ 

Die,  Edward  Gibons  &  Alexand"'  Wignall  were  discharged  by  this  Courte./ 
6""  Sept.,  Alexand'' Wignall,  being  fined  3*,  is  discharged  by  this  Courte./ 
27  Sept.,  Josias  Plastow,  being  fined  5*,  is  discharged  by  this  Couite./ 
6  M''ch,  Rob't  Coles,  being  fined  1*,  is  discharged  by  this  Coiule./ 

3  July,  1632,  James  Parker  being  fined  2*,  it  was  remited  him  by  this 
Courte./ 

Dicto,  Thorn :  Dudley  being  fined  2*,  it  was  remited  him  by  this  Courte./ 

4"'  Septemb"',  John  Stickland  being  fined  3*,  hee  is  discharged  of  the 
same./ 

3""  Octob'',  EdAvard  Burton,  being  fined  at  tAvice  7*,  is  discharged  of  the 
same./ 

Dicto,  Nicholas  Frost,  being  fined  5*,  is  discharged  of  the  same./ 

4  ^Pch,  Thom  :  Dexter  being  fined  40*,  there  was  30*  of  it  remited  him./ 


244 


THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


1638. 


6  Septembei'. 


Many  fynes  re- 
mitted. 


2  July,  1633,  James  White  being  fined  30%  hee  was  discharged  of  it  by 
this  (Jo art./ 

6  August,  John  Woolrich   being  fined    ')0\   this  Court  remited  40^  of 
the  said  fine./ 

3  Septem.,  John  Shotchwell  being  fined  2*,  the  Court  remited  20"  of  it./ 
Dicto,  Rob'"t  Coles,  being  fined  10*,  is  discharged  of  the  same./ 

Capt  John  Stone,  being  fined  100*,  is  discharged  of  the  same./ 
^i'  Abraham  Palmer,  being  fined  10%  is  discharged  of  the  same./ 
Alexander  Wignall,  being  fined  10*,  is  discharged  of  the  same./ 
4"'  March,  Rich''d  Williams,  being  fined  2*,  is  discharged  of  the  same./ 
Tymothy  Hawkins,  being  fined  20%  is  discharged  of  the  same/ 
John  Vaughan,  being  fined  20%  is  discharged  of  the  same./ 
163-1.     x°  Apr.  &  6""  Oct.,  John  Lee  being  fined  at  twice  40*,  hee  is  dis- 
charged of  all  to  5*./ 

First  Ap.,  Thorn  :  Foxc,  being  fined  10%  is  discharged  of  the  same./ 
First  July,  Willi :  Almy,  being  fined  10%  is  discharged./ 
5""  August,  James  Rawlins,  being  fined  50',  is  discharged  of  the  same./ 
6"'  Octob%  Ensigne  Jeanison  being  fined  20*,  the  Court  did  remit  the  same./ 
Dicto,  Clement  Brigs,  being  fined  10sh%  is  discharged  by  the  Court./ 
Samuell  Hall,  being  fined  5',  is  discharged  by  the  Court./ 
Rich"'d  Lambert,  forfeting  10*,  nyne  pound  of  it  is  remited  him./ 
Francis  Toby  being  fined  10*,  hee  is  discharged  of  the  same./ 

1635.  2""  June,  M"'  John  Humfrey,  being  fined   10%  is  discharged  of 
the  same./ 

4th  August,  Arthur  Holbage  forfecting  7*  10%  it  was  remitted  to  30sll^/ 

Dicto,  Rich'd  Bulgar  forfecting  30%  it  was  remitted  him  to  5^/ 

Dicto,  Thom :  ]\Iunt  forfecting  2*  5%  it  was  remitted  to  7*  0''./ 

Dicto,  James  Hawkins  forfecting  11*  5sh%  it  was  remited  him  to  50sh'./ 

First  Sept.,  Willi :  Dixon,  forfecting  20*./ 

Dicto,  Edward  Converse  forfecting  10*,  it  was  remited  him  to  2*./ 

Dicto,  James  Browne  forfecting  10*,  it  was  remited  him  to  2*./ 

gth  Novemb',  Samu :  Cole  forfecting  1*,  it  ^^'as  remited  to  10°./ 

Increase  Newell  being  fined  3'  4'%  it  was  remitted  him  by  this  Courte./ 

First  M'ch,  Rich'd  Phelps  being  fined  2*,  hee  is  discharged  of  the  same./ 

Anthony  Coop  forfecting  his  recognisance  of  40*,  hee  is     ^     ./ 

Griffin  Montague  forfecting  20*,  it  was  remited  liim  to  20'./ 

1636.  7"'  4""  111,  John  Jobson,  vndertaking  for  Tobies  10*,  is  discharged 


of  it./ 


6"',  7"',  i?i  Peter  Bussaker,  being  fined  5*,  it  is  remited  to  20'./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND. 


245. 


1636.     T""  10"",  Christopher  Davies  being  bound  in  5'  for  Jolui  Robin- 
sons appearance./ 

Tho :  Robinson  bound  in  like  sort  in  5*./ 

Q"'  first  in,  Steven  Greensmyth  being   fined  -40',  paym'  was  acknowl- 
edged, and  hee  is  discharged./ 

Jolni  Trunible  being  fined  20*,  it  was  remited  him  to  20sh^./ 
(jth  ^th  j£,^  John  Sweetc  being  fined  5',  it  was  remited  him./ 
Rob''t  Anderson  being  fined  50',  it  was  remited./ 
George  Munnings  being  fined  20%  it  was  remited  to  10'./ 
James  Browne  being  fined  2*  is  remited  to  10'./ 
jgth  'j'th  j£,^  John  Hogges,  being  fined  3*,  is  remited  to  2'./ 
John  Greene  being  fined  20*,  hee  is     ^     ./ 

John  Stretton,  being  fined  10*,  is  remited  to  10",  if  hee  go  to  Merrimack./ 
2*  O""  &,  AVilli :  Baulston  bemg  fined  20*,  it  was  remited  him./ 
Edward  Hutchinson  being  fined  40*,  it  was  remited  him./ 
Samuell  Coles  being  fined  30*,  &  owing  10*  more,  it  was  remited  him  to  15*./ 
Willi :  Baulston  being  fined  10*,  &  owing  .5*  more,  it     ^     remited  to  10*./ 
6"^  first  A,  Joseph     ^     was  fined  10%  w''^  was  remited  him./ 
*Thomas  Starr  being  fined  20*,  that  was  remited  to   05*,  &  that  to  bee 
discounted  of  his  wages./ 

1638.     5"^  4"^  )?i,  Thomas  Ewar  being  fined  2*,  it  was  remitted  to  10'./ 
Edmond  Hubb''d,  Senior,  being  fined  2*,  it  was  remited  to  lOsh'./ 


16  3  8. 


6  September. 


[*235.] 


Jl  Quarter  Courte,  houlden  at  Boston,  the  4"'  Day  of  the  10" 

Month,  @  1638. 


P°SENT,  The  Governo'', 

The  Deputie  Go :, 
;M''  John  Endecot, 
W  Rich'd  Saltonstall, 


M'^  Symon  Bradstreete, 
M'  John  Winthrop,  luni, 
M"'  Israeli  Stoughto°, 
Increase  Nowell. 


4  December. 


GEORGE  WALTON  was  fined  lOsh^  for  swearing,  &  paid  it  in  Court./ 
John    Kinge,  Willi :   Reeves,  &    John  Davies,  appearing,  were   dis- 
charged till  further  information   bee  given  about  the  niurtherer  they  tooke 
from  the  iland./ 

Rob''t  Shorthose  was  comitted  for  saying,  if  the  magistrate  had  any  thing 

to  say  to  him,  hee  might  come  to  him.    Hee  was  released,  binding  liimselfe  in 

20*  to  appear  at  the  next  Court,  &  to  bee  of  good  behavio''  in  the  meane  time./ 

James  Luxfoard  &  Beniamin  Hubberd  are  bound  in  10*  a  peece  for  the 

appearance  &  good  behavio''  of  Rob't  Shortliose./ 


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THE  KECORDS  OP  THE  COLONY  OP 


1638. 


4  December. 


CaDooes. 


[*236.] 


The  Indian  ^  ,  w*  had  bene  kejit  in  prison,  was  released,  being  required 
to  send  or  bring  satisfaction  for  the  cowe,  or  else  satisfaction  should  bee  taken 
fi:5  Navigan./ 

Thomas  Hollaway,  appearing,  was  discharged./ 

Jolui  Holgrave,  being  ^seiited  by  the  grandiury  for  drawing  wme,  against 
an  order  of  Court,  was  declared  to  have  forfeted  x*  ;  &  for  causing  his 
daughter  to  deliver  a  paper  to  a  jury  man  out  of  Court,  hee  was  fined  x^ ;  hee 
was  also  by  the  jewrye  found  gilty  of  contempt,  &  to  have  broken  the  rule  of 
hospitality  &  the  peace,  w"''  M'ere  remitted  him./ 

Thomas  Wilson,  for  takeing  above  double  tole,  was  fined  x*,  &  being 
^sented  for  standing  above  slxe  months  excomunicate,  hee  was  enioyncd  to 
appeare  at  the  next  Courte./ 

Samuell  Basse,  for  his  contempt,  was  fined  5*./ 

Eich''d  Turner,  for  being  notoriously  drunke,  was  fined  2*./ 

William  Blanton,  appearing,  was  enioy[n]ed  to  appeare  at  the  next  Coiut, 
w"^  all  the  men  that  were  in  the  canooe  w"^  him,  &  ^  Aplegate,  w*  owned 
the  canooe  out  of  w'=''  the  3  psons  were  di-owned ;  &  it  was  ordered,  that  no 
canooe  should  bee  vsed  at  any  fierry  vpon  paine  of  5*,  nor  no  canooe  to  bee 
made  in  o'  iiu-isdiction  before  the  next  Generall  Court,  vpon  paine  of  10*./ 

Also,  order  was  aj^pointed  to  bee  given  to  Eich'd  Eight  to  stave  that 
canooe,  out  of  w'^'^  these  psons  were  drowned./ 

Dorothy,  the  wife  of  John  Talble,  being,  by  her  owne  confession,  guUty  of 
the  vnnatm-all  &  vntimely  death  of  her  daughter.  Difficult  Talbye,  was  by  the 
jury  found  guilty,  &  so  was  condemned  to  bee  hanged./ 

WilHam  Andi'ows,  haveing  made  assault  vpon  his  m',  Henry  Coggan, 
struck  liim  diverse  blowes,  &  wickedly  conspired  against  the  life  of  his  said 
m'',  &  not  onely  so,  but  did  conspire  also  against  the  peace  &  welfare  of  this 
whole  coiiion  wclth,  was  censured  to  bee  severely  whiped,  &  delivered  vp 
as  a  slave  to  whom  the  Court  shall  appoint./ 

*Jolm  Haslewood,  being  found  guilty  of  severall  thefts,  &  breaking  into 
severall  houses,  was  censured  to  bee  severely  wliiped,  &  delivered  vp  a  slave 
to  whom  the  Court  shall  appoint./ 

Gyles  Player,  being  found  guilty  of  severall  thefts,  &  breaking  into 
houses,  was  censured  to  bee  severely  whiped,  &  delivered  vp  for  a  slave  to 
whom  the  Court  shall  appoint./ 

John  Blckerstaffe  was  censured  to  bee  severely  whiped  for  comittmg  for- 
nication w""  Ales  Biu-^voode./ 

Ales  Burwoode  was  censured  to  bee  whiped  for  yelding  to  Bickerstaffe 
w*''out  crying  out,  &  concealing  it  9  or  10  dayes./ 


4  December. 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  247 

Katherinc  Cormsh  is  respited  vntill  the  Court  the  first  &../  1  G  3  8. 

Attaclim'  to  bee  sent  out  for  Ibrooke,  &  Ralph  Smythe./ 

Rob''t  Abell,  for  want  of  sufficient  witnes,  was  discharged./ 

Clement  Brigs  was  not  fomid  gilty  of  extortion,  &  so  was  discharged./ 

The  townc  of  Waymoth  was  fined  lOsh^  for  defect  in  their  liigh  wayes,  & 
day  was  given  them  till  the  next  Courte./ 

The  towne  of  Dorchester,  for  a  defective  high  way,  was  fined  5sh%  &  had 
day  given  them  vntill  the  next  Courte./ 

The  towne  of  Boston  were  fined  lOslr'  for  their  defective  high  wayes,  & 
want  of  a  watch  house,  &  day  was  given  till  the  next  Courte./ 

Attachment  was  to  bee  sent  out  for  Edward  Fuller./ 

Henry  Webb  was  discharged,  for  want  of  sufficient  witnes./ 

The  towne  of  Concord  was  fined  Ssh"  for  want  of  a  paire  of  stocks  &  a 
watch  house./ 

The  towne  of  Waterlowne,  for  want  of  a  paire  of  stocks,  was  fined  x', 
&  had  day  till  the  next  Courte./ 

Isaack  Sternes  &  John  Page  were  fined  5sh^  for  tiu-ning  the  way  about, 
&  day  was  given  till  the  next  Courte./ 

Thomas  Cornehill  appearing,  &  being  licensed,  was  discharged./ 

The  wife  of  Josua  Veriu  was  refcrd  to  Salem./ 

An  attachment  to  bee  sent  out  for  George  Richards./ 

"Willi :  Ballard,  huiiing  no  other  but  such  as  had  lots,  was  discharged./ 

John  Coggan  was  in  like  sort  discharged,  because  those  w"''  hee  huiied 
were  other  mens  servants./ 

The  toTvne  of  Cambridge  was  fined  10sh%  for  want  of  a  watch  house, 
pound,  &  stocks,  &  time  was  given  them  till  the  next  Courte./ 

John  Bets  appeared,  &  was  discharged,  there  being  not  evidence  sufficient 
to  j)ve  his  overselling./ 

The  towne  of  Charlestowne  was  fined  5sh'',  for  want  of  a  watch  house, 
&  time  was  given  till  the  next  Couite./ 

John  Poole,  for  abuseing  his  servarit,  was  fined  5*./   ^ 

John  Cooper,  lunior,  was  comitted  to  his  father  for  correction./ 

Francis  Felmingham  &  Willi :  Pester,  appearing,  for  want  of  witnes  were 
discharged./ 

M"'  Willi :  Goose  is  respited  vntill  his  returne./ 

Mary,  the  wife  of  Thomas  Oliver,  for  disturbing  the  church  of  Salem, 
was  comitted  to  prison  vntill  shee  should  find  sureties  for  her  good  behaviour 
&  appearance  at  the         ^         ^ 


248  THE  KECORDS  OK  THE  COLONY  OF 


4  December. 

[*237.] 


16  3  8.  *Richard  Geaves  &  Peter  Bussakcr,  for  quarrelling  &  fighting,  are  referd 

to  the  Coiu-t  at  Salem./ 

Eich''d  HoUingsworth,  for  prophaning  the  Saboth  in  travelling,  was  cen- 
sured to  bee  set  in  the  stocks  vpon  a  lecture  day,  at  Salem./ 

The  towne  of  Ips-svich  was  fined   lOsh'  for  defective  high  wayes,  &  time 
was  given  them  till  the  next  Court  to  repaire  them./ 

Anthony  Emery  was  fined  20sh'  for  a  pound  breach,  &  enioyned  to  give 
Thomas  Coleman  1.3'  4'^  for  his  charges./ 

Thomas  Savory,  for  his  grosse  lying,  was  referd  to  the  Court  at  IpsAvich./ 

The  towne  of  Neweberry  was  fined  5sh*  for  want  of  a  paire  of  stocks,  & 
time  was  given  them  till  the  next  Courte  to  make  them./ 

Thomas  Terry  was  enioyned  to   appear  at   the  next  Couite  to  answear 
further./ 

An  attachment  was  granted  for  Jarvice  Mudge  to  appeare  at  the  next 
Courte./ 

John  Haward,  being  chosen  cunstable  for  the  towne  of  Dedham,  did  take 
his  oath  the  S""  10'"  A,  1638./ 

Thom  :  Brooke,  being  chosen   cunstable   for  the  towne  of  Concord,  did 
take  his  oath  the  8*  10*  &,  1638./ 
409-  ^      Ewar  was    alowed  executrix   of  her  husband,    Thom  :  Ewar,   de- 

ceased./ 

An  attachment  was  granted  for  John  Harrison,  gent./ 


1 G  3  8-9.  *.i  Quarter  Court,  held  at  Boston,  the  5"  Day  of  the  First  Month, 
"'~^      ■  @  1638  or  1639. 

5  March.  ^^ 

'■  ~     ■■'  P^SENT,     The  Governo',  M'  Rich'd  Saltonstall, 

The  Deputy  Gove',  M'  Israeli  Stoughton, 

M"^  Endecott,  &  Increase  Newell. 
M''  John  "Winthrope,  lu  : 

JOHX  DAVIES,  for  grosse  offences  in  attempting  lewdnes  w"'  divers 
weomcn,  was  ccnsvired  to  bee  severely  whiped,  both  hcare  &  at  Ipswich, 
&  to  weare  the  letter  V  vpon  his  breast  vpon  his  vppermost  garment  A'ntill 
the  Court  do  discharge  him./ 

John  Greene  dying  in  the  house  of  DanicU  Brcwar,  administration  was 
granted  to  the  said  Brewar./ 


5  March. 


THE    MASrfACIIUSETTo    liAV    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  249 

Willi :  Blauton,  Willi :  Totter,  Rob't  Thoipe,  Henry  Neale,  Jolni  Fitch,    1  G  3  8-*). 
&  Thomas  Aplegate,  appearing,  were  discharged,  w"*  an  admonition  not  to  ad- 
venture too  many  into  any  boate./ 

Thomas  Boyse,  haveing  attempted  a  rape  w*''  Sara  Jusall,  was  censured 
to  give  the  mayde  5*,  &  to  bee  whiped  &  imprisoned  a  time./ 

Willi :  Judson,  appearing,  was  discharged./ 

Isaack  Deesbiuy  was  coiiiitted  &  fined  5*  for  stealing  at  Pecoit,  out  of  w"^"* 
the  3  witnesses  are  to  have  5^  a  peece,  &  the  psecuto"'  10sh^/ 

Ralph  Smyth,  appearing,  was  discharged./ 

Rich'^d  Ibrooke,  for  tempting  2  or  more  maydes  to  vncleannes,  was  fined 
5*  to  the  country,  &  20sh^  a  peece  to  the  2  maydes,  Rebecca  Phippcn  &  Mary 
Marsh./ 

Thomas  Aplegate  was  appointed  to  have  29sh'  for  liis  canoe,  when  the 
amies  w***  hee  borrowed  are  returned  back  as  good  as  they  were  when  he  bor- 
rowed them./ 

James  Meadecalfe  not  being  returned  from  Pascataque,  M'  Samu :  Maver- 
ick had  granted  him  liberty  tiU  the  next  Comt  to  bring  him  in./ 

Edward  Saunders  being  sick  at  Pascataque,  Nicolas  Davyson  had  liberty 
till  the  next  Comt  to  bring  him  in./ 

John  Hogges,  for  swearing  Gods  foote,  &  cursing  his  servant,  wishing  a 
poxe  of  God  take  yo",  was  find  5'./ 

John  Harrison  not  appearing,  a  new  attachment  was  granted./ 

^  Chaulklcy,  the  wife  of  Robert  Chalkley,  not  appearing,  attachment 
was  granted  for  her  to  appear  at  the  next  Coiu'te./ 

Ric'd  Silvester  was  fined  12'  for  selling  strong  water,  w"='»  hee  paid  into 
the  Court./ 

Robert  Shorthose  was  set  in  the  bilboes  for  sleiting  the  magistrates  in  his 
speaches./ 

James  Ludden  had  granted  his  lOsh'  against  Cutshamache,  who  warned 
him  to  appear,  &  did  not  come  to  psecute./ 

Edmond  Audeley  is  granted  administration  of  the  goods  of  Francis  Dent, 
deceased,  vpon  the  testimony  of  John  Winge  &  Sergeant  Davies,  vpon  oath./ 

An  attachment  was  granted  for  John  Harrison./ 

An  attachment  for      ^     Chaulkley,  the  wife  of  Rob''t  Chaulkley./ 

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250 


THE  KECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


16  3  8-9.  *A  Generall  Courte,  koulden  at  Boston,  the  13"'  of  the  First  Month, 

@  1638. 


Y ' 

13  March. 

[*239.] 


P^SENT,      The  Governo'^, 

The  Deputy  Gov'', 
M""  Eudecott, 
M"'  Saltonstall, 

Joseph  Hull, 
Anthony  Eames, 
John  Vpham, 
Stephen  French, 
John  Glover, 
Thomas  Joanes, 
John  Perce, 
Willi :  Heathe, 
Edward  Porter, 
GrifEn  Crofte, 
Atherton  Haugh, 
Eob''t  Keayne, 
Edward  Gibbens, 
Eob't  Sedgwick, 
Ealph  Sprague, 
Thomas  Lynde, 
Joseph  Cooke, 


Deputies, 


M'  Winthi-ope,  luni : 
M''  Israeli  Stoughton, 
M"^  Symon  Bradstreet, 
Increase  NoweU ; 

Samu :  Sheophard, 
Rich''d  Jackson, 
Rich''d  Browne, 
WiUi :  Jeanison, 
Thomas  Mayhewe, 
Thomas  Flinte, 
Edward  Rawson, 
Edward  Woodman, 
Eich''d  Lumpkin, 
Willi :  Bartholomew, 
Willi :  Hanthorne, 
John  Woodberry, 
JefFry  Massey, 
Edward  Howe, 
Tymothy  Tomlins, 
Edwai-d  Allen. 


M 


»  JOHN  ENDECOTT  &  M--  Jolm  Winthi-ope,  lunior,  had  order  to 
give  M"'  Emanuell  DowneLag  the  oath  of  freedome  at  Salem./ 


Orders  for  the  Millitary  Company,  made  by  the  Goveno"'  &  Counsell,  &  con- 
firmed by  the  Gen'all  Coiut. 
Whereas  divers  gentlemen  &  others,  out  of  their  cai-e  of  the  publike 
weale  &  safety  by  the  advancement  of  the  millitary  arte,  &  ex''cise  of  armes, 
have  desired  licence  of  the  Courte  to  ioyne  themselues  in  one  company, 
&  to  have  hberty  to  exercise  themselues  at  such  times  as  their  occatious 
will  best  permit,  &  that  such  other  liberties  &  priviledges  might  bee  granted 
them  as  the  Court  should  tliinke  meete  for  their  better  inciuagement  &  fur- 
therance in  so  vsefidl  impUmcnt,  w'^''  request  of  theirs  being  referred  by  the 

Court  to  vs  of  the  standing  councell,  wee  have  thought  fitt,  vpon  serious  con- 

409-  .         .  .    . 

.,.„..  sideration,  &  conference  w*  diverse  of  the  principaU  of  them,  to  set   downe 

Millitary  com-  '  i  r  ^ 

pa  of  y  Massa-  order  hearin,  as  followeth  :  — 

chusets,  Cap' 

Keay.  Inprimis,  wee  do  order,  that  Robert  Keayne,  Nathaniell  Duncan,  Robert 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  251 

Sedgwick,  Willi :  Spencer,  gentlemen,  &  such  other  as  are  already  ioyned  w""  1  (5  3  8-9. 
them,  &  such  as  they  shall  from  time  to  time  take  into  their  company,  shalbee  ^ 

called  the  Millitary  Company  of  the  Massachusets./ 

2.  They,  or  the  greater  number  of  them,  shall  have  liberty  to  choose 
their  captaiue,  leiftenant,  &  all  other  officers,  (their  captaine  &  leiftenant  to 
bee  ahvayes  such  as  the  Court  or  counsell  shall  alow  of,)  &  no  officer  to  bee 
put  vpon  them  but  of  their  owne  choyce./ 

3.  The  first  ]\Ionday  in  every  month  is  appointed  for  their  meeting  & 
exercise  ;  &  to  the  end  they  may  not  bee  liindered  fr'om  comeing  together,  wee 
do  hearby  order,  that  no  other  traineings  in  the  pticxiler  townes,  nor  other 
ordinary  toMTie  meetings,  shalbee  appointed  on  that  day ;  &  if  that  day  pve 
vnseasonable  for  exercise  of  their  armes,  then  the  sixth  of  the  same  weeke  is 
appointed  for  supply ;  this  not  to  extend  to  Salem,  or  the  townes  beyond,  nor 
to  Hingham,  Weimoth,  Dedham,  nor  Concord./ 

4.  They  have  Uberty  &  power  to  make  orders  amongst  themselues  for 
the  better  mamiaging  of  their  milhtaiy  aflfaires,  (w^^  orders  are  to  bee  of  force 
when  they  shalbee  alowed  by  the  Court  or  counsell,)  &  they  may  appoint  an 
officer  to  levy  any  fines  or  forfettures  w"''  they  shall  impose  vpon  any  of  their 
owne  company,  for  the  breach  of  any  such  order,  so  as  the  same  exceede  not 
twenty  shillings  for  any  one  offence./ 

5.  The  said  millitary  company  are  to  have  one  thousand  acres  of  land  in 
some  such  place  as  may  not  bee  piudiciall  to  any  plantation,  to  bee  granted 
by  the  Court  to  some  of  the  said  comjjany,  for  the  vse  of  the  ^sent  company, 
&  such  as  shall  succeede  in  the  same,  to  bee  improved  by  them  w'^'in  a  time 
convenient  for  pviding  of  necessaries  for  their  millitary  exercises,  &  defraying 
of  other  charges  w''''  may  arise  by  occation  thereof/ 

6.  The  said  company  shall  have  liberty,  at  the  times  before  appointed,  to 
assemble  themselues  for  their  millitary  exercises  in  any  towne  w"'in  this  iuris- 
diction,  at  their  owne  pleasiu'es./ 

•Provided,  alwayes,  that  this   order   or    grant,  or  any  thing  therein  con-      [*2-10.] 
tained,  shall  not  extend  to  free  the  said  company,  or  any  of  them,  their  psons 
or  estates,  from  the  civill  government  &  jurisdiction  heare  established./ 

JO:  WINTHROP,  Gov', 
TTIO :  DUDLEY,  Depu. 

Cap?  John  Vnderhill  had  granted  him  safe  conduct  to  come  to  answear 
the  church  of  Boston  between  this  &  the  Generall  Court,  the  22"'  of  the  o"> 
month  next./ 


13  March. 


252  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

1  G  3  8-9.        An  Oath  to  bee  administered  to  every  Cunstable,  by  Order  of  this  Court. 

Wheras  yo"  are  chosen  cunstable  w"'in  the  towne  of  A,  for  one  yeare 
410-  "°^^  following,  &  vntill  other  bee  sworne  in  the  place,  you  do  heare  swear. 

Constables  by  the  great  name  of  Almighty  God,  that  yo"  will  carefully  intend  the 
pservation  of  the  peace,  the  discovery  &  J>>venting  all  attempts  against  the 
same ;  yo"  shall  dulye  execute  all  warrants  w'=''  shalbee  sent  vnto  yo"  from  law- 
full  authority  heare  established,  &  shall  faithfully  execute  all  such  orders  of 
Court  as  are  coiliitted  to  yo''  care,  &  in  all  these  things  yo"  shall  deale  seri- 
ously &  faithfully  while  yo"  shalbee  in  office,  w'^'out  any  synistcr  respect  of 
favor  or  displeasure  :    so  help  yo"  God/ 

Law  for  money  The  laws  for  money  to  bee  given  for  the  killing  of  wolues  &  foxes  are 

for  killing  _  }    A  i 

woolues  &  r    '         */ 

foxes  repealed.  John  Smyth,  for  disturbing  the  pubUke  peace  by  combineing  w*''  others 

8u'  for  disturb-  to  liinder  the  orderly  gathering  of  a  church  at  Waymoth,  &  to  set  vp  another 
ing  y  chh.         there,  contrary  to  the  orders  heare  established  &  the  constant  practise  of  all 

WejTnouth  '  •  ^ 

prae;  oiu'  chiu'clies,  &  for  vndewe  pcureing  the  hands  of  many  to  a  blank  for  that 

purpose,  is  fined  20*,  &  coinitted  during  the  pleasure  of  Court  or  the 
counsell./ 

Rich«  Silvester  Eich'^d  Silvester,  for  going  w"'  Smyth  to  get  hands  to  a  blanke,  was  dis- 

disfranchisd.        r.         i  •      3    o    n       t  m  , 

iranchised  &  nned  2'y 
Ambrose  Mar-  M''  Ambros  Marten,  for  calling  the  church  covenant  a  stinking  carryon 

tVDS  C6I1SU 

ji„j  '      &  a  humane   invention,  &  saying  hee  wondered  at  Gods  patience,   feared  it 

would  end  in  the  sharpe,  &  said  the  ministers  did  dethrone  Clnist,  &  set  vp 
themselues ;  hee  was  fined  10*,  &  counselled  to  go  to  M'^  Mather  to  bee  in- 
structed by  him./ 

Ji'  Makepeace  M'  Thomas  Makepeace,  because  of  liis  novile  disposition,  was  informed 

aduisd  to  re-  f  i  •  t  t  r  , 

forme  '"'^^  Were  weary  oi  him  vnlesse  hee  reiorme./ 

Agawams  peice  Lyberty  was  granted  to  mend  the  peece  of  the  sagamore  of  Agawani,  w"^'> 

to  be  mended.     .  i      <-,  ,      , 

the  (jtovern''''  man  brake./ 

The  Govcrno''  had  leave  to  give  the  said  sagamore  some  small  quantity  of 

gunpowder,  to  kill  foule  &  deare./ 
410-  Maschanomet,   the    sagamore  of  Agawam,  acknowledged  that   hee  had 

p',',rchs^ oTy    'eceived  20*  of  Isl'  John  Winthrope,  Junior,  for  all  his  land  in  Ipswich,  for 
natives.    Ag-    ^.oh  jigg  acknowledged  himselfe  fully  satisfied./ 

gawam.  ^  '^  ' 

Vide  p«  266.  William  Curtis  had  leave  to  build  vpon  his  lot,  liis  other  dwelling  being 

W"  Curtis  lib'-  seated  so  inconveniently./ 

ty  to  build.  _ 

Plum  Hand  is  to  remaine  in  the  Courts  power  onely  for  the  ^sent,  Ips- 
Pium  Island  to  wich,  Neweberry,  &  the  newe  plantation,  between   them,  may  make  vse  of 

Ipswich,  New-    . 

bery,  &c.  it  till  the  Court  shall  see  cause  otherwise  to  dispose  of  it./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  2o3 

M''  Tuttle  &  Seigeut  Howlct  are  desired  to  vciwc  by  the  bounds  of  Xcwe-   1  G  3  8-9. 
berry  whether  2  mile  square  may  not  bee  granted  more  to   Newberiy  ■w"'out    ""       '^       ^ 

13  March. 

hinderance  to  any  ncwe  plantation./  NewbuT. 

Garret  Spencer  is  granted  the  fFcrry  at  Linn  for  2  yearcs,  taking  2"*  for  a  Garret  Spencer 

to  keep  a  ferry 

single  pson  to  the  furthest  place,  &  but  a  I''  a  pson  for  more   to  the  furthest  at  Lynn. 
place,  &  but  a  1*  for  a  single  pson  to  the  nearest  place./ 

*It  is  ordered,  that  the  bounds  betwixt  Salem  &  Linn  shall  begin  at  the       [*2-lL] 
cliffe  by  the  sea  where  the  water  runs,  as  the  way  lyeth  from  Linn  to  Marble  "■ 

.     Salem  &  Lynne 

Head,  &  run  vpon  a  straight  hue  to  the  long  pond,  by  the  ould  path  that  goeth  bounds. 

to  Linn,  at  the  south  end  thereof  next  to  Linn,  &  the  whole  pond  to  bee  in  "^'ide  under- 
neath. 
Salem  boimds ;  &  from  that  pond  to  run  vpon  a  straight  line  to  the  iland  in 

JM'  Himifreys  pond,  &  from  that  iland  to  run  vpon  a  straight  line  to  6  great 

pine  trees  marked,  called  by  those  6  men  that  lay"*  out  the  bounds,  the  6  ISIens  ^ 

Bounds  ;  &  from  those  trees  to  run  vpon  a  straight  line  vnto  another  little  pine 

tree  marked,  by  the  side  of  a  little  hill  beyond  the  trees,  to  run  vpon  the  same 

line,  so  farr  as  o''  bounds  shall  reach,  into  the  countrej^./ 

NATHA:  TURNER, 

WILLI:  BALLARD, 

RICH'^D  WALKER, 

JOHN  WOODBERRY. 

The  ■4"'  of  the   2*^  month  was  thought  meete  for  a  day  of  humiliation,  to  Day  of  humU- 
seeke  the  face  of  God,  &  reconcihation  w">  liim  by  o'^  Lord  Jesus  Chi-ist,  in 
all  the  churches./ 

Novelties,  oppression,  athisme,  excesse,  supei-fluity,  idlenes,  contempt  of 
authority,  &  troubles  in  other  parts  to  bee  remembred./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  colledge  agreed  vpon  formerly  to  bee  built  at  Cam-  Harrard  Col- 
bridg  shalbee  called  Harvard  Colledge./ 

M''  Ezechi :  Rogers,  M'^  John  Philips,  &  their  company  had  granted  them  M'  e.  Rog. 

_        ...  .  ,  ,  .  1  1.1.  1  8  miles  into  y« 

8  miles  every  way  into  the  countrey,  where  it  may  not  trench  vpon  other  plan-  gm,„t^^,  g^mi- 
tations  already  setled./  «d  t"  »™l«y- 

M'  Endecott  was  willed  to  send  3  to  veiwe  Cape  Ann,  wheth"^  it  may  not  B. 

Cape  Ann  to  be 

bee  cut  thorow,  &  to  certify  how  they  find  it./  vejwd. 

It  was  ordered,  that  a  shalop  should  bee  sent  to  the  eastward  to  get  coales.  Coles  to  be 

p'curd  from  y* 

w"^**  if  they  get,  the  smiths  are  to  beare  the  charge  &  take  the  coales  j  if  they  east. 
get  not  coales,  the  countrey  to  bear  the  charge./ 

It  was  ordered,  that  3*  8sh^  should  bee   paid  Leiften'  Davenport  for  the  LeiP  Dauen- 

-,     .      1         port  to  keep  y« 

psent,  for  charge  disbursed  for  the  slaves,  w'*'  when  they  have  earned  it,  hee  siaues. 
is  to  repay  it  back  againe./ 


254  THE  RECORDS  OP  THE  COLONY  OP 

1  G  3  8-9.  M''  Edward  Holliock  had  p>sent  power  given  him  to  manage  the  estate 

'       ^        '  of  the  Lord  Brooke,  vntill  the  Lord  Brooke  do  otherwise  dispose  of  it./ 

M'Fi      HI'  James  Brittane,  for  his  not  appearing,  was  couiitted,  &  for  his  grosse 

oks  power  ab'  lying,   dissimulation,   &   contempt   of  ministers,   churches,   &   covenant,   was 

L*  Brooks  es- 
tate, censured  to  bee  whipped./ 

James  Brit-  ]y[r  Robrj  Lenthall,  vpon  his  free  acknowledgment  vndcr  his  hand  given 

tains  eensur. 

M'Rob'Len-    into  the  Court,  was  appointed  to  appeare  at  the  next  court,  &  enioyned  to 
thalls  censjir.     acknowledg  his  fault,  &  give  satisfaction  to  the  church  at  Waymoth,  &  to  give 
a  coppey  (of  that  hee  gave  into  the  Court)  to  the  church  of  Waymoth./ 

410—  B.  Linn  was  granted  6  miles  into  the  countrey,  &  M"^  Hauthorne  &  Leif  t 
emiiesgrtLyn  jj^venport  to  veiw,  &  uiforme  how  the  land  beyond  lyctb,  —  whether  it  may 

bee  fit  for  another  plantation  or  no./ 
5  It  was  ordered,  that  the  bounds  betweene  Watertowne  &  Cambridge  shall 

Order  as  to       stand  as  they  were  marked  by  INI""  Beacher,  so  far  as  hee  marked,  &  from  the 

Wate'  T.  &  •'  J  > 

Camb.  bounds,  last  marked  tree  to  bee  run  out  by  M""  Jolon  Olyver,  according  to  the .  order 

L  ~'±~-J  agreed  vpon  by  John  Johnson,  Abraham  Palmer,  &  "Willi:  Colebran,  norewest 

Lyne  betw.     '  ^  ^7  '^^est  by  a  meridian  compas  in  a  straight  Une./ 
■Weym.  &  *Goodman  Marten  &  Goodman  Aiidrowes  are  appointed  to  run  the  lines 

Hing.  to  be  ^^ 

run.  betweene  Waymoth  &  Hingham  formerly  agreed  vpon./ 

"•  Hem-y  Faine  was  coiuited  for  his  athisticall  carryage  on  shipboarde./ 

Bound  betw. 

Bost.  &  Lynn.  M"^  John  Oliver,  M"'  Robert  Keayne,  &  Eich'd  Sadler  are  appointed  to 

1j-  run  the  bounds  betweene  Boston  &  Linn./ 

Mount  Wool- 

laston  bounds.  Mount  WooUastone  is  to   bee  bounded  as  formerly  to   the   top  of  the 

N.  Bramtree.     greate  Blew  Hill  next  Najionset,  by  a  line  ruuing  south  west  &  by  west,  halfe 

M""  Gibbens  to  ^ 

agree  w""  y«       a  point  Westerly,  &  from  thence  by  a  square  line  extending  to  the  other  side 

Boston  Cam     °^  IMount  WooUastone  bounds./ 

&  "Water  T.  jfr  Qlbons  was  desired  to  agree  w">  the  Indians  for  the  land  w"'in  the 

lands. 

ipsmoh  Court   bounds  of  Waterto-mie,  Cambridge,  &  Boston./ 

imT'soidd  &^  The  Courte  at  Ips^vich  had  order  to  examine  &  settle  all  tilings  belonging 

ii-nsould.  to  the  estate  of  Humfrey  Wiffe,  &  also  for  the  land,  sould  &  vnsould./ 

Jn"  Spurs  bond  John  Smyth  &  John  Spur  are  bound  in  40*  to  pay  20*  the  fii-st  day  of 

for  ap.  ^i^g  j^g^^  Courte,  being  the  22"^  of  the  3^>  m  next./ 

411-  '         o  / 

No  towne  to  It  was  Ordered,  that  no  towne  should  send  more  then  two  deputies  to  the 

send  more  then  Generall  Courts./ 

2  depts.  ' 

M'Endico',&c,  INI""  Endecott  &  M"^  Stoughton  were  appointed  to  meete  w""  o''  brethi-en 

lo    TUGCt   w'^ 

Piiraou''  men  °f  Plinioth,  &  to  agree  w""  them  about  the  bounds,  if  they  see  cause./ 
'''''^™°-  It  was    ordered,  that  letters   should  be   written    to    Captaine  Wiggen, 

Lc\fe7s  to  be  ^'^P*  Champernoone,  M"-  Williams,  W  Wanncrton,  INI''  Edward   Hilton,  M' 

writ'  to  Cap'  Trcworthv,  &  their  neighbors,  &  "M^  Bartholomew  to  carry  the  same,  «&  have 

Wiggin,  &C,, 

about  y«  cast,     instructions./ 


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It  is  ordered,  that  Salem  &  Ipswich  shall  have  each  of  them  two  bar-    16  3  8-9. 
rells  of  gunpowder  ;  Neweberry,  Linn,  Hingham,  &  Waymoth  each  of  them    "       > 

,  «     ,        13  March. 

shall  have  one  barrell  of  gunpowder,  v,''^  shalbee  sould  out  to  those  that  find  Distribution  of 
muskets,  at  2^  the  pound,  W''  money  shall  bee  returned  to   the  Treasurer,  &  pfwde'  to  seuii 

townes. 

for  want  thereof,  the  Treasurer  shall  levy  it  of  the  towne ;  &  M""  Keayne 
shall  have  3  or  4  barrells  of  the  wet  powder  to  sell  out  as  before,  at  16''  the 
pound,  the  money  to  bee  returned  to  the  Treasiurer :  all  this  is  to  bee  of  the 
ouldest  &  most  decayed  powder,  &  every  towne  is  to  see  that  there  bee 
alwayes,  that  there  shalbee  so  much  powder  in  the  towne,  either  in  the  store 
or  ia  the  severall  houses,  &  if  the  default  bee  in  the  severall  houses,  the  sur- 
veyer  of  the  armes  shall  answear  for  all  tliat  are  defective./ 

The  powder  is  to  bee  delivered  by  order  from  M'  Keayne  ;  &  if  the 
money  for  the  powder  bee  once  paid  into  the  Treasurer,  the  towne  shalbee 
then  discharged  thereof./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  in  such  toivne  wheare  no  magistrate  is,  the  clarke  of  413— 

the  band  hath  a  months  liberty  in  such  cases  as  hee  iudgeth  weighty  before  ^'"f  ^. "''  >" 

'-'      •'  band  liberty  to 

hee  distraine./  distreine. 

The  order  for  the  forfecture  of  swine  is  repealed./  Swyne  ord'  re- 

pealed as  to 
Thomas  Carter,  by  order  of  Courte,  was  granted  a  lott  vpon  his  petition,  forfecture. 

his  ni''  testifiincr  of  his  good  servise./  '^^°  ■  ^artc,  a 

°  °    _  _       '  _  lott  gtd  him. 

John  ClufFe,  vpon  liis  petition,  was  granted  a  lott,  w"»  his  masters  allow-  jn«  ciuff  a  lott. 
ance  &  consent,  haverag  served  4  yeares  already./ 

Nicolas  Stower,  being  chosen  one  of  the  cunstables  of  Charlestowne,  did  Const-iWe 

°  Charls.took  his 

take  his  oathe  the  9'^  of  the  3'^  m,  1639,  before  me.  Increase  Nowell./  oath. 


*At  the  Generall  Courte,  houlden  at  Boston,  the  22'^  of  the  3'"  M",        16  39. 

called  May,  1639.  ^~^^ 

P'SENT,     The  Governo',  M'  Rich'-d  Saltonstall,  [*243.] 

The  Deputy  Gov'^no'',  M'  John  Wintlu-ope,  lu, 

M"'  John  Endecott,  M'  Israeli  Stoughton, 

M"'  John  Humfrey,  M''  Symon  Bradstreete, 

M"  Eich''d  Bellingha,  Increase  Nowell ; 

Deputies, 

M"'  Joseph  Peck,  John  Glover, 

Edmond  Hubberd,  Seni,  Humfrey  Atherton, 

Edward  Baytes,  John  Stowe, 

James  Parker,  Willi :  Heathe, 


256  THE    RECOKDS    OP    THE    COLONY    OF 

10  3  9.                      EoVt  Keayne,  Edward  Holyoke, 

' V ■'                     Edward  Gibons,                "  Tymo  :  Tomllus, 

22  May.                        Robert  Sedgwick,  Willi :  Traske, 

RaljAe  Sprague,  Willi :  Hauthorne, 

Joseph  Cooke,  Edward  Rawson, 

Samii :  Sheopord,  Edward  Woodman, 

Rich  :  Browne,  Willi :  Hubberd, 

Thomas  IVIayhewe,  Rich''d  Lumpkins, 

Edward  Alleyn,  ]\I''  Edward  Howe 

Tliom  :  riinte,  was  sent  after,  insteed  of 

Symon  Willard,  Rich''d  Browne. 


J' 


"OHN  WINTHROPE,  Senior,  Esf>,  was  chosen  Governo''  for  this  yeai-e 
ensuing,  &  in  the  g>sence  of  the  Court  did  take  his  oathe  to  that  place 
belonginge./ 

Thomas   Dudley,   Es^,  was   chosen  Deputie   Governo'',  &  did  take  his 
oathe  to  that  place  appertaining./ 

John  Endecott,  Es^,  was  chosen  an  Assistant  for  this  yeare,  &  tooke  an 
oathe  to  that  place  belonging./ 

Rich''d  Bellingham,  Es^,  was  chosen  an  Assistant,  &  tooke  his  oathe./ 
John  Humfrey,  Es^,  was  chosen  an  Assistant,  &  tooke  liis  oathe./ 
M'  John  Wintlu'ope,  Junior,  was  chosen  an  Assistant  for  this  year,  & 
tooke  his  oathe./ 

M''  Symon  Bradstreete  was  chosen  an  Assistant  for  tliis  year,  &  tooke 
his  oathe./ 

M"'  Israel  Stoughton  was  chosen  an  Assistant  for  tliis  year,  &  tooke  his  oathe./ 
M"^  Rich''d  Saltonstall  was  chosen  an  Assistant  for  this  year,  &  did  take 
his  oathe./ 

Increase  Nowell  was  chosen  an  Assistant  for  tliis  year,  &  did  take  his  oathe./ 
George  Foule  was  allowed,  &  sworne  surveyor  of  the  armes  for  Concord./ 
For  incouragement  of  M"'  Morrice  Tomson,  marchant,  &  others,  who 
intend  to  pmote  the  fisliing  trade,  — 
414—  It  is  ordered,  that  a  fishing  plantation  shalbee  begun  at  Cape  Anne,  & 

that  the  said  W'  Tompson  shall  have  place  assigned  for  building  of  houses, 
&  stages,  &  other  necessaries  for  that  vse,  &  shall  have  sufficient  land  alowed 
for  their  occations,  both  for  their  fishing,  &  for  keepeing  of  cattle,  &  for  come, 
{^  ;  and  that  such  other  fishermen  as  will  ioyne  in  that  way  of  fishing,  & 
inhabite  there,  shall  have  such  land,  &  other  liberties  there,  as  shalbee  need- 
full  &  fit  for  theire  occations  ;  &  for  this  ende  this  Court  doth  give  power  to 
M''  Endecott,  M'  Humfrey,  M"'  Winthrope,  lunior,  M'  Will :  Feirce,  &  Joseph 
Grafton,  or  any  3  of  them,  to  set  out  the  said  plantation,  &  all  lands  &  other 


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accomodations  to  such  as  shalbee  planted  there,  &  none  to  bee  setled  there  but     16  3  9. 
by  theh"  allowance./ 

.  o  .c    1  22  May. 

For  explanation  of  a  former  order  made  the  8"'  of  the  -i"'  m,  W3b, —  „  ±i^_ 
It  is  now  declared,  that  the  southerly  line  of  Watertowne  shall  run  to  watc  Town 
Pertition  Poynt,  &  so  vpon  the  same  point  still  till  it  bee  from  their  meeting 
house  8  miles  ;  &  that  from  thence  their  westerly  bounds  towards  the  newe 
plantation  shalbee  by  a  right  line  drawen  to  the  furthest  point  of  their  middle 
line,  w*  is  in  or  by  Concord  bounds,  &  from  the  said  middle  line  by  a  line 
drawen  to  a  pointe  vpon  their  northerly  line  8  miles  from  their  meeting  house  ; 
&  that  the  said  southerly  line  shalbee  the  bounds  between  Dedham  &  Water- 
towne, &  Dedham  line  to  run  on  vpon  the  same  point  till  they  have  taken  in 
their  5  mile  square,  so  as  it  shall  not  run  w"'in  two  miles  of  Coijchawicke 
Ponds,  &  so  to  bee  set  out  by  il""  Oliver,  who  hath  already  begun./ 

Jasper  Gun,  Eobert  Seaver,  Abraham  Howe,  John  Tatman,  &  Ealph 
Sary,  vpon  their  petition,  had  leave  granted  them  to  continue  in  the  houses 
■w'^''  they  have  built,  &  do  dwell  in,  though  they  bee  above  halfc  a  mile  fi-om 
theu'  meeting  house./ 

John  Elford,  appearing,  had  further  respite  for  further  tryall./ 
]\I"'  John  Oliver  &  Robert  Marten  were  appointed  to  set  out  tlie  bounds  B. 
between  Mount  Woollaston  &  Waymoth,  v/'^  is  to  bee  run  from  the  high  water  ^°"^^^  lioimt 
marke  in  the  iTver  mentioned  in  the  last  order,  in  an  ordinai-\-  tide,  «&  so   to  WouUiston  & 

•'  ■  Weymouth. 

run  south  halfe  a  point  westerly./ 

*W  Mathewe  Cradock  is  fiieed  of  rates  to  the  countrey  by  agreement  of       [*'.244:.] 
the  Court  for  the  year  ensuing  from  this  day  in  regard  of  his  charge  in  build-  ^^^^^^lo.^ 
ing  the  bridge,  &  the  country  is  to  finish  it  at  the  charge  of  the  publike,  INI''  f"""  '■''*''^- 
Davison  &  Leiften*  Sprage  to  see  it  done,  &  to  bring  in  their  bill  of  charges./ 

"WTiereas  tliis  Court  did  take  order  for  a  meetmg  to  bee  had  bctweene  o''  iiiiiKiia-  Ubcty 

_  1111.*"  "i"™  "" 

comissione'"s  &  o"^  neighbo''s  of  Plimoth,  for  seting  out  the  bounds  between  vs,  connihasset 

&  that  nothing  hath  bene  done  therein,  in  regard  that  their  coiiiissioners  had  ""^adow. 

not  power  to  conclude  any  thing,  and  for  that  it  appearetli  vnto  this  Court, 

that  o'  people  of  Hingham  stand  in  great  neede  of  hay,  it  is  ordered,  that 

they  may  make  vse  of  so  much  of  the  ground  neare  Conihassett  as  lye  on  this 

side  the  ryver  wherevpon  the  bridge  is,  (w'''  lands  are  vndoubtcdly  w"'in  the 

limits  of  o'  grant,)  vntill  some  further  order  bee  taken  for  a  finall  determination 

of  the  difference  betweene  vs,  &  till  the   Court  shall  make  other  disposition 

thereof./  416- 

.      .  ,  1     Fishing  trad. 

For   further  incuragenicnt    of  men  to  set  vpon  fishingc,  it  is  ortlered,  p,.„nioted  by  7 
that   such  ships,  &  vessells,  &  other   stock,  as  shalbee  properly  imployed  &  ti^n'fronr'' 
adventured  in  takeing,  makciug,  &  transporting  of  fish,  accorcUug  to  the  course  rates,  &e. 

VOL.  I.  Si 


258    ■  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


■12  May. 


1  (5  o  0.  of  fishing  voyages,  &  the  fish  it  selfe,  shalbee  exempt  for  7  yearcs  from 
hencefourth  from  all  countrey  charges,  pvided  that  this  order  shall  not  extend 
to  any  other  ships,  vessels,  or  other  stock,  but  onely  such  as  shalbee  ordinarily 
implied  in  the  vsuall  &  safe  seasons  for  fishing  tln-ough  the  yeare  ;  pvided, 
also,  that  this  order  shall  not  extend  to  such  merchandize  &  coiiiodities  (not 
pperly  belonging  to  the  fisliing  trade)  as  shalbee  returned  vpon  the  sale  of 
any  such  fishe./ 

fi.  And  it  is  forbidden  to  all  men,  after  the  20"^  of  the  next  month,  to  im- 

ploy  any  codd  or  basse  fish  for  manuring  of  ground,  vpon  paine  that  every 
pson,  being  a  fisherman,  that  shall  sell  or  imploy  any  such  fish  for  that  end, 
shall  loose  the  said  priviledg  of  exemption  from  publike  charges,  &  that  both 
all  fishermen,  or  others  who  shall  vse  any  of  the  said  fish  for  that  pm-pose, 
shall  forfect  for  every  hmidred  of  such  fish  so  imployed  for  manuring  of  ground 
twenty  shillings,  &  so  pportionably  for  a  lesser  or  greater  number ;  pvided, 
that  it  shalbee  lawfuU  to  vse  the  heads  &  offal  of  such  fish  for  corne,  this 
order  notw^standing./ 

M.  AH  fishermen,  Avliile  they  are  abroad  during  fisliing  seasons,  shipcai'pen- 

Fishermen,       \qx%,  w"^""  foUow  that  calling,  &  millers  shalbee  exempted  from  training,  yet 

ship  carpent's, 

exempt  from      they  are  to  bee  furnished  w*  armes./ 

ftadarmes  "^  ^^^  Jupe  being  intertainecl  by  ]M''  Bartholomewe  freely  for  a  year  to 

M"  Jupe  pro-    Ipswich  w"'out  charge,  if  shee  have  health  ;  but  if  shee  prove  sick,  the  charge 

^^ded  for. 

to  bee  borne  by  the  publike./ 
417_  The  orders  about  restraint  of  bear  are  repealed,  both  in  respect  of  the 

Ord'  restrajTi-    brewar  &  ordinaries,  &  the  ordinaries  are  permitted  to  sell  beare  at  2*^  a  quart./ 
&c,  repealed.  It  '^^^  ordered,  that  those  that  are  pmitted  to  retalle  wines  should  not 

418—  sell  any  to  bee  drunke  in  their  houses./     Hep.  440. 

None  permit-  Thomas  Cowper,  of  Hina:ham,  is  i3mited  to  sell  wine  &  strong  water,  not 

ted  to  sell  wine  i.      '  a  '        ±  ^ 

to  be  drunk  in    suff'ring  it  to  bee  di'unke  in  his  house./ 

yeir  houses.  .  .        -  , 

r*oj."  1  ^^"^  Joseph  Welde,  of  Eoxberiy,  is  pmitted  to  di-aw  wine./ 

M'  Joseph  Edmond  Greenlyf,  of  Neweberry,  is  pmited  to  keepe  a  house  of  inter- 

Weldy  licenu.      .    .  ,    , 

tainement./ 

Ednid  Green- 
leaf- licenc.  John  Smyth,  for   contempt,  is   fined   five   pounds,  &  censured  to  bee  im- 
Jn«  Smith  dis-      .jg(,j^gj^  fi]i  ]jj,j,  ijj^^g      id  both  Hs  fines./ 

chardg.  of  his     ■'^  -^  ' 

fine  on  pay'  John  Smvth,  ^•pon  his  submission,  &  bringing  in  of  liis  money,  had  ten 

15". 

M'Dumcrs       pouuds  remitted  him,  &  so  15*  oncly  was  taken,  &  hee  w*""  his  surety  ai-e  dis- 
guift  of  .50  to     j.hai.o.ed.     P'l  W  Bellingham./ 

y«  countrje  ^  '^  ' 

given  to  M'  The   50*  w'^''   M''  Kich''d  Duiucr  was  to   pay  is   remitted  to  M""  Ezechi : 

Ezek  :  Rog's 

&  compa.  Rogers  &  his  company./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  259 

Elisabeth,  the  wife  of  M''  Edward  Howe,  (of  Linu,  deceased,)  is  granted      1  G  3  9. 
administration  of  her  husbands  estate./  ''■       ' 

.        .  22  May. 

M''  Israeli  Stousthton  is  o-ranted  administration  of  the  estate  of  his  sister,  ,,_    ^   . 
Judeth  Smeade,  for  the  good  of  her  children,  according  to  the  will  of  the  said  to  M'  Edw 

Hows  estate. 
Judeth./  Admstion  grf 

Rich"'d  Gridlev,  vpon  his  acknowledgment  of  his  fault,  &  givcing  satis-  '"  ^^'  ^^'"^'^^ 

-'      ^  _    °  '         &  o  Stoughtonof 

faction  to  the  Court,  was  readmitted  againe  to  the  fi-eedome  of  this  body./  Judith  Smcad 

M'"  Nathaniell  Sparhawke  was  pmitted  to  drawe  wine  &  strong  water  for  _.  '^ .  q^-^m^ 

Cambridge./  "stord  to  free- 

dome. 

M'"  John   Holgrave  was   remitted  nyne   pounds  thi-ee  shillings  &  four  ji,  gparhauks 
pence,  onely  2*  lOsh'  remaining  to  bee  paid  by  him./  licenu. 

The  Court  was  adiourned  to  the  6*'^  of  the  4"^  month./  lij 

M'^  Rich'^d  Browne,  being  gone  to  Conectecot  w^'out  leave,  is  fined  five  Adicnem'. 

1  1  *      '  -x        r*  n  ^  June. 

pounds,  hee  nether  acquinting  the  Court  nor  councell./  ..  _.  , 

The  13*  day  of  the  4"^  month  was  desired  might  bee  kept  a  day  of  humil-  Browne  find  m 

for  his  abscnc. 

iation  in  iill  o'  churches  for  the  want  of  raine,  &  help  of  brethren  in  distresse./  jj     ^j  ^^^^. 

It  was  ordered,  care  should  bee  taken  to  pvent  damage  to  the  Indians,  ^•■'''"• 

To  p^vent  dam- 

&  pcure  them  satisfaction  for  any  damage  done  them./  age  to  y  lu- 

M'  Edward  Mellows  lois  rate  of  56sli^  was  remitted  him,  in  regard  of  liis  ""''"''■ 

M'  E.Iwi  Mel- 

losse  sustained  by  fyer./  low  rate  remit- 

Captaine  Mason  had  granted  him  ten  pounds,  for  his  good  servise  against  ^      ' 
the  Pecoits  &  otherwise./  ward,  for  se'- 

nice  3""'  TC" 

IM'  Joseph  Peck,  Edmond  Hubbard,  Senior,  &  Antho :  Eamcs  were  au-  (.^tts  " 
thorished  to  end  small  businesses  vnder  SOsh"  at  Hingham./  Hingh.  3  men. 

Winnacunnet  is  alowed  to  bee  a  to■^^^le,  &  hath  power  to  choose  a  cun-  419- 

stable  &  other  officers,  &  make  orders  for  the  well  ordering  of  their  towne,     '    ^"p*""- 

Vide  p*  2J9. 

&  to  send  a  deputy  to  the  Court,  &  Clu-isto :  Hussey,  Willi :  Palmer,  &  Rich^d 
Swaine  to  end  all  businesses  vnder  20sh''  for  this  yeare  ;  the  laying  out  of 
land  to  bee  by  those  expressed  in  the  former  order!/ 

M''  Peters  is  desired  to  write  to  Holland  for  500*  worth  of  peter,  &  40'  >!•  Pcete's  de- 

■        i-ii  Di     sireil  to  wTite 

^^•Ol•th  of  match,  «&  to   give   order  vpon  the  receit  ot  the   salt  peter  «Sc  match  ^„  Huiiaiul  for 
heare  in  good  condition,  to   charge  bylls   vpon   the  Governo'',  &  the  country  ^''''"  P'^'-'^*''- 
doth  pmise  to  save  the  Gov''no''  harmelesse./ 

M"-'  Harding  is  respited  till  the  next  Court,  the  mcane  while  to  bee  dealt  m-s  Harding 
w""  by  M''  Cotton,  ]\P  Wilson,  &  the  church,  to  see  if  shee  may  bee  convinced,  "'*''"  '^' ' 
&  give  satisfaction  ;  if  not,  witnesses  to  bee  then  pduced  against  her./ 

[There  ai-c  no  pages  246,  247,  248,  and  249  of  the  original  record.] 

*Martin  Saunders  is  alowed  to  kcepe  a  house  of  intertainemcnt  at  Mount      [  '-jO.  | 

Mart\Tl  S:\nn- 
Woollaston./  •  d's  lioonc. 


260 


THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


1639. 


6  June. 


B. 


Rate  for  1000". 


M'  Thorn :  Mayhewe,  Leift  Ralph  Sprage,  &  John  Johnson  are  desired 
to  vciwe  the  difference  between  Dorchester  &  Boston,  by  M'^  Eossctters  farme, 
Vi-"^  is  marsh  ground  belonging  to  Dorchester,  &  to  give  their  advise,  w'^'^,  if  it 
satisfy  not,  may  bee  returned  to  the  Court,  &  if  either  party  bee  greived  to 
psecute  his  suite,  &  have  it  tryed  by  a  jewrye,  &  this  coiiiitte  to  give  evi- 
dence./     Int.  4o8  :   B. 

It  was  ordered,  there  should  bee  a  levy  of  1000*  raised  fourthew"' :  — 


Boston, 
Roxberry, 

Salem, . 
Waymoth, 
Hingliam, 
Linn, 


144 

10  01> 

Cambridge,    .     . 

.       91 

19 

9* 

074 

12  06 

Watertowne, .     . 

.       81 

17 

Id 

111 

13  11 

Newberry,      .     . 

.       67 

08 

3J 

023 

02  00 

Dorchester,    .      . 

.       93 

07 

9'i 

033 

14  05 

Ipswich,    .     .     . 

.     Ill 

18 

IP 

>0T9 

19  06 

Charlestown, 

.       8.5 

15 

10>i 

467 

12  OS"* 

532 

07 

07'' 

467 

12 

05" 

1000 

00 

00^' 

2.50'i  to  buUd  a 
house  &  repair 
y  batterjes  at 
Castle  Island. 


Edwi  Palui 
censu'd  for  fx- 
tortion  ab'  y 
stocks. 

M'  Rawson  to 
be  consid'd  if 
the  pceter 
come  not. 

Rich"*  Brackets 
stip"!  2  J"  r 
anil. 

Tho :  Cornill 
abaf^*  of  his 
fine. 


Tho  :  Painter 
to  havic  a  lott. 


Of  this  1000*  there  is  250*  appointed  &  alowed  to  build  a  house,  &  repair 
the  batteries  at  Castle  Hand./ 

The  Governo',  the  Deputie  Governo'',  &  M''  Israeli  Stougliton  are 
appointed  to  agree  w"'  Capt  Gibons,  how  to  bestow  this  250,  &  what  men 
to  keepe  at  the  fort  for  the  100*  p  @  after  it  is  repaired./ 

Cap?  Robert  Keayne,  Leifl  Sprage,  M"^  Hauthorne,  ]\I''  Joseph  Cooke, 
Willi :  Heathe,  Humfrey  Atherton,  Rich^'d  Lumpkin,  M"^  INIayhewe,  M'  Holi- 
ock,  M''  Rauson,  Edmond  Hubberd,  Senior,  &  Edward  Baytes  are  appointed  a 
coinitte  to  levy  the  1000*./ 

Edward  Palmer,  for  his  extortion,  takeing  1*  13^*  7'*  for  the  plank  & 
woodwork  of  Boston  stocks,  is  fined  5*,  &  censured  to  bee  set  an  houre  in  the 
stocks.     This  was  remited  to  10^/ 

It  was  ordered,  that  if  the  salt  peter  come  not,  M"'  Rauson  shalbee  consid- 
ered according  to  such  damage  as  hee  shall  sustaine./ 

Rich''d  Bracket  his  stipend  was  granted  to  bee  20*  p  @  vpon  his  petition./ 

Thomas  Cornehill  is  abated  10*  of  his  fine,  &  alowed  a  month  to  sell  of 
his  beai'e,  w"^'>  is  vpon  his  hand,  &  then  to  cease  from  keeping  intertainment, 
&  the  towne  to  pvide  another./ 

Tho :  Cornehills  fine  is  respited  till  the  next  siting  of  the  next  Generall 
Courte./ 

Thomas  Painter,  vpon  Iris  petition,  was  ordered  to  have  a  lot  at  ISI' 
Rogei's  plantation,  &  the  charge  at  Charlstowiie  to  bee  borne  by  tlie  publike./ 


6  June. 


THE    MAS3ACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NJ;W    ENGLAND.  261 

M"-  Mark  Peirce  &  Willi :  Parks  are  appointed,  instccd  of  J\P  Alcock  &      1  G  3  9. 
M'  Danforth,  to  go,  w"'  M'  Alleya  &  iP  John  Oliver,  to   lay  out  the  farmcs 
nearc  Dedhain,  &  to  settle  the  hounds  hetwcene  Dedham  &  Boston./  j,         .^^ 

The  Court   granted  to  John  Wintlirope,  Es^,  the    psent  Govcrno'',  a  Comittce  to 
pcell  of  meadow  containing  about  sixetie  acres,  more  or  lesse,  by  estimation,  ^''^'"J",  °"r 
lying  -Nv^in  a  mile  or  two  of  his  farme,  beneath  Concord,  towards  the  southeast  Bost. 
of  the  said  farme,  to  have  to  him  &  his  heires,  pvided  that  it  lye  not  w"'in  ^e^do^  gted    ' 
the  bounds  of  any  towue  formerly  granted./  '"  ^°"'  ^^"'' 

J   o  I  throp  ab'  Con- 

For   Salem  pticuler    Court,   M"^  Eiuanuell  Downing,   M'  Willi :   Hau-  cord, 
thorne,  M^  Edward  Holiock,  &  M--  Thom  :  WiUis,  w'"  the  magistrates./  saTcm  Coun. 

*For  Ipswich  pticuler  Court,  M''  William  Hubberd,  jNP  Samu :  Symonds,      r*2,5P] 
&  M'  Jn»  Clarke,  w"'  the  magistrates./  Associats  for 

Ipswich. 

It  is  ordered,  that   those   of  Linn  should  have   50*  from   the  country  ^^^^^  eratuity 
toward  the  building  of  a  cart  bridg  over  the  ryver  there,  when  the  bridg  is  fo''^'=*''t 

"  o  J  '  o  bridg. 

finished  to  bee  allowed  them./  .^, 

It    is  ordered,  that  the  charge  of  dyot  of  the   magistrates  &  deputies  Fine-  to  pay  )•• 

should,  after  tliis  Court,  bee  borne  by  the  fines./     444.  diet^ 

Christopher  Gibson,  cunstable  of  Dorchester  in  the  yeare  1637,  had  the  ^<=P- 

n  r  1  -IT  ■        T  1  •  Xtopher  Gib- 

nne  or  ten  shilimgs  remitted  him./  sons  fine  remit- 

It  was  ordered,  that  all  weers  shalbee  set  open  from  the  last  day  of  the   ^     ""' 

422— 
weeke,  at  noone,  till  the  second  day  in  the  morning./  AVeares  time 

It  was  ordered,  that  one  of  the  deputies  of  each  towne  shall  set  vp  a  note  "^  opening 

vpon  the  meeting  house  dore,  that  all  whom  the  countrey  is  indebted  vnto  do  4''3- 

come  in,  &  make  demaund  of  their  debts  (w'Hn  6  weeks  after  this  is  set  vp)  Debts  to  bee 

t^emad. 

of  the  cunstable  of  the  towne./ 

]\P  Willi :   Bartholomew  was   granted   to   have   fourty  shillings   for  his  M'  w»  Ear- 

tbolmew"  jour- 

loiu-ney  to  Pascataque./  „ey  to  Piscata. 

Goodiu  Nathaniell  Woodward  was  ordered  to  have  three  pounds  for  his  Nath  -.  Wood- 

-•  i'-nT*  ii/\  Tji  T        wards  recora- 

lourney  to  discover  the  runing  vp  of  Merrimack  j   10'  more  was  aaed  by  order  pes  ab'y°  land 
of  the  Governo'^  &  Deputie./  ^-  ^°- 

And  they  w*  went  with  him,  Tho  :  Howlet,  Sergent  Jacob,  Tho  :  Clarke,  &  Tho :  Houiet, 
John  Mannmg,  to  have  50^  a  peece  for  their  10  dayes  apeece,  spent  according  jy  ^  pj,^;; 
to  the  former  order,  392  ;  and  John  Clarke  to  have     ^     for  going  w"*  them, 
&  staying  for  them  till  their  returne./  ,j.^^  ,  -^itii^.iy 

Thomas  Witherley  was  fined  ten  pounds  for  his  contempt,  &  threatening  6"^  f^ 

.  J   threatng  y 

the  marshall ;  but  ^'pon  his    submission  five  pounds  was  remitted,  &  hee  paid  m'sh". 
in  the  other  5*,  &  was  discharged./  Hen:  Fane 

^       '  _  dismist  y 

Henry  Fane,  appearing,  haveing  bene  imprisoned  10  dayes  for  his  reproach-  prison. 


262 


THE    RECORDS    OF    THE    COLONY    OF 


16  3  9. 


6  Jiuic. 

424- 

Cap'  Castle 
liberty  to  take 
■wood  of  y"  isl- 
ands iu  y8 
country^  hands. 


The :  Bushrode 
to  be  sent  for. 
lO"  for  y^  yccr 
added  to  y« 
marsh  all. 


[•252.] 


600  acres  to 
Nath :  Eaton 
in  case. 

M'  Rob't  Har- 
ding dis- 
chardg'i. 

425- 

AU  estates  in 
Engl"*  rateable, 


full  speaclies  of  the  ministers,  was  dismisecl,  w"'  an '  admonition  to  take  lieede 
of  the  like  practise,  &  his  athisticall  exp'ssions./ 

All  the  ilands  in  the  bay,  indisposed  of,  are  granted  to  them  that  keepe 
the  castle,  to  take  wood  &  make  vse  of  during  the  pleasure  of  the  Courte./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  marshall  shall  give  notice  to  the  coinitte  about  the 
body  of  lawes,  to  send  vnto  the  next  Generall  Court  such  drafts  of  lawes  as 
they  have  ppared,  for  the  Court  to  take  order  about  them  what  to  settle./ 

John  Ilaydens  fine,  for  intea-taining  a  servant  vnlicensed,  being  done  igno- 
rautly,  is  remitted  liim./ 

Thomas  Bushrode  was  to  bee  sent  for  by  an  attachment./ 
The  Court  gave  the  marshall  ten  pounds  more  alowance  for  this  yeare,  in 
regard  of  his  great  trouble./ 

The  Court  granted  M''  Hugh  Peters,    .     .     .     500  acres  of  land. 

To  M''  Symon  Bradstreete, 300  acres  of  land. 

To  M"^  John  Endecott,  Es^, 500  acres  of  land. 

To  M"-  Thomas  Weldc, 200  acres  of  land. 

To  M'  Jonathan  Wade, 200  acres  of  land. 

To  M'^  WilU  :  Hauthorne, 250  acres  of  land. 

To  John  Tod,  for  M'  Yong, 100  acres  of  land. 

To  M"'  Thom  :  Allen, 500  acres  of  land,  in    re- 
gard of  M'"  Harvards  gift. 

*To  M"     ^     Glover, 600  acres  of  land. 

To  Leif  t  Ral :  Sprague, 100  acres,  haveing  borne 

difficulties  in  the  begining. 

To  Cap?  W"  Traske, 200  acres,  in    regard  of 

much  service. 

To  Capt  Edw'^  Gibons, 300  acres,   in   regard  of 

old  &  long  service. 

To  Cap?  Eobert  Sedgwick, 200  acres. 

To  Increase  Nowell, 500  acres. 

To  Cai^t  RoVt  Keayu, 400  acres. 

To  M-^  Peter  Bulkeley, 300  acres. 

To  M-^  Willi :  Peirce, 200  acres. 

To  Leif t  Rich:  Davenport, 150  acres. 

To  M'  Natha  :  Eaton, 500  acres,  if  bee  continew 

his  imployment  w"'  vs  for  his  life,  to  bee  to  him  &  liis  heires./ 
M''  Robert   Hardinge,  vpon  his  submission  &  acknowledgment  to   INI' 
Wilson,  is  discharged,  the  Court  being  satisfied./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  estates  in  England  should  pay  as  they  are  valewed 
worth  for  the  ^sent,  &  if  there  bee  losse,  the  next  Court  to  abate  what  may 
bee  thought  fit./     Altered,  472. 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  263 

"M'  Johu  Wilson,  pasto''  of  Boston,  is  granted  1000  acres  of  land  at  Pecoit,  1  (>  3  9. 
in  any  place  so  as  it  may  not  hinder  a  plantation./  ' 

M"'  Edward  Rauson  is  granted  500  acres,  at  Pecoit,  so  as  hee  go  on  w"'  ^^g^  ^^^.^^  ^^ 
tlie  business  of  powder,  if  the  salt  peter  come./  *^'  J""  ^^''^ 

'  son,  at  Pecott. 

It  is  ordered,  that  M'  IMayhewe  &  M"'  Flint  shall  set  out  W^  Glovers  600  jno  acs  to 
acres,  where  it  may  not   ©iudice  any  plantation,  on  the  west  side  of  the  rjMrer      """    ""'"'"• 

M"  Clone's  GOO 
of  Concord./  acres  to  be  lajd 

Increase  Newell  is  chosen  Secretary  for  tliis  yeare.     The  Secretary  is )     . ,     ,  ^  ''     , 

</  J  J         '     side  oi  Concord 

ordered  to  receive  all  fines  toward  paying  for  the  dyot  of  the  magistrates  &  }  R>"or- 
deputies./     Rep:  444.  J  .i^j^Jf" 

jSI"^  John  Oliver,    W  Abraham  Palmer,   &   M'  Tymothy  Tomlins    are  NohcII, secret., 

&  to  recall 

appointed  a  comitte  to  settle  the  bounds  betweene  Charlstowne,  Boston,  &  fines,  to  pay 
Lin,  above  Rumney  M'sh,  if  they  can,  &  if  they  cannot  agree,  to  certify  the  ^gp^,^et.* '' 
Court  how  they  find  it./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  battery  at  Charlstowne  should  bee  repaired  at  the  427— 

generall  charge,  so  as  it  exceede  not  30*,  &  not  to  bee  paid  out  of  this  rate  ,  ™  **    °|" 
vnlesse   it  bee   left  after  the  debts  are  paid,  &  the  250*  alowed  for  Castle  repajrd  at  pub. 

cbarge,  &c. 

Hand./ 

M'  Mathewe  Cradocke  is  remited  his  fine  of  four  pounds./  M'  Cradocks 

M"'  Edward  Howe  is  remitted  his  fine  of  twentie  sliillings./  „  t- .     r, 

"    '  M'  Edw  ;  How 

INI"'  Hauthorne  &  M""  Tomlins  are  appointed  to  veiwe  the  place  by  Lin,  to  fine  remitted 

him. 

see  if  it  bee  fit  for  a  plantation./ 

In  Dedham,  to  order  small  busmesses  vnder  20%  M'  Edward  AUeyn,  3  men  to  end 
John  Kingsbury,  &  John  Luson  are  authorished./  Dedham"'**^ '" 

In  Waymoth,  Edward  Baytes,  M"^  James  Parker,  &  Willi:  Smyth  are 
authorished  to  end  small  businesses./ 

In  Waterto^\Tie,    M'   Thom :   Mayhewe,  Cap?  Jeanison,    &    M"^    Rich'd 
Bro\^'ne  are  authorished  to  end  businesses  vnd"'  20'./ 

M"-  Tymo :  TomUns,  insteed  of  M'  Ballard,  w"^  M'  Hauthorne./ 

Leif  I  Davenport  &  Leif  ?  Howe  are  to  set  out  M''  Bclllnghams  farme,  & 
certify  the  Courte  thereof./  428— 

It  was  ordered,  that  a  letter  should  bee  sent  to  IM'  Humfrey  to  send  in  Letter  to  be 

,  .     ,         1  <•       1  11     1  ^ent  to  M' 

the  100*  W"  IS  in  his  hand  to  lui-ther  the  colledge./  Humphry  to 

M'  Endecot,  M'  Downing,  &  M"^  Hauthorne  are  to  dispose  of  the  house  ^"^ '°  ^"  ^''""■ 

M'  Peete's 

.^ch  -^T  Peters  bought  as  they  can,  &  returiic  the  money  for  the  colledge./  house  to  be 

*Ipswicli  hath  liberty  to  authorish  Goo  :  Lumpkin,  Goodm  Firman,  or 

Goodm  Tredwell  to  ch-awe  wine  &  strong  water./  Ipswich  licenC. 

The  towne  of  Wapnoth  have  liberty  to  build  a  weerc  where  it  may  not  Weymouth  lib- 

e'tv  for  a 

preludice  any  mans  ppriety./  wearc. 


264  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

16  3  9.  It  is  ordered,  that  the  Court,  or  any  two  magistrates  out  of  Court,  shall 

"■ '^       ^    have  power  to  determine  all  differences  about  a  lawfuU  setliug  &  pvideing  for 

pore  psons,  &  shall  have  power  to  dispose  of  all  vnsetled  psons  into  such 

Pore  to  be         townes  as  they  shall  iudge  to  bee  most  fitt  for  the  maintenance  of  such  peons 

ulded  for!*™"     &  families  &  the  most  ease  of  the  countrey./ 

430-  Whereas,  at  the  Generall  Courte  houlden  at  Newetowne,  the  3""  of  the 

LawestabUsh-  ^^.^^   month,    1035,   it   was   ordered,   that   a   certeine   number   of  magistrates 

ing  councellcs 

for  life  ex-         should  from  time  to  time  bee  elected  for  tearme  of  their  lives  as  a  standing 

pajne  ,    c.      pQ^jj^gi^^  ^^  wlierevpon  it  hath  bene  taken  by  some  as  if  the  Court  had 

erected  a  new  order  of  magistrates  contrary  to  the  sence  &  intent  of  his  maties 

grant,  this  Court  doth  now  declare,  that  the  intent  of  the  said  order  was  not 

to  make  any  such  order  of  magistrates  not  warrented  by  o''  patent,  but  that 

such  councellors  were   to   bee  chosen  out  of  those  who   had  formerly  bene 

cheife  magistrates  ;  &  accorchngly  wee  do  now  order,  that  no  such  councello"" 

so  chosen,  or  hearafter  to  bee  chosen,  shalbee  accounted  a  magistrate,  nor  that 

any  acts  of  power  to  bee  done  by  any  such  shalbee  of  force  &  warrantable, 

.  except  hee  or  they  shalbee  chosen  to  some  place  of  magistracy  heare  by  annuall 

election,  according  to  the  tenure  of  the  patent,  &  that  no  coimcello''  shall  have 

power  of  iudicature  as  a  councello'",  but  as  a  magistrate,  &  that  all  orders  w""^ 

appoint  any  of  the  councell  to  do  any  act  shalbee  intended  that  they  shall  do 

such  things  as  magistrates,  &  not  as  councello"./ 

43 1_  For  the  more  speedy  dispatch  of  all  causes,  w'^''  shall  concerne  strangers. 

Expired.  y^-]^Q  cannot  stay  to  attend  the  ordinary  comts  of  justice,  it   is   ordered,  that 

fortrjliU  of'"^  ^  the    Governo'',  or  Deputie,  being  assisted,  w""    any  two  of  the  magistrates, 

Btrange'3  ("whom  hee  may  call  to  him  to  that  end,)  shall  have  power  to  heare  &  deter- 

causes  for  a         ^  "^ 

season.  mine  (by  a  jewrie  of  12  men,  or  otherwise,  as  is  vsed  in  other  coiirtcs)  all 

causes  w"**  shall  arise  betweene  such  strangers,  or  wherein  any  such  stranger 
shalbee  a  partie,  &  all  records  of  such  pcecdings  shalbee  transmitted  to  the 
Secretary,  (except  himselfe  bee  one  of  the  said  magistrates,  who  shall  assist  in 
-  hearing  such  causes,)  to  bee  entered  as  tryalls  in  other  courtes  at  the  charge 
of  the  parties.  This  order  to  continue  till  the  Generall  Courte  in  the  1*^ 
month,  come  twelue  month,  &  no  longer./ 

Powder  at  It  is  ordered,  that  ten  barrells  of  powder  shalbee  brought  back  to  Boston 

to  te  brmight    fi-om  Cambridge  or  Koxberry./ 

to  Boston.  Yov  Concord,  jNI--  Flint,  Leift  Willard,  &  Eich'-d  Griffin  to  have  the  end- 

Concord  3  men. 

ing  of  small  matters  for  this  yeare./ 

M'  Bellinghara  M'  Kich'"d  Bellingham  is  new  chosen  to  continew  Trcasiu-er  for  the  yeare 

to  be  continued  .        , 

Trcs'.  ensuing./ 

Increase  Nowell  is  chosen  Secretaiy  for  the  yeare  ensuing./ 

[On  part  uf  page  2.5-t  is  the  list  of  persons  made  free  in  May  and  September,  1C39.] 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  265 

*The  4'^  Dau  of  the  4'"  Month,  @  1639.     A  Quarter  Court,  held      1  G  3  9. 

at  Boston.  ''      ' 

4  June. 

P-SENT,     TheGoverno',  M' Rich :  Saltonstall,  pag"tfed 

The  Deputy  Gov,  M"'  StOUghton,  at  Q'ter  Courts. 

M''  Endecott,  M'  Bradstreete,  [*254.] 

M'^  Bellingham,  Increase  Nowell. 

RICH^D    SILVESTER,   for   speaking   against    the    law  about    hogs,  & 
against  a  perticuler  magistrate,  was  fined  ten  pounds,  whereof  the  three 
■witnesses  to  have  6'  S""  a  peece./ 

Henry  Laurence  was  for  the  ^sent  discharged  about  Capt  Bonito  his 
servant./ 

M'  Samuell  Maverick,  being  bound  in  ten  pounds  for  the  appearing  of 
James  Meadcalfe,  forfeited  his  recognisance./ 

M'  Nicho :  Davison,  being  bound  in  ten  pounds  for  the  appearing  of 
Edward  Saunders,  forfeited  his  recognisance./ 

John  Stretton,  vpon  evidence  of  his  repentance,  was  freed  from  his  bond 
to  the  good  behavio"',  w""  an  admonition./ 

John  Emerson,  appearing,  was  discharged  of  his  recognisance./ 

Thomas  Bushrode  haveing  warned  David  Phippen,  Joseph  Androws,  & 
Henry  Coggan  to  appear  at  this  Court,  &  himselfe  not  appearing  to  psecute, 
the  Court  gave  iudgment  for  10'  a  peece  to  bee  alowed  them ;  &  if  payment 
bee  not  made,  execution  to  bee  granted  them./ 

Samuell  Norman  was  comitted,  for  want  of  secui'ity,  &  was  censured  to 
bee  whipped,  for  sajing  if  ministers  w'*"  come  will  but  raile  against  England, 
some  would  receive  them./ 

*Katherine,  the  wife  of  Samu :  Finch,  pmised  to  go  to  the  ordinances,  &      [*255.] 
to  carry  herselfe  dutifully  to  her  husband./ 

M'  John  Harrison,  appearing,  was  fined  lOsh?  for  his  former  not  appear- 
ing, &  admonished  not  to  vse  gameing./ 

John  PaMin,  for  ^  ,  was  fined  20sh',  &  vpon  his  submission,  hee 
was  remitted  10%  &  paid  in  the  other  10^/     I.  N. 

John  Gibons,  for         ^  ,  was  fined   10'  by  the  Goverao'',  Deputy,  & 

Treasurer,  &  paid  it  (to  the  Treasurer,  opi./) 

William  Bartlet,  for  distemperedness  in  drinking,  &  lying,  was  fined  20' 
by  the  Governo',  Treasiu-er,  &  Secretary./ 

Ellen  Peirce  was  fined  40sh''  for  cursing  &  wicked  imprecations,  &  to  pay 
the  2  witnesses  2'  a  peece./ 

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266 


THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


4  June. 


16  3  9.  Elisabeth  Chaulkley,  of  Charlestowne,  was  enioyned  to  give  double  resti- 

tution for  the  eggs  &  things  w«''  shee  stoale./ 

All  townes  had  respit  to  bring  in  the  transcri^jts  of  theii-  lands  vntill  the 
next  Courte./ 

M''  Goouch   Newbeiy,  for   selling   strong  water  w"'out  leave,  was   fined 

lOsh"./ 

John  Bayly  was  fined  5*  for  buying  land  of  the  Indians  w">out  leave,  w"" 

condition,  if  hee  yeld  vp  the  land,  to  be  remitted./ 

Edmond  Greenliffe  was  referd  to  Ipswich  Courte./ 

Thomas  Hale  was  also  referd  to  the  Court  at  Ipswich./ 

The   psentment  of  Ipswich   for   defective  high  wayes  was   avoyded,  for 

want  of  witnes,  &  for  vncerteinty./ 

Goodman  Foster  &  Henry  Archer  are  referd  to  Ipswich  Court./ 

Daniell  Clarke  is  referd  to  Ipswich  Courte  also./ 

Francis  Perry  is  referd  to  the  Court  at  Salem./ 

John  Elford  &  Willi :  James  had  respite  till  the  next  Courte./ 

The  wife  of  Hugh  Burt  was  fined  40'  for  cursing  &  swearing./ 

Adam  Haukes  is  referd  to  the  Court  at  Salem./ 

Edmond  Audeley  is  referd  also  to  Salem./ 

Jolin  Haule,  about  correcting  his  boy,  was  discharged./ 

Liim  was  fined  10'  for   their  bad  wayes,  &  to  mend  them  by  the  next 

Coui-t,  &  to  lay  the  ferry  in  a  convenient  place./ 

Eob'"t  Longe  was  discharged  for  want  of  pufe./ 

M'  John  "Woolrich  &  "William  Bacliiler  had  respite  tiU  the  next  Co't./ 

Charlesto-mie  was  discharged  about  Eich''d  Lowdens  lot./ 

Thomas  Cornehill  was  fined  30*  for  several  offences,  selling  wine  w^'out 

licence,  &  beare  at  2*  a  quart.     Hee  had  warning  the  10*  4"^  &./ 
Robert  Turner  was  dischai'ged  for  want  of  proofe./ 
Boston  was  fined  20sh'  for  defective  high  wayes,  &  eniojTied  to  repair 

them,  vpon  the  penulty  of  5* :  the  stocks  were  ready  compleate./ 
The  widow  Hudson  was  discharged,  her  husband  being  dead./ 
Roxberry  was  fined  10'  for  daming  vp  the  nearest  way  from  Boston  to 

Dorchester,  &  had  liberty  till  the  next  Court  to  make  the  way  so  as  a  loaden 

horse  carrying  a  sack  of  cornc  may  passe./ 

Roxberry  was  fined  2'  6'^  for  the  defcctivcncs   of  the   bridge   at   Muddy 

Ryver,  &  had  liberty  to  amend  it  till  the  next  Courte./ 

The  f>sentment  of  the  bridge   at  Dorchester  Brooke  is   discharged  for 

want  of  proofs./ 

Willi :  Dcnnison  &  Thomas  Wilson  had  liberty  till  the  next  Courte./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    KEW    ENGLAND.  267 


i  June. 

[*256.] 


•Dorchester  had  liberty  to  vse  Sergent  CoUicots  house  for  a  watch  house./      16  3  9 

The  psentments  of  Dorchester  high  wayes  &  bridges  were  discharged  for 
want  of  proofe./ 

Nicho :  Ellen  was  fined  40sh'  for  idlenes  &  disorderly  liveing,  &  had  lib- 
erty till  the  next  Court  to  settle  himselfe./ 

Captaine  Staughton  was  fined  40^  for  releasing  his  man  before  the  expira- 
tion of  liis  time./ 

Waymoth  was  fined  lOsh'  for  their  bad  way  at  the  steping  stones,  &  were 
enioyned  to  amend  it  by  the  next  Coui-tj  vpon  paine  of  5*./ 

Thorn  :  White  had  10.sh^  granted  liim,  being' a  witues./ 

M'  Waltham  &  M"^  Ricli''ds  were  fined  5"  for  want  of  scales  &  weights  in 
their  millj  &  to  pvide  them  by  the  next  Courte./ 

M''  Waltham  was  fined  3*  for  takeiag-too  much  tola,  in  some  aboue 
double  what  was  dew,  whearof  20'  to  bee  given  the  witnesses./ 

Ralfe  Allen  was  fined  10'  for  releasing  a  servant  before  the  expiration  of 
his  time./ 

Hingliam  had  liberty  to  vse  their  meeting  house  for  a  watch  house./ 

Hingham  was  acquited  from  the  ^sentment  about  Thorn  :  Turners  lot,  it 
being  but  reserved  for  him./ 

Dedham  was  fined  2'  6'*  for  want  of  a  paire  of  stocks./ 

Ferdinando  Adams  was  discharged,  the  ^sentm'  not  beeing  found  op^ssion./ 

Willi :  FuUer,  w'^''  kept  the  mill  at  Concord,  was  fined  3*  for  grosse 
abuse  in  overtoaling./ 

The  towne  of  Concord  was  discharged  the  lot  to  Robert  Edwards,  being 
but  reserved  for  him./ 

Kob't  Fletcher  was  discharged,  being  not  found  faulty./ 

Concord  was  fined  5'  for  want  of  a  watch  house./ 

Watertowne  was  fined  5sh'  for  want  of  a  paire  of  stocks,  &  enioyned  to 
prepare  them  by  the  next  Court,  vpon  paine  of  40sh'./ 

John  Gosse,  for  coinon  railing,  was  disfranchised,  fined  20*,  &  coinitted 
to  prison./ 

WiUi :  Hainon  not  appearing,  attachment  was  granted  for  him./ 

Watertowne  was  discharged  of  the  j^sentm'  for  the  high  way  to  the  mill, 
for  want  of  proofe./ 

Watertowne  is  fined  lOsh'  for  the  bad  way  at  John  Pages,  &  enioyned  to 
make  good  the  way,  vpon  paine  of  5*./ 

Danicll  Abbot  is  departed  to  New  P''vidcnce./ 

Cambridg  is  fined  .Ssh""  for  want  of  a  pound./ 


268 


THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


16  3  9. 

4  June. 


425- 


Cambridg  is  discharged  from  the  ^sentment  about  stoping  fish,  it  being 
psently  reformed./ 

John  INIasters,  having  licence,  was  discharged./ 

Cambridg  was  fined  10'  for  defective  high  wayes,  &  enioyned  to  repair 
them  by  the  next  Court,  vpon  paine  of  40sh^/ 

Cambrige  was  enioyned  to  repair  their  wayes  at  Long  Swampe  &  Vine 
Brooke,  leading  to  Concord,  vpon  paine  of  5*./ 

The  psentment  of  John  Chairyes  wife  was  mistaken./ 

The  will  of  Joseph  Harvy,  w""  his  inventoiy,  was  delivered  into  the 
Court,  amounting  to  forty  eight  pounds  2"  &  9^''./ 

The  will  of  M'  Abraham  Mellows  was  delivered  in./ 

M'  John  Beniamin  gave  in  the  account  of  Eich'd  Gurling,  whereby  onely 
4'  appeareth  remaining  dew  to  widow  Gurling./ 


[*257.] 

3  September. 


M'  Wades  ser- 
vant, Rich : 
Wilson,  S'. 


*A  Qiutrter  Court,  held  at  Boston,  the  5**  Day  of  the  7**  Mordh, 

@  1639. 


P^SENT,    The  Governo"', 

The  Deputy  Gov', 
M'  Endecott, 
M''  Humfrey, 
M'  Bellinsham, 


M'  Saltonstall, 
M'^  Wintlii'ope,  luni, 
W  Bradstreete, 
M'  Stoughton, 
Incf  Nowell. 


JOHN  STACY,  lunior,   for   being  distempered  with  drinke,  was  set  in 
the  stocks./ 
Ealfe  Warriner  was  fined  10'  for  being  at  excessive  drinking  at  Thorn : 

Grayes  at  Marble  Heade./ 

Nicholas  Merry  was  fined  40sh^  for  seUng  strong  water./ 

John  Neale,  for  ruiiing  away  &  stealing,  was  censiired  to  bee  severely 

whiped,  &  cofnitted  to  his  master  to  bee  kept  chained./ 

Richard  Wilson,  for  stealing  8*  of  money  &  diverse  small  things  from 

his  m'',  Samuel  Wade,  was  censured  to  bee  put  fourth  to  servise  for  3  or  4 

yeares,  except  bee   can  procure  10* ;  also  hee   is  to  have   a  T  set  vpon  his 

vpmost  garment ;  the  servise  is  to  bee  w"*  his  m"',  if  his  m'  will  have  liim,  or 

else  to  bee  put  out  by  the  countrey./ 

Eich''d  Turner,  for  being  drunke,  was  fined  20sh^/ 

Willi :  Davies,  for  sondry  diinkings  at  liis  house,  was  fined  3*./ 

Robert   Penyer  is  bound  in  10*  to  appear  at  the  next  Court.     Thorn : 

Turner  &  John  White  are  bound  in  5'  a  peece  for  Peniai's  appearance./ 


THE   MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  269 

Thoni :  Bushrode,  being  accused  of  defaming  the  government,  was  comited, 
&  fined  6.13*4:'*,  W^  paying,  to  bee  discharged./ 

Hugh  Burt  had  20»  of  his  fine  remited  him,  &  p"*  in  20sh%  &  is  dis- 
charged./ 

Marmaduke  Peirce  being  accused  of  suspition  of  murther,  &  the  matter 
not  appearing  cleare,  it  was  refered  vntill  the  next  Quarter  Court,  &  the 
iewry  was  enioyned  then  to  appeare./ 

Daniell  Clarke,  being  found  by  the  iewry  to  bee  an  iinoderate  drinker, 
was  fined  2*,  wherof  3sh*  was  paid  the  iewry,  &  the  other  ST'-p*  I.  N./ 

John  Simpson  was  enioyned  to  pay  Cap?  Jeanison  8',  &  M"'  Browne  5sh', 
haveing  warned  them  to  appear,  &  not  psecuting./ 

John  Wedgwood,  for  being  in  the  company  of  drunkards,  was  to  bee  set 
in  the  stocks  at  Ipswich./ 

E.ich''d  Cooke  is  granted  20sh'  against  Thomas  Robinson,  for  vniust 
molestation./ 

Jarvise  Mudge  appearing     ^ 

John  Pemberton  being  warned  by  John  Baker  to  appear  at .  the  Court  at 
Boston  :  Baker  not  appearing  to  psecute,  the  Court  granted  John  Pemberton 
SOsh"  damage./ 

John  Kempe,  for  filthy,  vncleane  attempts  w""  3  yong  girles,  was  censiu-ed 
to  bee  whiped  both  heare,  at  Roxberry,  «&  at   Salem,  very  severely,  &  was 
omitted  for  a  slave  to  Leift  Davenport./ 

Willi :  Androws,  who  was  formerly  coinitted  to  slavery  for  his  ill  &  inso- 
lent carriage,  is  released  (upon  his  good  carriage)  from  his  slavery,  &  put  to 
M'  Endecott,  hee  pmising  to  pay  Henry  Coggan  8* ;  &  so  Androws  is  to  serve 
M'  Endecot  the  rest  of  his  time/ 

Mathewe  Edwards,  for  puting  his  hand  vnder  a  girles  coates,  was  censured 
to  bee  whipped./ 

Thom  :  Knore,  for  selling  a  pot  full  of  strong  water  w^out  license,  was 
fined  5sh7 

Nicholas  Davison,  for  swearing  an  oath,  was  ordered  to  pay  20sh%  w* 
hee  consented  vnto./ 

John  Hogg,  for  his  drunkennes,  was  fined  lOsh"./ 

John  Kitchen,  for  shewing  books  w^^  hee  was  coinanded  to  bring  to  the 
Governo',  &  forbidden  to  shew  them  to  any  other,  &  yet  shewed  them  to  other, 
was  fined  lOsh^/ 

*John  Joanes,  for  defileing  his  wife  before  marriage,  was  fined  20sh^/  [*258.] 

John  Davies,  vpon  his  good  carriage,  was  discharged  from  M'earing  the  V 
w*""  was  fonnerly  enioyned  him./ 


270  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


3  September. 


16  3  9.  Rich''d  Silvester  had  6*  of  his  fine  respited  vpon  his  good  behaviom-,  & 

hee  paid  in  the  other  6*./ 

Thorn :  Gray,  for  being  drunke,  prophaning  of  the  name  of  God,  keeping 
a  tipling  house,  &  drawing  his  knife  in  the  Courte,  was  censured  to  bee 
severely  whiped  &  fined  5*./ 

Eich'"d  Redman  &  Thorn :  Warner,  for  quarelling,  were  fined  5'  a  peece, 
&  paid  it  in./ 

John  Lee  is  discharged  of  his  fine,  haveing  paid  5*  formerly./ 

Ricli'd  Perry,  lunior,  was  granted  5*  damages  for  the  long  wanting  of  the 
27*,  w'=''  should  have  bene  formerly  p'^,  &  was  deferred  vntill  the  weeke  past,  & 
the  trouble  about  it./ 

M''  Thomas  Lechford,  for  going  to  the  iewry  &  pleading  w*''  them  out 
of  Court,  is  debarred  from  pleading  any  mans  cause  hearafter,  vnlesse  his  owne, 
&  admonished  not  to  ^sume  to  meddle  beyond  what  hee  shalbee  called  to  by 
the  Courte./     Ordered. 

William  Gutrige  was  enioned  to  take  care  of  Ales  Burwood  vntill  hee  may 
bee  lawfully  discharged  of  her./ 

Thomas  Millard,  Ephi-aim  Pope,  Francis  Gold,  &  Tliom :  Bm-kbee,  being 
watchmen,  drinking  severall  times  strong  water,  were  imprisoned,  &  Burkbee 
&      ^      were  set  in  the  stocks  for  being  drmike./ 

Edward  Fuller  &  Edward  Convers  were  bomid  in  20'  a  peece  for  the 
appearing  of  Edward  Fuller  at  the  next  Courte./ 


[*259.]     *J  Generdl  Court,  holdcn  at  Boston,  the  4"'  Day  of  the  7'"  Month,  1639. 

4  September. 

P''SENT,    The  Governor  M'  Saltonstall, 

The  Deputy  Gov"',  M'^  Winthrope,  Iimi :, 

W  Endecott,  M''  Stoughton, 

M"'  Humfrey,  M'  Bradstreete, 

M'  Bellingham,  Incf  Nowell ; 

Deputies  present, 

M''  Einanu  :  Downing,  M''  Edw  :  Tomlins, 

M''  Wilh  :  Hauthorne,  Capt  Rob  :  Sedgwick, 

M'  Edw''  Rawson,  Leif  t  Ral :  Sprage, 

M'  John  Clarke,  W  Thom  :  Flint, 

M"^  John  Moulton,  M"^  RichM  Griffin, 

M'  Samu  :  Symonds,  M'  Edw*"  Allen, 

M'  Rich'd  Lumpkinn,  M'  Eal :  Whcclocke, 

W  Edw  :  Holliock,  Capt  A^^illi :  Jcnnison, 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN 

-  M''  Thorn  :  Mayhcwe, 
M'  Sam :  Sliepai-d, 
M'  John  Bridge, 
Capt  Edw^  Gibons, 
M^  WilU  :  Tynge, 
M"^  John  Stowe, 
M-^  Willi :  Heathe, 


NEW    ENGLAND. 

271 

M"^  John  Glover, 
M--  Tho :  Hawkins, 

1G3  9. 

X 

M--  Ed&  Bates, 

4  September. 

M"^  John  Vpham, 

M"^  Joseph  Peck, 

M"-  EdA  Hubberd, 

Seni. 

M»  JOHN  HAULE  is   discharged  of  the  20*  bond  w*  hee  gave  for  his 
servant  John  Burrows,  haveing  put  liim  away./ 

It  was  ordered,  that  the  newe  plantation  by  Concord  shalbee  called  Sud- 
bury./ 

Winnacunnet  shalbee  called  Hampton./  431- 

M'  Ezechi:  Rogers  plantation  shalbee  called  Eowley./ 

The  other  plantation  beyond  Merrimack  shalbee  called  Colechester./  Vide 
p»  287  &  290. 

The  order  of  the  Court,  vpon  the  petition  of  the  inhabitants  of  Sudberry,  • 
is,  that  Peter  Noyes,  Bryan  Pendleton,  J^  Parmm  ^  ,  Edmond  B^  , 
Walter  Hayne,  George  Moning,  &  Edmond  Rise  have  comision  to  lay  out  lands 
to  the  psent  inhabitants,  according  to  their  estates  &  persons,  «&  that  Cap? 
Jeanison,  IVP  Mayhewe,  M""  Flint,  M""  Samuel  Sheopard,  &  John  Bridge,  or 
any  3  of  them,  shall,  in  convenient  time,  repaire  to  the  said  towne,  &  set  out 
such  land  &  accoiuodations,  both  for  houselots  &  otherwise,  both  for  M'^  Pel- 
ham  &  M'  Walgrave,  as  they  shall  thinke  sutable  to  theu-  estates,  to  bee 
reserved  for  them  if  they  shall  come  to  inhabite  there  in  convenient  time,  as 
the  Court  shall  think  [fit]./ 

The  Court  was  adjourned  vntill  the  9"",  at  3  a  clock./  9  September. 

M'  Jolin  Endecott  &  M''  Israeli  Stoughton  were  desii-ed  againe  to  mecte 
■^th  qt  brethren  of  Plimoth,  &  have  new  comission  to  settle  the  bounds  be- 
tweene  vs  &  Plimoth,  &  have  full  power  given  them  so  to  do./ 

It  was  agreed,  that  the  order  N"  406  (that  excomunlcate  psons  w"''  have 
stood  excoinimicate  aboue  6  months  should  bee  ^sented)  shalbee  repealed./ 

Forasmuch  as  it  is  evident  vnto  this  Court,  that  the  coinon  custom  of  l.  ag>  drinking 
drinking  one  to  another  is  a  mecre  vselesse  ceremony,  &  draweth  [on]  that 
abominable  practice  of  drinking  healths,  &  is  also  an  occation  of  much  wast  of 
the  good  creatures,  &  of  many  other  sinns,  as  druakcnnes,  quarclUng,  blood- 
shed, vncleannes,  mispense  of  ^cious  time,  ^fi,  w'^'^  as  they  ought  in  all  places 
&  times  to  bee  p>vented,  carefully  ||prevented|| ;  so  especially  in  plantations,  of 
churches,  &  coiuon  wcales,  wheriii  the  least  knowne  evills  arc  not  to  bee  toller- 


272 


THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


16  3  9. 

9  September. 

432- 


[*260.] 

Ilearding  g' 
catle  repealed. 


433- 

Lyn"  new  plan- 

taco  i  mile  &  4 

miles. 

Lin  clause  rep. 

8  :  7  :  40. 


Colch'te'  differ- 
enc  referd,  &e. 


ated,  by  such  as  are  bound  by  soleme  covenant  to  walke  by  the  rule  of  Gods 
word  in  all  their  conversation,  — 

It  is  therefore  ordered,  that  (after  the  publication  of  this  order)  no  person 
of  this  iiu-isdiction,  nor  any  other  person  who  shall  hereafter  come  into  this 
iurisdiction,  (after  one  weekes  residence  heare,)  shall,  directly  or  indirectly,  by 
any  colo''  or  circumstance,  drinke  to  any  other,  contrary  to  the  intent  of  this 
order,  vpon  paine  of  xij'',  to  bee  forfaited  for  every  offence,  to  bee  levyed  by 
the  cunstable,  by  order  from  any  magistrate,  or  such  as  are  appointed  in  townes 
to  determine  small  causes,  vpon  conviction  by  confession  of  the  party,  or  other 
sufficient  testimony  vpon  oath,  to  bee  to  the  vse  of  the  towne,  where  the 
offence  shall  bee  coinitted,  &  of  the  party  complaining,  by  equall  pportion./ 

*The  order  N°  372,  about  bearding  of  great  cattle,.  &  keeping  vp  cattle 
by  night,  or  alowing  daiiiages,  is  repealed  after  the  end  of  the  8*  month  next 
ensuing,  &  the  order  to  fence  against  great  cattle  formerly  made  to  stand  in 
force./     361,  362. 

The  petition  of  the  inhabitants  of  Linn  for  place  for  an  inland  plantation 
at  the  head  of  their  bounds  is  granted  them  4  mile  square,  as  the  place  will 
affoard,  vpon  condition  that  the  petitioners  shall  w^'in  2  years  make  some  good 
pceeding  in  planting,  so  as  it  may  bee  a  village  fit  to  conteine  a  convenient 
number  of  inhabitants,  w"*"  may  in  dewe  time  have  a  churche  there,  &  so  as 
such  as  shall  remove  to  iuhabite  there  shall  not  w"'all  keepe  their  accoiuoda- 
tions  in  Linn  aboue  2  yeares  after  theu-  removall  to  the  said  village,  vpon 
paine  to  forfect  their  interest  in  one  of  them,  at  their  owne  election,  except 
this  Court  shall  see  lust  cause  to  dispence  further  w""  them ;  &  this  village  is 
to  bee  4  mile  square  at  least  by  iust  content./ 

The  busines  vpon  the  petition  of  the  H-eemen  of  Cole  Chester  is  refered  to 
the  magistrates  of  Salem,  or  any  2  of  them./ 

The  covenant  of  M'  Thomas  Purchase,  being  ordered  to  bee  recorded, 
heare  followeth :  — 


M^  Purchase 
cou('t,  as  to 
Pegipscot. 


This  indenture,  made  the  22*  day  of  the  S""  iii,  @  1639,  betweene  Thomas 
Purchase,  of  Pagiscott,  gentleman,  of  the  one  parte,  and  John  Winthrope,  Esq5, 
Governo'  of  the  Massachusets,  on  the  behalfe  of  himselfe,  the  Governo"'  & 
Company  of  the  Massachusets,  on  the  other  parte,  witnesseth,  that  the  said 
Thomas,  for  divers  good  causes  &  considerations  him  therevnto  moveing, 
hath  given  &  granted,  &  by  these  ^sents  doth  give  «&  grant,  vnto  the  said  .John 
"Winthrope  &  his  successors,  the  Governo''  &  Company  of  the  Massachusets, 
forever,  all  that  tract  of  land  at  Pagiscott  aforesaid,  vpon  both  sides  of  the 
ryver  of  Androscoggin,  being  four  miles  square  towards  the  sea,  w""  all  liber- 


THE    MAS.SACIIUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  273 


9  September. 


ties  &  priviledges  there vnto  belonging  ;    so  as  they  may  plant  the  same  w"*     1  G  ))  !). 

an  Inglish  colony  when  they  shall  see  fit,  and  shall  have  as  full  power  forever 

to  exercise  iurisdiction  there  as  they  have  in  the  Massachusets ;  provided,  that 

the  interest  &  possession  of  such  lands  as  the  said  Thomas  now  vseth,  or  shall 

make  vse  of,  for  his   O'wne   stock,  &  improvement  w"'in   seaven  yeares  next 

ensuing  the  date  hearof,  shall  bee  &  remaine  to  the  said  Thomas,  &  his  heircs 

&  assigncs  forever,  vnder  the  im-isdiction  aforesaid ;  and  as  well  the  said  Thomas 

liimselfe,  &  his  family,  &  liis  heires  &  assignes,  as  all  other  the  inhabitants 

vpon  the  said  lands,  are  forever  to  bee  \auler  the  due  ptection  of  the  said  Gov- 

erno'  &  Company,  by  order  of  the  Generall  Court,  as  other  inhabitants  of  the 

same  iurisdiction  are  :    This  grant  by  approbation  of  the  said  Generall  Court 

to  bee  recorded  &  exemplified  vnder  the   coiiion  seale,  or  otherwise   to  bee 

voyde.     In  witnes  whereof  the  parties  abovesaid  have  hearvnto  interchangably 

set  their  hands  &  seales  the  day  &  yeare  first  above  written./ 

THOMAS   PURCIIES. 
Signed,  sealed,  &  doliv''ed,  in  the  p^sence  of 
STEPHEN   WINTHROPE, 
THOM:  LECHFORD, 
AMOS   RICH.IRDSON. 

*Capt  Keayne  delivered  into  the  Couit  a  bond  of  M"'  Simkins  for  30',  w"^''      [*261.] 
M"'  Simkins  oweth  w*  a  more  some  vnto  the  countrey  :  the  bond  was  delivered  ^y™'*"'*  * 

Parks  bond  d'' 

the  Treasurer./  Tresu. 

Also,  Capt  Keayne  delivered  in  a  bond  of  15'  of  Rich  :  Parks,  w<^''  also 
was  delivered  to  the  Treasurer./ 

Capt  Keayne  was  ordered  to  pay  the  12*  10',  -W^^  hee  rec*  of  M''  Salton-  Cap'Ke.ijne 
stall  for  p'  of  M"^  Bloros  ifi,  to  the  Treasurer./  lotf  M-f^  '^ 

Caj)t  Keayne  was  willed  to  returne  Sara    Kinge  her  necessary  cloaths  Blowcs  ne"- 

sres. 

againe./ 

M'^  Rich'd  Browne,  being  formerly  fined   5*   for  going   away  when  hoe 
should  have  bene  at  the  Court,  had  -4*  15'*  rcmited  him./ 

The  fireemen  of  the  towne  of  Watertowne  are  fined  3'  for  sending  M""  Watc  Tuwhc 
Browne  away,  being  to  have  attended  the  Court./  sendi  "M' 

The  petition  for  the  sale  of  Abraham  Shaws  land  was  granted  vpon  the  Browne. 

Sale  of  Abram 
condition  inserted./  Shaws  land. 

The  byll  of  7.  lOsh^  for  Cap?  Traske  is  granted./  Cap'Trasks 

M"'   Palsgrave  is  granted  200  acres  of  land,  w'""  Capl  Jcanison  &  M""  ,,  '    , ' 

o  a  '1  Mr  Palsgrane 

Browne./  '  200  acs. 

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274  THE  KECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

16  3  9.  AVhereas   there  is  much  complaint  of  the  excessive  wearing  of  lace,  & 

'~'^'^''       ^    other  superfluities  tending  to  little  vse  or  benefit,  but  to  the  nourisliing  of 

^  ^J*-"""  "•  pj.i(ig  ^  exhausting  of  mens  estates,  &  also  of  evill  example  to  others,  it  is 
Law  ag'  lace  &  therefore  ordered  by  tliis  Court,  &  decreed,  that  henceforward  no  person 
other  sup'flui-    whatsoever  shall  t?sume  to  buy  or  sell,  w"^in  this  iurisdiction,  any  manner  of 

tyes.  ^ 

lace,  to  bee  worne  or  vsed  w"'in  C^  limits./ 
cioaths  not  to  And  that  no  taylo'',  or  any  other  person  whatsoever,  shall  hereafter  set 

wdth  ImT"  "  ^ly  lace  or  points  vpon  any  garments,  either  linnen,  woUen,  or  any  other 
wearing  cloathes  whatsoever,  &  that  no  pson  hearafter  shalbee  imployed  in 
making  of  any  manner  of  lace,  but  such  as  they  shall  sell  to  such  persons  as 
shall  &  will  transport  the  same  out  of  this  iurisdiction,  who,  in  such  case, 
shall  have  liberty  to  buy  the  same  :  And  that  hearafter  no  garment  shalbee 
made  w""  short  sleeves,  whereby  the  nakedness  of  the  arme  may  bee  discovered 
in  the  wearing  thereof ;  &  such  as  have  garments  already  made  w"'  short 
sleeves  shall  not  hearafter  were  the  same,  vnless  they  cover  their  armcs  to  the 
wrist  w"^  Unncn,  or  otherAvise :  And  tliat  hearafter  no  person  whatsoever 
shall  make  any  garment  for  wcomcn,  or  any  of  tlier  sex,  w"^  sleeves  more  then 
halfe  an  elle  wide  in  the  widest  place  thereof,  &  so  proportionable  for  biger 
or  smaller  persons./ 

And  for  p>sent  reformation  of  imoderate  great  sleeves,  &  some  other 
superfluities,  w'^''  may  easily  bee  redi-essed  w"'out  much  ^udice,  or  the  spoile 
of  garments,  as  imoderate  great  breches,  knots  of  ryban,  broad  shoulder  bands, 
&  rayles,  silk  rases,  double  ruffes,  &  cuffes,  ^  ;  — 

And  whereas  some  have  beene  greived  that  such  excesses  were  ^sented 
to  the  Cotirte,  w*  concerned  the  members  of  churches,  before  the  parties  had 
bene  dealt  w*''  at  hoame,  intimating  therby  that  the  churches  would  (vpon 
notice  of  those  abuses  in  apparell)  have  taken  such  course  as  would  have 
reformed  their  members,  &  so  have  j^vented  the  trouble  of  the  Courte  ;  — 
[*262.]  *This  Court  hath,  therefore,  thought  fltt  (in  the  great  confidence  it  hath 

of  the  care  &  faithfulnes  of  the  churches)  to  stay  all  pceedmgs  vpon  the  said 
^sentments,  in  expectation  that  the  officers  &  members  of  all  the  churches, 
haveing  now  cleare  knowledg,  both  of  the  said  disorders  in  apparrell,  &  the  reso- 
lution of  the  Court  to  attaine  a  generall  reformation,  will  speedily  &  effectually 
pcccde  against  all  offenders  in  this  kind,  &  that  they  will  also  (from  observa- 
tion of  o'^  pneness  to  follow  new  fashions,  &  to  fall  to  excessive  costlines  in 
attire)  kcepe  the  more  strict  watch  over  all  sorts  for  time  to  come ;  &  this 
Court  doth  licarb)'  intimate  to  all  A\liom  it  may  conccrne,  (of  \\\ia.t  quality 
or  estate  soever  they  may  bee,)  that  all  such  persons  as,  after  all  these  admoni- 
tions &  forbearauccs,  shall  obstinately  persist   iu  their  excesses  in  this  kind. 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  275 

slialbcc  looked  at  as  contemners  of  authority,  &  rcgardlcs  of  the  iiublikc  1  (J  3  it. 
weale,  &  must  expect  to  bee  jiceeded  against  by  the  strictest  course  of  iustice,  '  ■■  ' 
as  their  offences  shall  deserve./ 

It  is  referred  to  the  care  of  all  those  of  the  late  grandiuiy  men,  &  others  Grand  jury  to 
who  shall  succeed,  or  any  of  them,  to  admonish  all  offenders  in  their  severall  of  lace  ruffes  & 
towues,  as  they  shall  have  occation  &  opportunity./  cuffes,  &c. 

For  ^venting  of  all  vnlawfuU  marriages,  {^,  it   is   ordered,  that,  after  435- 

dewe  jjublication  of  this  order,  noe  psons  shalbee  ioyned  in  marriage  before  the  v^v'?^,]"^'' 

intention  of  the  pties  pceeding  therein  hath  bene  3  times  published  at  some  before  mar- 
riage. 
time  of  publike  lecture  or  to^vne  meeting,  in  both  the  townes  where  the  pties,  xo  prevent 

or  cither  of  them,  do  ordinarily  reside ;  &  in  such  townes  where  no  lectures  clandestine 

marriages. 

are,  then  the  same  intention  to  bee  set  vp  in  writing,  vpon  some  poast  stand- 
ing in  publike  veiwe,  &  vsed  for  such  ^^^^^^  onely,  &  there  to  stand,  so  as  it 
may  easily  bee  read,  by  the  space  of  14  dayes./ 

And  all  townes  w"^''  have  no  weekly  lecture  shall  fouithw"'  appoint  or  set 
vp  a  post  in  some  publike  place,  to  bee  vsed  for  that  pui-pose  onely,  vpon  paine 
of  X  sh*  the  month  for  default  thereof./ 

The   fforry  between   Jlount  Woollaston  &  Wayraoth  is  ordered  to  bee  F. 
removed  to   the  nearest  &  most   convenient  place,  &  to   take  but   1^  a  pson,  ^^'^5™°"*'i 

■^  *  ferry  remooved. 

according  to  the  other  N°  240./ 

M"'  Nathauiell  Eaton,  being  accused  for  cruell  &  barbai-os  beating  of  ]\I''  Nath'  Eaton, 
Naza :  Briscoe,  &  for  other  neglecting  &  misvseiug  of  his  schoUers,  it  was 
ordered,  that  M"'  Eaton  should  bee  discharged  from  keeping  of  schoale  w"*  vs 
w"'out  licence  ;  &  M'  Eaton  is  fined  to  the  countrey  66*  13*  4'^,  w'^'>  fine  is 
respited  till  the  next  Court,  vnlcs  bee  remove  the  meane  while.  The  Court 
agreed  M"'  Eaton  should  give  M""  Naza :  Briscoe  30*  for  satisfaction  for  the 
wrong  done  him,  &  to  bee  paid  ^sently./ 

*Capt  Jeanison  &  INl"'  Jlayhewe  were  appointed  to    call   M'^  Nathaniell      [*263.] 
Eaton  to  account  the  begiiiiug  of  the  next  weeke,  «&  to  desire  M''  Samu :  Sheop- 
ard  &  M''  Joseph  Cooke  to  help  them  the  best  they  can./ 

The  house  at  Salem  w*  Avas  belonging  to  the  countrey  is  left  to   Salem  M'  Pete's 
for  100»,  to  bee  paid  between  this  &  the  next  Quarter  Courte./  ^T'" ''"  *1, 

'^  ^  /  Salem  for  100". 

Whereas  many  iudgments  have  bene  given  in  o'   Coiuts,  whereof  no  436- 

records  are  kept  of  the  evidence  &  reasons  wherevpon  the  verdit  &  iudg- 
ment  did  passe,  the  records  wherof  being  duely  entered  &  kept  would  bee  of  . 
good  vse  for  president  to  posterity,  &  a  releife  to  such  as  shall  have  iust  cause 
to  have  their  causes  reheard  &  reveiwed,  it  is  therefore  by  this  Court  ordered 
&  decreed  that  henceforward  every  iudgmcnt,  w"'  all  the  evidence,  bee  recorded 
in  a  booke,  to  bee  kept  to  posterity./ 


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THE    KECORDS    OF    THE    COLONY    OF 


1  G  3  9. 

9  September. 

Records  of 
wills. 

Recording  of 
vdUs,  &c. 


Towne  tran- 
scripts ret<*,  & 
2"  61"  to  be  p''. 


M'  Downing 

630  acr". 

437- 

8",  11",  2"',  & 
5"  ra". 
Speciall 
Courts. 


M'  Tho :  Hau- 
kins  licenc  to 
goe  for  Engln''. 


Item  :  That  there  bee  records  kept  of  all  wills,  administrations,  &  inven- 
tories, as  also  of  the  dayes  of  every  marriage,  birth,  &  death  of  eveiy  pson 
w'^'in  this  iurisdiction./ 

It :  To  record  all  mens  houses  &  lands,  being  certified  vnder  the  hands 
of  the  men  of  every  towne,  deputed  for  the  ordering  of  their  affaires./ 

Imprimis,  for  every  iudgment  at  the  Court  at  Boston,  6'^./ 

It :  The  entry  of  every  will,  administration,  or  inventory,  if  it  exceede 
not  a  page,  6''./ 

For  receiving  the  booke  of  mens  houses  &  lands  from  the  towne,  2'  6''./ 

For  every  death,  l"*,  for  every  birth,  a  1'' ;  the  same  to  bee  certified  once 
every  yeare,  at  the  time  of  the  Generall  Coiu-te,  the  same  party  bringing  the 
certificates  to  pay  the  fees  vnto  the  recorder  for  entry  of  the  same,  and  such 
townes  to  bee  fined  40'  as  shall  faile  to  send  vp  their  certificates./ 

Item :  To  record  all  the  purchases  of  the  natives./ 

M"'  Steven  Winthrope  was  chosen  to  record  things./ 

M"^  Emanuell  Downing  is  granted  600  acres  of  land./ 

Forasmuch  as  the  businesses  of  the  ordinary  Court  of  Assistants  ai'e  so 
much  increased  as  they  cannot  bee  dispatched  in  such  season  as  were  fit,  it  is 
therefore  ordered,  that  such  of  the  magistrats  as  shall  reside  in  or  near  to  Bos- 
ton, or  any  5,  4,  or  3  of  them,  the  Governo''  or  Dcputie  to  bee  one,  shall  have 
power  to  assemble  together  vpon  the  last  5"^  day  of  the  8"^,  11''',  2*,  &  5'" 
months,  ever)'  yeare,  &  then  &  there  to  heare  c&  determine  aU  civill  causes 
wherof  the  debt  or  trespas  &  damages  shall  not  exceede  20*,  &  all  criminall 
causes  not  extending  to  life,  or  member,  or  banishment,  according  to  the  coiu'se 
of  the  Court  of  Assistants,  &  to  suuion  iuries  out  of  the  neighbo"^  townes ;  & 
the  marshall  &  other  necessary  officers  are  to  give  theii'  attendance,  as  at  other 
Courts./ 

M''  Thomas  Hawkins  had  leave  to  go  for  England,  &  the  toA^Tie  of  Dor- 
chester to  choose  another  deputie./ 

The  Court  is  adioui-ned  vntill  the  5"^  of  the  9*''  i!i  next,  being  the  3"» 
day  of  the  weeke./ 


[*264.] 

5  November. 

M'  Duncoft 
dep' 


*The  5'"  Day  of  the  9"'  M%  1639. 

The  Generall  Court  met  at  Boston  ;  &  M''  Nathani :  Duncan  was  sent  in 
the  roome  of  M"'  Thom :  Hawkins./ 

The  Deputy  Governo"',  W  Emanuell  Downing,  &  Capt  Edward  Gibons 
were  appointed  to  trcate  w""  the  tlu'ee  coinittees  from  the  towne  of  Dover 
vpon  Pascataque,  ^\■"'  whom  they  did  agree,  &  certified  the  same./ 


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Increase  Nowell,  Capt  Willi :  Jeanison,  &  John  Bridge  are  appointed  to      1  (J  3  9. 
tfike  account  of  tlie  estate  of  M''  Natlia :  Eaton,  to  dispose  of  the  cattle,  receive    '       ^'^       ' 
the  money,  take  proofe  of  the  debts,  &  bee  accountable  to  tlic  Courte./  ,.  >.,  , v, .  ^ 

It  ■was  ordered,  that  the  28"^  of  this  pisent  month  should  bee  kept  a  day  '°n'  account  to 

be  taken. 

of  publike  thankswiveinsr  throusch  the  churches.     Those  churches  that  have  t^      <• »,     . 

'^  coo  Day  of  thanks- 

kept  a  day  already  are  left  to  their  liberty./  giving. 

It  is  soleinly  &  vnauimosly  decreed  &  established,  that  henceforth,  vpon  438— 

the  day  or  dayes  appointed  by  our  patent  to  hold  o''  yearely  Court  for  the  ^.  "gsJt,   ^ 

electing  of  our  Governo'',  Deputy  Governo"',  Assistants,  &  other  generall  offi-  *"  ^'^  attended 

w'l'out  sunious, 

cers,  being  the  last  Wednesday  of  every  Easter  tearmc,  that  the  ffreemen  of  &c. 
this  iurisdiction  shall,  either  in  person  or  by  proxie,  w"'out  any  suiiions, 
attend  &  consumate  the  elections ;  at  w'^'^-time  also  they  shall  send  their  depu- 
ties w"^  full  power  to  consult  of  &  determine  such  matters  as  concerne  the 
■welfare  of  this  coiiion  -wealth,  from  -w""''  Generall  Court  no  magistrate  or 
deputy  shall  depart  the  Court,  or  bee  discharged,  \v"'out  the  consent  of  the 
maior  part  of  the  Court,  vndcr  the  penalty  of  one  hundred  pounds./ 

As  for  the  place  of  publike  assembling,  it  shalbee  wher  the  p>ceeding 
Court  of  Elections  -was  held,  vnlesse  then  &  there  some  other  place  shalbee 
assigned.  This  acte  of  o''s  wee  conceive  so  nearely  to  concerne  the  good  of 
this  country  that  wee  earnestly  intreate  it  may  never  bee  repealed  by  any 
futui'e  Courte./ 

The  petition  of  the  inhabitants  of  Colechestcr  is  granted  for  M""  Samuel!  Ans'  to  Col- 
Dudley,  M"^  ^  Worster,  Clu-isto :  Batt,  Samuell  Winsley,  John  Saunders, 
&  Henry  Monday  to  order  all  businesses  of  the  towne,  so  as  this  Court  doth 
expect  &  reserve  power  to  that  end,  that  such  as  have  indkectly  obtained 
greater  lotts  then  of  dewe  belongs  to  them,  the  same  should  bee  reformed, 
&  that  care  bee  taken  for  ^venting  such  inconveniences  hearaff./ 

For  explanation  of  an  order  made  the  third  of  the  first  month,  1635,  R. 
concerning  publike  rates,  it  is  now  declared,  that  by  puljlike  rates  is  intended    f *j^  ^^    '  ' 
onely  such  rates  as  are  asseased  by  order  of  the  publike  Court  for  the  coun- 
tryes  occations,  &  no  other./ 

*To  M'  John  Endecot  is  granted  Hs  550  acres  vpon  Fpswich  Ryver,  (if      [*265.] 
it  bee  not  ■w"'in  Rowley  bounds,)  vpon  the  north  of  Salem  bounds ;  but  if  it  jj^^g" 
should  bee  w^'in  Rowley  bounds,  then  hee  is  to  have  the  next  convenient 
farme  vpon  the  said  lyver./ 

The  place  desired  by  M'"  Bellingham  for  liis  farme  is  on  the  head  of  JI' Belling- 

'  1  1     •  ■       •  1  -ii  (1,  hams  farme. 

Salem,  to  the  north  west  from  the  towne,  there  bemg  m  it  a  hill,  w'"  an 
Indian  plantation,  &  a  pond,  &  about  a  hundred  or  150  acres  of  meadow. 


278  THE  KECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

1  (!  3  9.     vchred  by  W  Willi :  Hautliorne  &  Rich :  Davenport.     Tills  Is  granted  if  it 

'       '        '    bee  not  in  Rowley  nor  any  other  towne./ 

, ,   , '  Granted  to  Symon  Bradstrecte  to  take  his  farme  of  500  acres  in  the  next 

Granted  to  M'  J 

Symon  Brad-     convenient  place  that  is  fit  for  a  farme  to  that  w*  is  granted  tliis  Coiu-t  to  M' 

strO,  500. 

Endecott./ 
B.  M'  Thomas  Mayhew,  Ralph  Sprage,  &  John  Johnson  did  make  returnc, 

Dorchester        according  to  order  of  Court,  that  by  ioynt  asrreement  they  had  set  out  to  the 

bounds,  as  to  °  '  J        J  o  J 

marsh.  to^yne  of  Dorchester  what  they  did  iudge  to  bee  marsh  ground  :  where  there 

■\was  any  difficulty  they  have  set  stakes  ;  &  where  no  stakes  ai-e,  they  conclude 
it  all  marsh./      IT'^"  -4"^  &,  16.39. 
M'  Browne,  &  The  petition  of  Rich''d  Browne  for  his  200  acres,  Capt  Willi :  Jeanison 

sm  &  Jn"*^^"'   ^°^'  ^^*  ^^0  acres,  &  John  Johnson  fcfr  his  250  acres  is  granted  to  bee  layd  out 
Johnsons  g^  ^^^  furthest  end  of  Watertowne  bounds,  &  neare  to  Dedham  bounds,  to  bee 

farmes  to  be  1^  • 

out.  set  out  by  M'  Edward  Allen  &  M""  John  Oliver,  &  they  to  see  if  there  bee 

roome  to  set  out  ^  acres  for  M"'  Willi :  PajTie.  If  there  bee  not  roome  for 
M'^  Paine,  M'  Paine  is  to  get  two,  that  the  court  will  credit  to  certify  where 
may  bee  place  convenient  for  M'  Paine,  &  not  to  hinder  a  plantation./ 

John  Stone  &  his  wife  were  admonished  to  make  biger  bread,  &  to  take 
heede  of  offending  by  making  too  little  bread  hearafter./ 

The  Treasurer  was  ordered  to  alow  8*  to  Roxberry  for  Henry  Burts  losse 
by  fyer./ 
439—  It  was  ordered,  that  all  that  were  disarmed,  remaining  amongst  vs,  carry- 

AU  armes  re-     [j^„  themselues  peaceably,  shall  have  their  armes  restored  to  them./ 

stored  to  y«  °  i.  j '  i 

peacable.  M"'  Bulkeley  is  granted  his  300  acres  vpon  Concord  bounds,  on  the  east 

side  toward  Cambridge./ 
M'Noweiis  '^^^  Court  granted  Increase  Nowell  his  500  acres  on  the  north  side  of 

farme,  500.        j^j^g  bounds  of  Concord,  beyond  the  ryvcr  over  against  the   Governo''^  1200 
M'  Aliens         acres,  ioyning  to  the  bounds  of  Concord./ 
'^"'"-  M''  Thom  :  Alleu  is  granted  his  500  acres,  to  ioyne  to  Increase   Nowell, 

M'  Jn"  Norton 

200  acres.  on  the  north  side  of  the  said  Increase  Nowell  his  grant./ 

[*266.]  M'  John  Norton  is  granted  200  acres  of  land./ 

M'  Knouies,  *The  Court  aa;reed  to  buy  M""  Hansard  Knowles  his  purchase  for  tliii'tye 

Pas.  of  Piscat-  o  J  1  ^ 

aqu',  land  pur-  pouiids,  as  hee  tenderetli  it./ 

Jn"  Wood-  John  Woodward  was  admonished  to  take  heede  of  drinking  strong  water 

wards  adinisd.    againe,  &  SO  was  dismissed./ 

French  estat.  '^^^^  administration  of  the  goods  of  Thomas  French,  deceased,  is  coiiiitcd 

The :  French"    to  his  wife,  &  the  land  w'^''  hee  left  is  to  bee  disposed  of  by  sale,  or  otherwise, 

land  to  be  sold,  ,  ,    .  ^  .  .  j-   i  •         -r      c 

&e.  by  advise   of  the   maglstrats  of  Ipswich,  for  the  maintenance  of  his  wiie  & 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  2TU 

education  of  liis  children,  ■«'=''  are  not  yet  able  to  pvide  for  tliemsclucs,  nor      1  G  3  9. 
were  disposed  of  in  their  fathers  life./  ' 

r-\  rn  o     n  t       ^  November. 

It  is   ordered,  tliat   the   Goveruo'',  Deputy  Govemo'",    Ireasurcr,   &  JNF  jio^j^^n  ^f 
StouEfhton,  or  any  three  of  them,  w"*  two  or  more  of  the   deputies  of  Boston,  ^^^^"^ '"  ^'^ 

p'vscd. 

Charles  towne,  or  lloxberry  shall  pervse  all  those  modells,  w"*"  have  bene,  or 
shalbee  further  psented  to  this  Court,  or  thcmselues,  concerning  a  forme  of 
government,  &  lawes  to  bee  established,  &  shall  drawe  them  vp  into  one  body, 
(altering,  ading,  or  omiting  what  they  shall  thinke  fit,)  &  shall  take  order 
that  the  same  shalbee  coppied  out  &  sent  to  the  severall  townes,  that  the  elders 
of  the  churches  &  freemen  may  consider  of  them  against  the  next  Generall 
Coiu't,  &  the  charges  thereof  to  bee  defrayed  by  the  Treasurer./ 

M"  Willi :  Hauthorne  &  M''  Edward'  Tomlins  are  appointed  to  measure  B. 
the  bounds  of  Linn,  &  to  certify  how  it  lyeth  for  the  setling  of  their  bounds,  CoSiitteeto  lay 

'  J  J  °  '   out  Lynne 

&  the  bounds  of  the  \-illage./  '  bounds. 

M'  Samuell  Cole  was  granted  10*  to  clear   his  account,  his  fine  being  Sam :  Coles  ac- 

co's  cleared. 

discounted./ 

Edmond  Grenliffc  was  ordered  to  bee  enslgne  for  the  company  at  Newc-  Edm'i  Green- 

Icafe,  ensign. 

berry./ 

Caplc  Sedgwick  was  admonished  to  take  heede  of  oppression,  &  vpon  his  Cap'  Sedguick 
acknowledgment  of  his  faileing  was  discharged./  pression. 

It  was  ordered,  that  Ipswich  should   satisfy  M'  Winthi-ope  for  the  20*  vide  p"  240. 1. 
paid  the  Indian  for  his  right./ 

It  was  ordered,  that  Capt  Gibons  should  trajTie  the  band  at  Waymoth, 
&  have  satisfaction  for  the  same./ 

Whereas  the  inhabitants  of  Salem  have  agreed  to  plant  a  village  ncarc  B. 
the  ryver  av'^'^  runs   to  Ipswich,  it  is   ordered,  that   all  the  land   neare  their  ^""''  grauntcd 

J  ^  '  to  Salem  Vil- 

bounds,  between  Salem  &  the  said  ryver,  not  belonjjing  to  any  other  towne,  lage,  now  vven- 
or  person,  by  any  former  grant,  shall  belong  to  the  said  village./ 

M'  Edw"!  Tomlins  &  M"'  Willi :  Hauthorne  are  to  set  out  the  bounds  of  B. 

o  1  i  T  •   1-  ;  Salem  bounds 

Salem,  next  Ipswich./  ^  tobelajdout. 

The   Treasurer   was  ordered  to   pay  John   Gardner  20sh^   for  witnesses 
charge,  &  cariying  Goodm  Woodward  his  instrument  to  Ipswich./ 

*In  regard  of  the  greate  inconvenience  that  is  found  for  want  of  fit  places      [*26T.] 
of  intertainment  of  people  vpon   occasion  of  great  assemblies,  &  arrivall  of  440— 

ships  w""  passengers,  it  is  declared,  that  vpon  such  occasions  it  is  lawfuU  for  ^^  ^^  afforded 
any  person,  in  any  towne  where  such  great  resort  of  people   shall  happen  to  to  strangers. 
bee,  to  give  intertainment  to  such  people,  &  to  affoard   them  lodging  &  dyot 
at  reasonable  rates,  though  they  bee  not  allowed  to  kepe   coiiion  ordinaries. 
And  it  is  further  ordered,  that  every  towne  shall  have  liberty,  from  time  to 


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THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


440- 

H:  W: 


All  high  way 
to  lie  laid  out. 


Appcale. 

[*268.] 


time,  to  choose  a  fitt  man  to  sell  wine,  the  same  to  bee  alowed  by  license  from 
this  Court,  or  the  Court  of  Assistance,  &  that  it  shalbee  lawfull  for  such  per- 
sons alowed  to  retaile  wine  to  let  wine  bee  clrunke  in  his  house ;  provided, 
that  if  any  person  shalbee  made  drunke  in  any  such  house,  or  any  iiiioderate 
drinking  suifered  there,  the  master  of  the  family  shall  pay  for  every  such 
offence  five  pounds./ 

And  it  is  further  declared  &  ordered,  that  such  as  are  alowed  to  keepe 
coiiion  ordinaries  &  inns  shall  provide  stables  &  hay  for  horses,  &  inclosures 
for  pasturing,  where  neede  is ;  &  it  is  further  declared,  that  if  any  shall  take 
excessive  prices  for  their  "\Wnes  or  dyeting,  they  shalbee  deepely  fined  for  the 
same./ 

Whereas  the  high  wayes  in  tMs  iui-isdictlon  have  not  bene  layd  out  v/*^ 
such  convenlency  for  travellers  as  were  fit,  nor  as  was  intended  by  this  Court, 
but  that  in  some  places  they  are  felt  too  straite,  &  in  other  places  travellers 
are  forced  to  go  farr  about,  it  is  therefore  ordered,  that  all  high  wayes  shall 
bee  layd  out  before  the  next  Gencrall  Court,  so  as  may  bee  w">  most  ease  & 
safety  for  travellers ;  &  for  this  end,  every  towne  shall  choose  2  or  3  men, 
who  shall  ioyne  w**"  2  or  3  of  the  next  towne,  &  these  shall  have  power  to  lay 
out  the  high  wayes  in  each  towne  where  they  may  bee  most  convenient ;  & 
those  w'"''  are  so  deputed  shall  have  power  to  lay  out  the  high  wayes  where 
they  may  bee  most  convenient,  notw'i'standing  any  mans  propriety,  or  any 
corne  ground,  so  as  it  occation  not  the  puling  downe  of  any  mans  house,  or 
laying  open  any  garden,  or  orchard ;  &  in  coiiion  grounds,  or  where  the  soyle 
is  wet  or  miiye,  they  shall  lay  out  the  wayes  the  wider,  as  6,  or  8,  or  10  rods, 
or  more,  in  coiiion  grounds  ;  provided,  that  if  any  man  shall  suffer  any  extraor- 
dinaiy  damage  in  his  improved  grounds,  by  execution  of  this  order,  the  towne 
shall  make  him  some  reasonable  satisfaction ;  provided,  also,  that  if  any  case 
shall  fall  out  wherein  those  that  are  deputed  cannot  agree,  it  shalbee  referred 
to  the  determination  of  this  Court ;  &  if  any  person  shall  finde  himselfe  iustly 
greived  w""  any  thing  w*^"^  the  said  persons  deputed  shall  do,  hee  may  appeale 
to  this  Court,  or  the  Coiut  of  Assistants,  who  shall  have  power  to  determine 
the  cause ;  but  if  the  party  shalbee  found  to  have  complained  *w"'out  iust 
cause,  hee  shall  pay  all  charges,  &  bee  fined  by  the  cUscretion  of  the  Court ; 
and  they  shall  pceede  in  this  order  :  Newberry  Sz  Rowley,  Rowley  &  IpsAvich, 
Ipswich  &  Salem,  id ;  Hingham  &  Waymoth,  Waymoth  &  Mount  Woollas- 
ton,  id ;  and  all  townes  are  enioyned  to  have  this  order  pformcd  before  the 
next  Generall  Court,  vpon  paine  of  5*  for  every  towne  makeing  default.  And 
it  is  not  intended  that  any  person  shalbee  charged  w**"  the  repairing  of  the 
high  wayes  in  his  owne  land./ 


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Whereas  many  goods  are  lost,  for  Avaut  of  dewe  care  taken  of  them,  it  is     16  3  9. 
ordered,  that  before  the  first  month  next  ev''y  towne  shall  appoint  a  house  to  w'^''    '       '^       ' 
all  goods  shalbee  brought  wherof  the  owner  is  not  knowne,  or  is  not  in  this 
iurisdiction,  to  take  care  of  them  ;  a  pson  shalbee   appointed  to  keepe  them  ^^,  tomie  to 
safe,  &  the  same  pty  shall,  ■w"'in  one  mouth  after  hee  receives  them,  deliver  a  P'"'^"  ^  '"'"^^ 

'•■■''  to  p'serve  lost 

note  of  them  to  the  marshall,  who  shall  cause  them  to  bee  pclaimed  in  the  goods,  &c. 
open  market  at  Boston ;  &  if  the  owner  come,  hee  shall  pay  all  reasonable 
charges ;  if  hee  bee  not  found  w"'in  a  yeare  after  such  pclamation,  the  Court 
of  Assistants  shall  dispose  of  them.  Every  to^vne  not  pviding  such  house 
w"'in  the  said  time  shall  forfect  40sh'  for  every  default ;  &  the  m''shall,  or 
keeper  of  such  goods,  being  found  in  default  in  the  trust  coiuitted  to  them, 
shalbee  jjunished  according  as  their  default  &  the  damage  of  the  goods  shall 
deserve./ 

For  the  fmther  ^venting  of  the  damage  w''  may  come  by  the  burning  4-12— 

of  ground   at  vnseasonable   times,  it  is  ordered,  that  whosoever   shall  kindle  ^- '"  P^'^^e"' 

damag.  by  fir- 

any  fyer  in  other  mens  grounds,  or  in  any  coiuon  grounds,  for  the  gathering  ing  y  woods, 
of  akrons,  or  for  taking  of  tobacco,  or  for  any  other  occation,  except  the  party 
shall  psently  put  out  the  same  before  it  spreade,- shall  (besides  full  satisfaction 
for  all  damages,  according  to  the  former  order)  bee  fined  40sh' ;  &  if  the 
party  offending  bee  not  able  to  pay  the  fine,  or  satisfy  the  damages,  hee  or 
shee  shalbee  punished  by  whiping,  or  other  corporall  punishment,  (as  the 
Court  w*  shall  have  cognisance  of  the  cause  shall  adiudge ;)  pvided,  that  this 
order  shall  not  extend  to  any  person  that  shall  bui-ne  any  ground  for  any  need- 
full  or  fit  occation,  in  the  first  &  second  months ;  pvided,  also,  that  it  shalbee 
lawfull  for  any  man  to  kindle  a  fyer  in  his  owne  ground  at  any  time  of  the 
yeare,  so  as  no  damage  come  thereby./ 

For  ^venting  the  miscarriage  of  letters  ;  &  it  is  ordered,  that  notice  bee  Boston  y  place 
given  that  Ilicli''d  Fairbanks  his  house  in  Boston  is  the  place  appointed  for  all  brouo-htb  ■    d 
letters  which  are  brought  from  beyond  the  seas,  or  are  to  bee  sent  thither,  ai'c  y'  ^^'^• 
to  bee  brought  vnto  ;  &  hee  is  to  take  care  that  they  bee  delivered  or  sent 
according  to  their  directions  ;  &  hee  is  alowed  for  every  such  letter  a  1'',  & 
must  answere  all  miscarriages  through  his  owne  neglect  in  this  kind  ;  pvided, 
that  no  man  shalbee  compelled  to  bring  his  letters  tliither,  except  hee  please./ 

•     *The  iudgment  of  the  Court  is,  that  M'  Bob'''  Keayne  shalbee  fined  200*,      [*269.] 
whereof  100'  to  bee  paid  before  the  first  month  next,  &  the  other  100*  to  bee  ''»"''« J'"iB">' 
respited  till  the  next  Generall  Court,  whereby  the  Com-t  may  have  liberty  to  Keajne. 
shewe  favo''  to  him  if  they  see  cause./ 

John  Vpham  is  appointed  to  bee  in  the  place  of  M'  Parker,  who  is  gone 
for  England  to  order  small  businesses  in  the  towne  of  Waymoth./ 

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THE  RECOKDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

M'  Palgrave  is  appointed  to  have  liis  200  acres  of  land,  w""  Capl  Jeani- 
son,  M''  Browncj  &  John  Johnson./ 


[*270.]     *The  31"  of  the  8'"  M",  1639.     A  Court,  held  at  Boston,  for  small 
31  October.  Cuiises  fiot  exceediiig  2ff',  except  for  Straiigers. 

P'SENT,    The  Governo"',  M'  Stoughton, 

The  Deputy  Gov',  &  Incr  :  NoTvell. 

M"^  Belllngham, 

JOHN  WOOLRIGE,  for  his  drunkennes,  was  iined  ten  pounds,  whereof 
8*  was  paid  mee.  In :  Nowell,  &  2*  is  in  the  hands  of  M''  Coddington./ 

Rich''d  Joaiies,  for  liis  cheating,  was  censured  to  bee  whiped,  &  put  to 
the  asslgne  of  the  party  wronged,  to  make  satisfaction  for  the  money  w'^''  hee 
did  receive,  &  hath  spent./ 

Edward  Convers  brought  in  Edward  Fuller,  &  stands  bound  againe  for 
him  to  ajjpear  at  the  next  Court./ 

John  Johnson  is,  by  order  of  Court,  freed  from  training,  paying  ten  shil- 
lings p  annum  to  the  company./ 

Thomas  Marriner  (servant  formerly  to  Robert  Smyth)  is  for  the  p>sent  dis- 
charged, vnlesse  his  master  hearafter  can  shew  sufficient  cause  to  the  contrary./ 

Willi :  Powell,  for  resisting  the  surveyar,  is  fined  ■iOsh^/ 

John  Clois  is  admonished  to  vse  his  servant  Peter  Tylls  well,  or  else  the 
said  Peter  to  bee  discharged,  &  to  take  course  that  hee  may  bee  taught  his 
trade  of  a  seaman  by  himselfe  or  others./ 

M"'  Israeli  Stoughton,  being  formerly  fined  4:0sli%  is  discharged  of  the  same, 
it  being  remitted  because  hee  could  not  hould  his  servant,  haveing  no  covenant,/ 

Robert  Penyar  appearing,  his  surety  was  discharged  ;  but  an  attachment 
was  granted  against  Penyar  for  going  away  vndischarged./ 

Edward  Fuller  &  Thomas  Sheppc,  for  being  distempered  w*  wine,  were 
enioyned  to  appear  at  the  next  Com-t./ 

Richard  Penne,  not  appearing,  forfected  liis  recognizance  of  ten  pounds./ 


s^ojemher.  The  8"  Ddij  of  the  &"  Month,  @  1639. 


T 


HOMAS  SYMONDS  was  enioyned  to  appear  at  the  Quarter  Coiu't  about 
ISP  Eatons  house  &  the  colledge./ 
RoVt  Driver  was  enioyned  to  appear  at  the  Quarter  Court./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND. 

Abraham  Morell  was  enioyned  to  appear  at  the  Quarter  Court./ 

^     Tacye,  for  swearing,  was  fined  10sh%  W^  M'  Trerice  vndertooke./ 


3  December. 


*^  Court  of  Assistants,  or  Quarter    Court,  held  at  Boston,   the  3'*     [*271.] 

of  the  ir  M\  1689. 

P^SENT,     The  Governo',  M'  Saltonstall, 

The  Deputy  Gov',  M"^  Wintlu-ope,  lu  : , 

INI''  Endecott,  M"'  Stoughton, 

M'  Bellingham,  &  Incr :  Nowell. 
M''  Humfirey, 

M*  JOHN   HOGGES   was    remitted    three    pounds  of  his   fine   of  five 
pounds./ 
An  attachment  was  granted  against  the  wife  of  Sam :  Finch  for  her  ap- 
pearance at  the  next  Court./ 

Ilich''d  Pepper,  for  his  extortion,  was  fined  5*./ 

The  towne  of  Roxbeny,  for  neglect  of  theii-  order  about  swine,  was 
fined  ten  pounds  ;  but  they  are  to  bee  exempted  w''''  did  endeavo"^  to  execute 
the  order./ 

James  Luxford  being  Jpsented  for  haveing  two  wifes,  liis  last  marriage 
was  declared  voyde,  or  a  nullity  thereof,  &  to  bee  divorced,  not  to  come  to  the 
sight  of  her  whom  hee  last  tooke,  &  hee  to  bee  sent  away  for  England  by  the 
first  opportunity ;  all  that  hee  hath  is  appointed  to  her  whom  hee  last  married, 
for  her  &  her  children ;  hee  is  also  fined  100*,  &  to  bee  set  in  the  stocks  an 
houre  vpon  a  market  day  after  the  lecture,  the  next  lecture  day  if  the  weather 
pmit,  or  else  the  next  lecture  day  after./ 

M'  Samu :  Maverick  paid  in  5*  of  his  recognisance  of  10* ;  the  other  was 
respited  till  it  appear  whether  it  may  bee  recovered  from  James  Meadecalfe./ 

Marmaduke  Peirce,  being  indited  vpon  suspition  of  murther,  was  found 
not  guilty,  but  was  bound  to  the  good  behavio"',  &  to  appeare  at  the  next 
Court,  &  to  pay  the  witnesses,  &  Nico :  Davies  was  boimd  in  20*  for  his  ap- 
pearance./ 

The  lury  which  went  vpon  Peirce :  — 
Nicho :  Willis,  James  Garret, 

Robert  Scot,  RoVt  Cutler, 

•  John  Button,  Willi :  French, 

Griffin  Bowen,  Thorn  :  Brigham, 

Willi :  Dade,  RoVt  Saund''s, 

Steven  Fosditch,  Pog"'  Shawe. 


3  December. 


284  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

16  3  9.  Elnor  Peirce  her  husband  was  bound  in  10'  for  her  good  behavio',  &  to 

bring  her  to  stand  in  the  market  place  the  next  market  day  w*'>  a  paper  for 
her  hght  behaWo'./ 

Quick  was  appointed  to  stand  in  the  market  place  w"»  a  paper,  for 
her  light  behavio"'  the  next  5"'  day./ 
a.  Lewes  Hewlet,  for  his  extortion,  was  fined  20sh%  &  was  bound  over  in 

10*  to  the  fii-st  month  for  his  contemptuous  speaches./ 

Jane  Robinson,  for  disorder  in  her  house,  drunkennes,  &  light  behavio"" 
was  censured  to  bee  severely  whiped./ 

INIargaret  Hindersani  was  censui'ed  to  stand  in  the  market  place  w">  a 
paper  the  next  market  day,  for  her  ill  beha\-io'',  &  her  husband  was  bound  in 
5*  for  her  good  behavio'",  &  to  bring  her  to  the  market  place  at  the  time  ap- 
pointed for  her  to  stand  there./ 

Thomas  Dickerson  was  censured  to  bee  severely  wliiped,  &  condemned 
to  slavery./ 

Robert  Penyar,  for  his  vnclean  attempt,  &  his  flying  when  hee  should 
have  appeared,  was  censured  to  bee  whiped./ 

John  Vaughan  is  to  appear  at  the  next  Court./ 
a.  Isaac  Deesbro  is  bound  in  10*  to  appear  at  the  next  Court  at  Salem,  &  at 

the  next  Quarter  Coixrt  at  Boston./ 
a.  John  Pai-rington  is  bound  w*  Deesbro  in  10*  for  his  appearance./ 

[*272.]  *M"'  Thomas  Allen,  appearing,  was  discharged,  the  painting  being  before 

his  time,  &  disliked  of  him./ 
Ss-  The  towne   of  Salem,  for  not  keeping   constant  watch  this   suiner,  was 

fined  lOsh'./ 

An  attachment  was  granted  against  Ipswich,  because  none  appeared  to 
answer  for  their  defective  wayes,  &  lOsh'  costs./ 

Concord,  for  not  giveing  in  a  transcript  ^  their  lands,  was  fined  5sh', 
&  for  neglecting  their  watch  lOsh'./ 

Dedham,  for  want  of  weights  &  measures,  was  fined  5sh^/ 
Cambridge,  for  defect  of  the  way  at  Vine  Brooke  &  Long  Swampe,  are 
referd  to  the  former  fine  of  5*./ 

And  for  want  of  stocks  are  fined  5sh'./ 
And  for  neglect  of  a  constant  watch  are  fined  lOsh'./ 
442-  Charlestowne  meeting  house  is  alowed  for  a  watchhouse./ 

Linn,  for  not  keeping  constant  watch,  is  fined  lOsh'./ 
And  for  want  of  sealed  weights  is  fined  5sh^/ 
And  for  not  giveing  in  a  transcript  of  their  lands,  5'./ 


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285 


Boston,  for   defect  of   their  wayes  between  Powder  Home   Hill  &  the 

written  tree,  is  fined  SOsli",  &  cnioyned  to  mend  them./ 

Dorchester,  for  not  bringing  in  a  transcript  of  their  lands,  are  fined  5sh*./ 

Waymoth,  for  want  of  a  sufficient  watch  house,  is  fined  5^/ 

And  for  neglect  of  keeping  constant  watch  is  fined  10'./ 

And  for  not  delivering  in  a  transcript  of  their  lands  is  fined  5sh'./ 

And  Waymoth,  for  not  looking  to   the  execution  of  their   order  about 

swine,  Waymoth  is  fined  3*./ 

Hingham,  for  not  making  sufficient  fences,  is  fined  5sh',  &  hath  time  to 

mend  their  fences  till  the  -l""  month./ 

And  for  defect  in  their  high  wayes  are  fined  10sh^/ 

And  for  not  keeping  constant  watch,  Hingam  is  fined  lOsh"./ 

Leif?  Duncan  is  appointed  to  take  an  inventory  of  the  goods  of  Sarah 

Lishe,  to  pay  the  legacies,  &  to  keepe  the  rest  till  further  order./ 

The  Governo''  had  leave  to  keepe     ^     a  Naviganset  Indian  &  his  wife./ 


16  3  9. 


3  December. 


442- 


*A  Courte,  held  at  Boston,  the  30'"  of  the  11"  M",  1639. 


1G39-40. 


P'SENT,    The  Governo'', 

M'  Humfrey, 

30  January. 

The  Deputy  Gov'', 

&  Increase  Nowell. 

[*273.] 

INI''  Bellingham, 

WILLIA:M  WALTHAM,  for  being  drunke  aboard  the  ship  called  the 
Bristowe  Marchant,  w''''  hee  confessed,  was  fined  twenty  shillings,  it 
being  the  first  time  that  hee  was  knowen  to  bee  drrm.ke,  &  so  was  seriously 
admonished,  &  dismissed.     This  20'  was  paid  in./ 

John  Vaughan,  haveing  defiled  ^  ,  &  refused  to  marry  her,  was 
coinitted  to  prison  till  hee  should  give  sufficient  security  to  pvide  both  for  the 
mother  &  the  child,  or  marry  her  whom  hee  hath  defiled./ 


A  Court  of  Assistants,  held  at  Boston,  a  Quarter  Court,  the  3"" 
Day  of  the  First  Month,  1639-1640. 


P'SENT,    The  Governo'', 

The  Deputy  Gov"", 
M''  Bellingham, 
M'  Humfrey, 
M"^  Winthi-ope,  luni ; 


M'  Saltonstall, 
M"'  Bradstreete, 
M''  Stoughton, 
&  Incr :  Nowell. 


3  March. 


286  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


1639-40.    T)  ICH^D  PEPPER  his  fine  of  5  pounds  is  remitted  to  6'  8\  w"''  hee  paid./ 
*~    'f       ^    JLV;     Thorn:  Davenport,  for  huiriug  Jolui  Parish  to  cast  baules  of  paste, 

w*  copperas  in  them,  &  cast  it  into  a  mans  yard,  was  admonished  seriously  to 

take  heed  of  doing  the  like./ 

There   is   ten   pounds   delivered   the  Goveriio'^  by  one  that  had  failed  by 

taking  too  great  prizes  for  liis  coiiiodities.     Hee  hath  satisfied  the  parties  whom 

hee  sould  the  coiiiodities  vnto./ 

Thom  :  Blumfeild  is  appointed  administrator   to   his  father,  John   Blum- 

feild,  deceased,  &  to  have  the  house  &  ground ;  &  the  lame  daughter  to  have 

the  overplus  of  the  goods  not  disposed  of./ 
The  will  &  inventory  to  bee  recorded./ 

Samu :  Basse  his  fine  of  5*,  vpon  his  petition,  was  remitted  liim./ 
Micha :  Iver,  being  called,  &  not  appearing,  forfected  his  recognisance./ 
This  Courte  gave  way  to  the  Governo'  to  free  his  servant,  Thom  :  Philips, 

80  far  as  they  have  power./ 

Hester  Ketcham  is  freed  from  her  servise  w"^  her  m',  John  "Woolrige, 

&  the  said  m''  enioyned  to  give  .    ^      Ketcham  20sh'  charges  ;  &  the  said  m"", 

John  Woolrige,  is  bound  to  his  good  behavio'',  &  enioyned  to  appear  at  the 

Court  the  7"*  &  next,  &  to  put  in  sufficient  caution  for  the  good  behavio'  «&; 

appearance./ 

M"'  John   Coggan  had  authority  given   him    to    receive   of  M""  Willi : 

Tyng  9.  8sh%  for  w"^"*  M'  Coggan  is  to  free  M"'  Ting  as  the  Court  shall  direct, 

&  bee  I'esponsall  for  the  same./ 

John  Knight  is  bound  in  5*  to  appear  at  the  Court  at  Boston,  the  2'* 

month./ 

John  Dunvard  bound  his  land,  &  20'  more,  to  appear  at  the  next  Court./ 
Lewes  Hewlet,  not  appearing,  forfected  his  recognisance  of  10*./ 
Isaack  Deesbro  &  John  Farrington  forfected  their  recognisance./ 
jSIarniaduke  Peirce,  appearing,  was  discharged,  being  enioyned  to  pay  the 

witnesses  as  hee  should  bee  able./ 

M'  Henry  Seawall,  for  liis  contemptuous  speach  &  carriage  to  M"'  Salton- 

stall,  was  enioyned  to  acknowledg  his  fault  publikely  at  Ipswich  Court,  &  to 

bee  of  good  behavio'',  &  was  enioyned  to  appear-  at  the  next  Quarter  Court, 

vnles  the  Com-t  of  Ips'n'ich  do  release  him  from  the  good  behavio""  &  from  his 

appearance  at  the  Quarter  Comt;  hee  bound  liira  selfe  in  66*  13'  4**  for  his 

appearance  &  good  behavio"'./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  287 

*  The  30'"  of  the  2"  Month,  @  1640.     A  Perticider  Court,  held  at  Boston,    1  G  4  0 . 

for  small  Causes. 


P^SENT,      The  Goveino"',  M'  Staughton, 

The  Deputy  Gov'',  &  Increase  NoweU. 

The  Treasu :,  M-^  Bel :, 

THOMAS  BUCKMASTER,  being  in  distres,  is  granted  thirty  bushells 
of  come,  &  money  to  make  it  vp  ten  pounds,  w'^''  was  appointed  to  be 
paid  him  by  the  Treasurer./ 

John  Clare  is  fined  20sh=  for  being  drunke,  sv'^^  Christofer  Grant  vnder- 
tooke  to  satisf)'./ 

John  Pope,  for  his  unchast  attempt  upon  a  girle,  &  dalliance  w""  niaydes, 
&  rebellios  or  stubborne  carriage  against  liis  master,  was  censured  to  bee 
severely  whiped./ 

John  Danvard,  being  accused  of  uncleannes,  was  bound  in  20*  to  appear 
at  the  Court  the  4"^  month,  vnles  hee  avoyde  out  of  Waymoth  before  that,  & 
to  pay  the  cunstable  20*  for  witnesses./ 

George  Palmer  having  coiiiitted  folly  w"^  Margeiy  Rugs,  thi-ough  her 
allurement,  because  hee  confessed  volentarily,  hee  was  onely  set  in  the  stocks, 
&  so  dismissed./ 

Margery  Rugs,  for  intiseing  &  allureing  George  Palmer,  was  censured  to 
bee  severely  whiped./ 

Charles  Towne  haveing  chosen  Rob't  Longe  to  sell  wine,  this  Court  doth 
alow  him  till  the  Quarter  Court./ 

Boston  haveing  chosen  William  Hudson  to  keepe  an  ordinary,  this  Coiut 
doth  alow  him  till  the  Quarter  Courte./ 

Nathaniell  Travell,  appearing,  was  admonished  to  acknowledg  his  offence 
in  his  scandolos  &  slaunderos  speaches  of  severall  psons,  w"""  hee  pmised  to 
do,  &  to  take  advise  ;  &  so  the  Court  discharged  him  upon  trial!./ 


30  April. 
[*2T-1.] 


*Jt  a  Generall  Court  of  Elections,  held  at  Boston,  the  IS'"  of  the  3'"     [*275.] 

M%  (a)  1640.  '^^^"J- 

P'SENT,  The  Go^erno',  M''  John  Winthrope,  lu  :, 

The  Deputy  Gov',  M''  Rich  :  Saltonstall, 

M''  John  Winthrope,  Seni :,  ^M""  Symon  Bradstreete, 

M''  John  Endccott,  M"'  Israeli  Stoughton, 

M''  John  Humfrey,  Increase  Nowell ; 


M" 


288  THE  KECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

Deputies  jpsent, 

M'  Joseph  Pecke,  M'  Thorn  :  Fllnte, 

M"  James  Bates,  AP  Rich  :  GrifBng, 

M"'  Thorn  :  Ginner,  IM"'  Peter  Nois, 

M"^  Edward  Bates,  M'  EdW  Allen, 

M""  Natha  :  Duncan,  M"'  Ralph  Wheelock, 

M'^  John  Glover,  ^M''  Tym  :  Tomlins, 

Willi :  Heathe,  Ens  :  Rich :  Walker, 

WilU  :  Parks,  M-"  Willi :  Hauthorne, 

Cap  :  Edw"*  Gibons,  ISI''  Townsend  Bishope, 

M"-  Willi :  Tynge,  M"'  Sam  :  Symonds, 

Cap  :  Rob''t  Sedgwick,  Capt  Dani :  Denison, 

Leif  t  Ral :  Sprage,  M""  John  Woodbridge, 

M'  Joseph  Cooke,  M"'  Thomas  Nelson, 

M''  Sam  :  Sheopard,  M'  Christo  :  Batt, 

-  M'  Thorn  :  Maj'hewe,  M^  John  Crosse. 

'  Cap  :  Willi :  Jennison, 

'^  THOMAS  DUDLEY,  Esf>,  was  chosen  Governo'  for  this  f>sent  yeare 

ensuing,  &  did  take  his  oathe./ 
M'  Rich''d  BelHngham  was  chosen  Deputy  Gov'^no''  for  this  ^sent  yeare 

ensuing,  &  did  take  his  oath./ 

M'  John  Winthrope,  Seni :,  was  chosen  an  Assistant,  &  did  take  his  oathe 

to  that  place  belonging./ 

M''  John  Endecott  was  chosen  an  Assistant,  &  did  take  liis  oathe./ 
M""  John  Humfrey  was  chosen  an  Assistant,  &  did  take  his  oathe./ 
M'^  John  Winthrope,  luni :,  was  chosen  an  Assistant,  &  did  take  his  oathe./ 
M'  Rich^d  Saltonstall  was  chosen  an  Assistant,  &  did  take  his  oathe./ 
M"^  Symon  Bradstreete  was  chosen  an  Assistant,  &  did  take  his  oath./ 
M''  Israeli  Stoughton  was  chosen  an  Assistant,  &  did  take  his  oathe./ 
Increase  Nowell  was  chosen  an  Assistant,  &  did  take  his  path./ 
TsP  William  Tynge  was  chosen  Treasm-er  for  tliis  yeare,  &  did  take  ^  ^  ./ 
443—  M"^  Natha :  Duncan  &  Capt  Rob''t  Sedgwick  were  appointed  to  ioyne  w"' 

the  newe  Treasurer  to  take  the  accounts  of  the  ould  Treasurers./ 
443—  The  former  three  are  appointed  to  examine  S''  Rich'd  Saltonstalls  demands 

of  160  &  od  pounds  layd  out  8  years  ago./ 

The  to'mie  of  Hingham  is  alowed  12'   1.5sh^  for  the   chai'ge  of  Thorn: 

Painter ;  for  the  other  3*  the  towne  is  to  have  the  acre  of  land  w'^''  they  bought 

for  him./ 
PI.  The  petition  of  the  inhabitants  of  Salem  for  some  of  their  church  to  have 

JefFrj-es  Creekc,  &  land  to  erect  a  village  there,  for  ^I"'  Willi :  Walton,  John 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  289 

Blacke,  Willi :  Allen,  Sam  :  Orchard,   Geo  :  Norton,  ^d,  comp^ ;  what  land     1  G  4  0. 
&  inlargment  may  bee  convenient,  &  is  not  granted  to  any  other  plantation,  is    '       ' 
granted  them ;  &  it  is  referred  to  M''  John  Winthrope,  lunior,  &  M"'  Symon 
Bradstreete,  to  settle  the  bounds  of  the  said  village./ 

The  j)etition  of  the  inhabitants  of  Sudberiy  for  the  addition  of  a  mile  in  B. 
length  vpon  the  south  east  &  south  west  sides  of  their  plantation  is  granted,  j "  '^  " 
pvided  it  may  not  hinder  a  newe  plantation,  if  there  may  bee  convenient 
place  &  accoinodations  for  one,  nor  may  not  hinder  M"^^  Glover's  farme  of  sixc 
hundred  acres,  formerly  granted,  &  appointed  to  bee  set  out  formerly  by  M"^ 
Thom :  Mayhewe  &  M'  Thom :  Flinte,  w'^''  now  they  are  a  newe  authorished 
to  do,  &  they  are  desired  to  consider  of  this  addition,  &  set  out  the  same, 
except  before  excepted  that  it  may  bee  found  fit  for  a  newe  plantation./ 

M^  Hemy  Flint  acknowledged  his  failing  in  subscribing  the  petition,  or  Ji'  Hen : 
remonstrance,  formerly,  &  desired  his  name  might  bee  blotted  out,  w'='^  was  ];,;„„,j'^^, " 
granted  him./ 

The  4000  acres  granted  to  Roxberry  is  ordered  to  bee  set  out  to  them,  Roxb. 
in  four  severall  places  at  the  most,  where  they  may  not  piudice  any  planta-  .  °^  ^'^ 
tion  already  setled,  or  that  may  bee  fit  for  a  plantation,  but  for  furthering  of 
villages ;  &  the  part  of  M''  Thom :  Dudley,  the  |?sent  Governo'',  of  the  said 
4000  acres,  460  &  od,  to  bee  made  500  acres,  w*  is  to  bee  taken  by  him 
adioyneing  to  liis  land  vpon  Concord  Ryver,  &  Capt  Jeanison  &  M'^  John 
Oliver  are  appointed  to  set  out  the  severall  parcells,  all  but  the  Governo"^',  & 
to  make  certificate  thereof  to  the  Generall  Courte./     Sup.  383. 

•M'  Edward  AUeyn  was  granted  leave  to  looke  after  passingers  &  goods      r*2T6.1 
consigned  to  him./ 

Rowely  is  granted  two  years  iiiiunity  from  publike  charge  in  regard  of 
their  great  losse,  &  charge  by  purchasing  of  land,  &  hindcrance  of  planting 
the  last  yeare./ 

M'  Willi :  Paine  is  granted  his  300  acres  of  ground,  bought  of  Cap?  son  aw-cs 
Patrick,  to  bee  layd  out  to  Rowley  bounds,  where  it  may  not  ^udicc  any  newe  vyl"p'!|-  ? 
plantation  nor  any  former  grant./ 

Increase  Nowell  is  chosen  Secretary  for  the  ycare  ensuing,  &  till  a  ncwc  M'  Nowell, 
bee  chosen./  ^""'''■ 

M"'  Willi :  Hauthorne,  M'  Samu  :  Symonds,  &  M"^  Tymo :  Tomlins  are  to  h  :  w : 
set  out  the  nearest,  cheapest,  safest,  &  most  convenient  way  between  Linn  &  ^^"^  between 

^  '  •'  Lynn&.Win- 

Winnetsemet,  &  to  settle  it  accordingly./  scm>. 

M'  Edward  Woodman,   M''  Willi :    Paine,   &  M''   Thom :   Nelson    are  B. 
appointed  to  veiwe  &  settle  the  bounds  between  Hampton  &  Colchester,  &  f'"">'«f'<^ '» •■>.v 

out  Colchester 

to  make  returne  to  the  Courte./  bounds, 

vol,.   I.  37 


290  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLO^NT  OF 

1G4  0.  M'   Robert  Keayne  had   120*  of  his   fine   remitted   liim,  so  that  there 

'       '^       ^    rcmaincs  onelv  80*  to  bee  paid  by  him./ 
13  May.  •'  . 

M'  Ke-ine  120  ^^^i^i :  Hudson  is  alowed  to  keepe  an  ordinary  in  Boston./ 


Arthur  Sanden  is  alowed  to  keepe  an  ordinary  at  Marbleheade./ 
M'^  Robert  Longe  is  alowed  to  drawe  wine  at  Charlestowne./ 


rcmited. 
V\'"  Hudson' 
lie. 

Arth :  Sanden  -pj^g  Lady  Deborah  Moody  is  granted  400  acres  of  land  where  it  may 

licenc. 

Rob"  Lono-s      '^ot  liinder  a  jjlantation,  nor  any  former  grant./ 

^'^^°'"''  Charlestowne  is  granted  their  petition,  that  is,  two  miles  at  theu-  head 

Lady  Moody  "  ^^^^'  pvided  it  fall  not  w*in  the  bounds  of  Linn  village,  &  that  they  build 
grant  of  400      .„,thjn  two  yeares./ 

acres.  "^  ' 

p]^  The  desires  of  M'  Ward  &  Newberry  men  is  coiiiitted  to  the  Governor, 

CharisTouue    deputy  Governor,  &    W  Winthrope,    Senior,  to   consider    of  Patucket,   & 

additiou. 

A^^_  Coijchawick,  &  to  grant   it  them,  pvided  they  returne  answer  w*in  three 

Aus'  to  M'        weeks  fro  the  21""  ©sent,  &  that  they  build  there  before  the  next  Courte./ 

Ward,  &  New-  j^  •'  _  _  ' 

bcy  mens  do-  M""  Thoni :  Oliver  is  granted  15*  for  recovering  Daniell  Mansfelt,  have- 

,,    '.      _,.      ing  had  him  in  hand  since  winter  was  twelue  month,  &  being  yet  further  to 

M'  Tho :  Oil-  °  '  o    J 

uers  recomp.      help  him,  hee  was  so  frozen./ 

Mansfelt"  I'  i^  Ordered^  that  such  land  &  medowe  at  Conihasset  as  shall  fall  w"'in 

frozen.  ^y^^   iurisdiction    shalbee    confered  vpon  Hingham,  &   that  M"^  Duncan,  M' 

Connihasset   '  Glover,  Willi :  Heathe,  &  Willi :  Pai'ke,  or  any  three   of  them,  shall  have 
land  &  meadow  pQ^^yrer  to  dispose  thereof  to  the  inhabitants  there,  according  to  their  number  of 

in  our  line  to 

Hingham.         psons  &  estates,  for  the  most  benefit  of  the  towne,  havcing  consideration  of 
such  quantities  of  land  &  medowe  as  have  bene  formerly  aloted  to  the  said 
inhabitants,  so  as  such  as  have  fallen  short  in  former  distributions  may  ha^"e 
supply  by  this./ 
Tr :  It  is  ordered,  that  the  Treasurer  shall  receive  all  the  fines,  &  the  Sec- 

rctarv  is  freed  from  medling;  w""  anv  of  the  fines  hereafter./ 

ceive  all  tines.  •"  o  j  i 

Q',\i-_  It  is  ordered,  that  the  time  of  the  begiiiing  of  lectures  shalbee  left  to  the 

aw   •''1".=:        cliurchcs,  &  the  former  order  is  repealed./ 

time  for  leeture  '  ^  ' 

repealed.  j\Ir  Treasurer,  M'"  Samu :  Sheopd,  &  Leif!  Sprage  have  power  to  let  the 

1*  er :  fg].j.y  between  Boston  &  Charlstowne  to  whom  they  see  cause,  when  the  time 

Boston  ferry  to  -^  J  > 

be  lett  out.        of  Edward  Converse  is  expired,  at  their  disci'etion./ 

[*277.]  *M'"  Israeli  StoughtOn  is  discharged  from  his   place,  of  caj^taine  over  the 

J-!  ,'^"i",  '°°    company  of  Dorchester  upon  his  owne  motion./ 

Associats.  ISI''  Emanuel   Downing,  M''  Willi :  Ilauthorne,  M"'  ^Vills,  &  ]\I''  Holioke 

are  appointed  to  ioyiie  w*  the  magistrals  of  Salem,  to  assist  them  in  keeping 
their  Courts./ 

M'  Samuell  Symonds,  M''  Willi:  Ilubberd,  ISI'  Rich:  Duiner,  &  M"^ 
Thorn :  Nelson  are  appointed  to  ioyne  ^v"'  the  magistrates  of  Ipswich,  to  assist 
them  in  keeping  their  Courts./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  291 

For  other  towiies,  those  w'^''  were  the  last  yeare  arc  appointed  to  coutninc 
this  year,  to  end  small  businesses  vnder  20811"./ 

It  is  declared,  that  the  flats  round  about  Nodlos  Hand  do  belong  to  Nodles 
Hand  to  the  ordinary  lo%ve  water  marke./ 

Willi :  Haward  is  desired  as  a  scrgcnt  to  exercise  the  comp''  at  Hampton,     "   "^  *  ™  ' 

\V»  H.award, 

&  John  Crosse  is  appointed  survcyar  of  the  armes  there./  sarj.,  Hampto. 

IS!"'  Christo :  Batt  is  desired  to  traine  the  company  at  Colechester./  ^^'  i^"*'  *" 

trayne  Colches- 

John  Remington  is  desired  to  traine  the  company  at  Eowley./  tcr. 

M"^  Brian  Pendleton  is  desired  to  traine  the  comp"  at  Sudberry,  &  il""  jn«  Kemin<r- 
Peter  Nois  is  appointed  surveyar  of  the  armes  at  Sudberry./ 

■^  ^  •  •'  '  Pete  Noys, 

The  order  for  writing  to  the  Naviganset  Indians  was  voted,  &  coiiiited  to  su^'. 

.1       /-<  r  I  Lctte  to  Nar- 

the  (jtoverno^/ 

'  ragansct  In- 

Edward  Palmers  fine  of  5*  was  remited  him  to  10%  W"*"  hee  p'./  diaus. 

The  order  w*  restrained  buildings  not  to  bee  above  halfe  a  mile  from  the  „     '    ^   .  ' 

~  Ord'  rcstrcing 

meeting  house  is  repealed,  and  Willi :  Liiddington  Ms  failing  therein  is  re-  '^"w.  huMh^n; 

4  mile  repealed. 

mited  liim/ 

Slartin  Saunders  is  alowed  to  draw  wine  at  Braintree./  444— 

Martin  Sauiid's 

The  petition  of  the  inhabitants  of  ]\Iount  Woollaston  was  voted,  &  granted  uj, 
them  to  bee  a  towne  according  to  the  agreemen'  w"*  Boston ;  pvided,  that  if  Br : 
they  fulfill  not  the  covenant   made  w'"  Boston,  &  hcarto  affixed,  it  shalbee  in  «''°f""™sWp 

•'  'to  Braiitry. 

the  power  of  Boston  to  recover  their  due  by  action  against  the  said  inhabitants,  c. 

or  any  of  them,  &  the  towne  is  to  bee  called  Braintree./  Bramtry. 

It  was  agreed  w*''  o""  neighbors  of  Blount  ^^^oollaston,  vid :,  WilUani  Chees-  CondiCons  of 
brooke,  Alexander  Winchester,  Eich:  Weight,  James  Penniman,  i6,  in  the  t^B^^tra  ""  ^ 
name  of  the  rest,  (for  whom  they  vndertooke,)  that  they  should  give  to  Boston 
4sli'  the  acre  for  2  acr  of  the  7  a5  formerly  granted  to  divers  in  of  Boston, 
upon  expectation  they  should  have  continued  still  w"'  us,  &  3^  the  aH  for 
eueiy  acre  w*  hath  bene  or  shalbee  granted  to  any  others  who  are  not  inhab- 
itants of  Boston,  &  that,  in  consideration  hereof,  &  after  the  said  portions  of 
money  shalbee  paid  to  the  towne  treasure,  all  the  said  lands  shalbee  free  from 
any  towne  rates  or  charges  to  Boston ;  &  upon  these  tearmes,  &  also  from  all 
countiy  rates  assessed  w*"*  Boston,  but  to  bee  rated  by  the  Court  by  its  selfe  ; 
pvided,  that  tliis  order  shall  not  extend  to  any  more  or  other  lands  then  such 
as  shall  make  payment  of  the  said  rates  so  agreed  upon  of  4'  &  3'  the  ac^ ; 
and  upon  the  former  consideration  there  is  granted  to  the  mount  all  that  rockye 
ground  Ipng  betn-cene  the  Fresh  Brooke  &  INI''  Coddingtons  brooke,  adioyn- 
ing  to  M"^  Haughs  farme,  &  from  the  west  corner  of  that  faraie  to  the  south- 
most  comer  of  M"'  Hutchinsons  farme,  to  bee  reserved  &  used  in  coiiion  for- 
ever bv  the  inhabitants  &  landhoulders  there  together,  w*  an  other  parccll  of 


292  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

rockie  ground  near  to  the  Knights  Neck,  w''^  was  left  out  of  the  tliird  com- 
pany of  lots,  excepting  all  such  grounds  lying  among  or  near  those  said  rockye 
grounds,  fonSly  granted  in  lots  to  pticuler  psons./ 

And  there  is  granted  to  M"^  Tompson,  pastor  of  the  said  chuixh,  120 
acres,  &  to  W  Flint  80  acres,  w*  are  to  bee  free  fro  the  rate  of  3"  the  ad./ 
[*278.]  *Thora  :  Cheesholme  is  granted  to  draw  wine  at  Cambridge./ 

Tho :  Ches-  Robert  Andros  is  granted  to  draw  wine  at  Ipswich,  w""  the  conditions  of 

holms  licenC  at 

Carabr.  the  townc./ 

licencatlps-  ^^  ^^   ordered,  that  no  man  should  carry  over  any  other  at  a  fferry  w"^  a 

"'^'^'^-  canooe,  vnder  paine  to  forfet  the  canoo  to  the  treasury./ 

'^~  M'^  Edward  Woodman,  M"'  Christo :  Batt,  &  Jolm  Crosse  are  appointed 

Cannoo'  for- 

bidd  to  trans-     (when  the  Way  is  setled)  to  settle  the  fferiy  where  they  thinke  meete./ 
naty'.'"^'"^"  The  Order  that  restrained  pipe  staves,  plank,  &  other  wrought  timber 

Newbeiy  ferry    from  being  transported  is  repealed./ 

to  be  setled.  ,      .    , 

Orde' restrara-  "Widowe  Fisher,  of  Dedham,  hath  liberty  to  take  admimstration  of  the 

iiig  pipe  staves  „oods  of  hcr  husband,  &  hath  liberty  to  sell  halfe  her  lot,  for  the  bringing  up 

repealled. 

WiddowFish-    of  her  children./ 

c's  adm'racon.  j^  -^   ordered,  that  the  23*  8=  6^  layd  out  by  Capt  Gibons  shalbee  p* 

Capt  Gibbon- to 

berepajdfor      him,  vid :,   13'  8"  6"^  by  Watertowne,  &  10*  by  Cambridge;  &  also  Cambridge 

Indians  for       ^^  ^°  o^^^  Squa  Sachem  a  coate  every  winter  while  shee  liveth./ 

Wat',  13.  8.  6 ;  Such  as  go  to  Linn  village  are  for  2  years  exempted  from  publike  rates, 

Cambr.,  10''. 

Linn  Villao^.      '"'^  i*  to  begin  \\  hcn  7  houses  are  built  &  7  fiimilies  are  setled  there,  &  onely 

exeption  from     f^^.  ^^^^  ^^  ^^^  ^^^^^^^  ^^^^.^j 
rates  tor  2  yeer.  ' 

Sudbury  ex-  Sudberry  is  for  one  yeare  exempted  from  rates  from  this  day,  being  the 

cmp.  fori  yeer.   ^q,,  ^^  ^j^^  3,,  ^^^   ^q_^q^ 

L.  M''  Pelham  &  M'  Walgrave  are  granted  their  lots  at  Sudbury  absolutely, 

M'  Pelham  &    w*out  Condition  of  dwelling  there,  onely  M'  Pelham  pmised  to  build  a  house 

51'  Walgraues  _  _ 

lots  at  Sud-      there,  &  settle  a  family  there,  &  to  bee  there  as  much  as  hee  could  in  the  suiner 
^^'  time./ 

Rouiey  bounds  It  is  declared,  that  Rowley  bounds  is  to  bee  8  miles  from  tlieii-  meeting 

f"^J    T,r      house,  in  a  straight  line,  &  then  a  crose  line  diameter  from  Ipswich  Rp-er  to 
meeting  house.  Merrimack  Ryver,  where  it  doth  not  ^udice  any  former  grant./     Infr  :  458. 

L.  Vpon  the  petition  of  Robert  Saltonstall  that  the   1000  acres  granted  for- 

Kobc't°Saiton-  ™erly  to  his  fiither,  S'^  Rich'd  Saltonstall,  might  bee  confii-med  at  Quocliituake, 
stalls  petiCon    it  was  refcred  to  Capt  Jeanison,  M''  Joseph  Cooke,  &  Serg'  Oliver,  or  any  two 

ab'  his  fathers 

1030  acres.        of  them,  to  veiwe  it,  &  if  it  bee  not  a  hinderance  to  a  plantation,  it  is  granted 

Abreviation  of    '^^^■1 

y  lawes  to  be  Whereas  a  breviate  of  lawes  was  formerly  sent  foiuth  to  bee  considered 

considcrd  of  by 

}' next  Court,    by  the  elders  of  the  churches  &  other  freemen  of  this  coiiion  wclth,  it  is  now 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  293 

desired  that  they  ■will  cndcvo"'  to  ripen  thek  thoughts  &  counsclls  about   the     1  G  4  0. 
same  by  the  Ger^crall  Court  in  the  next  8"*  ifi./  "       ''       ^ 

13  Mav 

This  Court,  takcinsr  into  consideration  hoAV  the  liberty  of  the  freemen  in 

'  .  446- 

matter   of  election   of  magistrates,  ^G,  may  bee   ^served,  &  w*all  how  dewe  y  mann'  of 

order  may  bee  setled  in  the  exercise  of  this  Kberty,  it  is  ordered,  that  at  such  P™'^^<=<^'"S  ^^' 

■'  ,  '  '  elections. 

generall  meeting  in  the  severall  townes  as  the  deputies  shalbee  chosen  for  the 

Generall  Court  in  the  7"",  8"',  or  9""  ifi,  the  said   deputies,  being  so   chosen, 

shall  ppound  to  the  freemen  ■s\liom  they  woidd  have  put  to   nomination  for 

magistrates  at  the  next  Court  of  Elections,  &  shall  then  set  doM'ne  the  names 

of  such  as   shalbee   so   nominated,  &  the  certaine  number  of  votes  Vf'=^  every 

man  so  named  shall  have,  &  shall  make  a  true  returne  of  the  same  at  the  next 

Generall  Court ;  &  then  the  magistrates  &  deputies  conferiug  all  their  retunies 

from  their  severall  townes  together,  they  shall  take  note  of  so  many  as  have 

the  greater  number  of  votes  *from  the  severall  townes,  till  they  have  so  many      [*279.] 

(if  so  many  bee  returned)  as  will  make  up  the  full  number  of  Assistants,  &  To  brins  to 

noiniaation. 

those  names  to  bee  returned  back  by  the  dej^uties  to  the  severall  townes,  that 
the  freemen  may  consider  of  them  against  the  next  Court  of  Elections,  to 
choose  or  refuse,  as  they  shall  see  good ;  &  at  the  said  Court  of  Elections 
none  shalbee  voted  for  newe  magistrats  but  such  as  shall  come  to  nomination 
in  the  order  aforesaid./ 

This  order  to  bee  of  force  till  the  end  of  the  Generall  Court,  in  the  3''  or 
4"'  111,  the  next  yeare,  &  no  longer,  except  it  bee  further  confirmed  tlien./ 

The  ordinary  watches  &  wards,  in  times  of  peace,  shalbee  set  by  the  cun-  447— 

stables  in  the  severall  townes ;  but  in  times  of  sudden  danger  of  any  enemy,  Constables 

watches  in 

the  millitary  officers  shall  take  charge  thereof,  &  all  men  shalbee  compellable  times  of  peace, 
to  watch  &  ward,  except  masistrats,  officers   of  churches,  schoolmast",  cap?,  ^^'"''"y 

>  >■  O  '  >  '       i-  >  watches  in 

leift,  &  ensigues,  the  Treasurer,  &  such  as  are  associate  to  the  magistrate  in  the  times  of  dan- 
Courts,  &  such  other  that  have  bene  brought  vp  in  learning  as  any  2  magis- 
trats shall  thinke  meete  to  discharge ;  but  the  servants  of  all  these  shall  not 
bee  exempted./ 

The  iland  sometimes  called  Conants  Ilaiid,  w'"''  was  formerly  granted  to  Rent  for  y> 
]\I''  John  A^'inthrojie  uj)on  the  yearly  rent  of  one  hogshead  of  wine,  as  by  the  ,  ™  "°  1   "' 
order  of  the  3  of  Aprill,  1632,  ||March  4,   1634-5,  page  141,||  appears,  is  nants  island. 
now  granted  &  confirmed  to  the  said  John  "Winthi-ope  &  his  heircs  in  fee 
farme,  for  w"^''  they  arc  to  pay  onely  two  bushels  of  apples  every  3'earc,  —  one 
bushell  to  the  Governo'',  &  another  to  the  Generall  Court  in  winter,  —  the 
same  to  bee  of  the  best  apples  there  gro'wing./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  in  all  places  the  English  shall  keepe  their  cattle  from  F. 
destroying  the  Indians  corne  in  any  ground  where  they  liave  right  to  plant ; 


294 


THE    RECOllDS    OF    THE    COLONY  OF 


1G4  0. 

13  May. 
Indians  come 
to  be  p'served 
by  y"  English. 


448- 

Order  to  en- 
courage manu- 
facture of  lin- 
nen. 


[*280.] 

E.ite  for  1200, 
&  how  to  value 
y"  paym'^  in 
each  towne. 


&  if  any  corne  bee  destroyed  for  want  of  fencing  or  bearding,  the  towne 
sbalbee  liable  to  make  satisfaction,  &  the  townes  shall  have  power  among 
thcmselues  to  lay  the  charge  where  the  occation  of  the  damage  grewe  ;  &  the 
Indians  are  to  bee  incnraged  to  help  towards  the  fensing  in  of  their  corne 
feilds,  pvidcd  that  the  Indians  shall  make  pufe  that  the  cattle  of  such  a  towne, 
farme,  or  pson  did  the  damage./ 

This  Court,  takeing  into  scrios  consideration  the  absolute  necessity  for  the 
raising  of  the  manifacture  of  liiinen  cloth,  ^5,  doth  declare,  that  it  is  the  intent 
of  this  Court  that  there  sbalbee  au  order  sctled  about  it,  &  therefore  doth 
require  the  magistrats  &  deputies  of  the  severall  towues  to  acquaint  the 
townesmen  therew"',  &  to  make  inquiry  what  seede  is  in  eveiy  towne,  what 
men  &  weomeu  are  skilfuU  in  the  braking,  spifiing,  weaving,  what  meanes  for 
the  pviding  of  wheeles,  &  to  consider  w"'  those  skilfull  in  that  manifacture 
what  course  may  bee  taken  to  raise  the  materials  &  pduce  the  manifacture,  & 
what  course  may  bee  taken  for  teaching  the  boyes  &  girlcs  in  all  towiies  the 
si^iiiing  of  the  yarne,  &  to  retm-ne  to  the  next  Court  their  severall  &  iopit 
advise  about  this  tiling.  The  like  consideration  -would  bee  had  for  the  spiiiing 
&  weaveing  of  cotton  woole./ 

*M^-  Peck,  M-^  Bates,  M-^  Wlieellock,  M'  Duncan,  Willi :  Parks,  M"- 
Tyinge,  Capt  Sedgwick,  M'  Shcopard,  M'  Flint,  Ensigne  Walker,  M''  May- 
hewe,  M"'  Hauthorn,  Capt  Dcnlson,  INI'  Woodbridge,  John  Crosse,  &  M" 
Batte  are  appointed  a  coiuitte  to  consider  of  the  time  &  manner  of  paym'  of  a 
rate  of  1200*,  &  to  lay  it  upon  every  towne  pportionablely  ;  &  so  it  was 
ordered,  that  there  should  bee  a  levy  of  1200  raysed,  whereof  'M'  Humfrev  is 
granted  250*  to  relcive  his  necessity.  Tliis  rate  was  ordered  to  bee  paid  at 
two  months./ 

The  pportion  for  the  rate  agreed  upon  is,  for 

Hingham,       .     .     .  J-Ooo*  OOsh^  Charlcstowne, 

Waymoth,      .     .     .  y021  00  Salem,     .     . 

Braintree,       .     .     .  025  00  Linn,       .     . 

Dorchester,    .     .     .  095  00  Ipswich, 

Eoxberiy,       .     .     .  075  00  Ne■^^'eberly, 

Boston,      ....  3-179  00  Colechcster, 

Dedham,  ....  ^030  00  Hampton, 
Concord,  . 
Watertown,    . 
Cambridge,    . 

And  it  was  ordered,  that  in  payment  silver  plate  should  passe  at  5^  the 
ounce  ;  good  ould  Indian  corne,  growing  hear,  being  clean  &  marchantable,  at 
5'  the  buslicll  ;  suiTier  whcate  at  7'  the  bushcU  ;  rye  at  Gsh''  the  bushell./ 


095 

00 

075 

00 

n79 

00 

y030 

00 

5-050 

00 

90 

00 

noo 

00 

^090* 

OOsh' 

nio 

00 

y085 

00 

n20 

00 

65 

00 

015 

00 

yoio 

00 

yi200 

00^  OOJ 

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And  for  horses,  marcs,  cowes,  oxen,  goats,  &  lioggs,  there  is  a  coiiiitte  1  ()  4  0. 
ajipouited  to  valewo  them  in  euery  towne,  w'^  are  required  to  valewe  them  ^  '  "^ 
under  their  worth  rather  then  ahove  their  worth./ 

The  coiuitte  are,  for  Hingham,  John  Porter,  Willi :  Hearsey,  &  John 
Ilubherd  ; 

For  Waymoth,   Nieho :   PliiUps,   Steven   French,   &  Wilh :  Smyth  are 
appointed  .: 

For  Braintree,  vf"^  was  called  Mount  WooUaston,  Martin  Sanders,  Ri : 
Right,  &  Al :  Winchest' ; 

For  Dorchester,  M''  i\.therton,  John  Fillips,  &  Goodiu  Sumner  ; 

For  Roxberry,  M''  George  Alcock,  John  Johnson,  &  Philip  Eliot ; 

For  Boston,  M"^  John  Newgate,  M'^  Hill,  &  Jacob  Eliot ; 

For  Dedham,  Frail  Chickering,  John  Hay  ward,  &  ^licha :  Meadecalfe  ;  449— 

For  Concord,  Symon  Willard,  Thom :  Brooke,  &  Willi :  Woode  ; 

For  Watertowne,  Thom :  Hastings,  John  Coolige,  &  Henry  Bright ; 

For  Cambridge,  Goodiii  Goffe,  Goodiii  ^larret,  &  John  More  ; 

For  Charlestowne,  M''  Longe,  Ezechi :  Rich''dson,  &  AValter  Palmer ; 

For  Salem,  John  Woodberry,  Jeffry  Massey,  &  Thom :  Latluope  ; 

For  Linn,  Goodin  Burton,  Nicho  :  Browne,  &  Goodin  Cooper  ; 

For  Ipswich,  M"^  Willi :  Paine,  Goodin  Giddings,  &  John  Wliipple  ; 

For  Xeweberry,  M"'  Rauson,  M"^  Woodman,  &  Goodin  Haule  ; 

For  Colechester,  Goodm  Munde,  Antho :  Colebie,  &  M''  Winslo :  ; 

For  Hampton,  both  Goodfn  jNIoultons  &  Goodm  Crosse./ 

There  is  3000  acres  of  land  granted  to  M''^  Winthropc,  the  wife  of  M'  M's  vvinthrops 
John  Winthrope,  our  late  Governo"',  to  bee  at  her  disposeing  for  her  &  her 
sonns,  where  they  shall  desu-e  it,  w"'out  ^iudice  to  any  former  grant./ 

James  Luxford,  for  his  forgery,  lying,  &  other  foule  offences,  was  cen-  jamcs  Luxford 
surcd  to  bee  bound  to  the  whiping  poast  till  the  lecture  from  the  first  bell,  &      /-^^^  ^^  ' 
after  the  lecture  to  have  his  eares  cut  of;  &  so  hee  had  liberty  to  depart  out 
of  o"^  iurisdiction./ 

About  Cap'!  Stoughtons  mill  a  coinltte  was  appointed,  to  wit :  IM''  Willi :  As  to  M' 
Tynge,  Capt  Gibons,  Jolm   Johnson,  Willi :   Parks,  Willi :  Heathe,  &  Cap?  q,;^  ° 
Jeanison,  to  examine  &  seitifyc,  &  about  the  other  mill,  &  to  make  returne  to 
the  next  Court./ 

M"  Batte,  M'  Winslo,  &  INI""  Mundde  have  order  to  end  small  businesses 
at  Colechester  under  20sh'./ 

'  Irish  goods 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  goods  of  the  persons  come  from  Ireland  shalbee  now  land,  free 

J,  -  ,  .  from  y  rat. 

nee  from  tins  rate./ 


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THE    RECORDS    OF    THE    COLONY    OF 


1G40. 

13  May. 

450- 

Size  &  prizes 
of  bread. 
H:  W: 

Winiscmet  way 

for  horse  & 

foot. 

Edni^  Goode- 

now,  constable 

at  Sudbury. 


It  is  ordered,  that  no  bread  shalbee  made  finer  then  to  affoard  at  13 
ounces  the  two  penny  loafe,  &  whosoever  sellcth  lighter  weight  to  forfet  his 
bread.     This  to  bee  of  force  -wHn  14  dayes  after  publication./ 

When  the  way  is  layd  out  between  Linn  &  Winnetsemet,  it  is  to 
stand  both  for  the  foote  way,  as  also  for  the  horse,  cart,  &  chift  way,  as  they 
shall  settle  it,  &  no  other  to  bee  alowed  for  horse  nor  ffoote./ 

The  13"',  Edmund  Goodner  was  chosen,  &  sworne  ciuistable  of  Sudberiy./ 

[Page  2S1  contains  the  names  of  those  made  free  in  May  and  September,  1640.] 


[*282.] 

2  June. 


Muddy  River 
bridge. 


M''  Winthrope,  luni  :, 
INI"'  Saltonstall, 
M"^  Stoughton, 
Incr :  Nowell. 


*M  a  Quarter  Court,  houlden  at  Boston,  the  2"'  Day  of  the  4'" 

M%  @  1640. 

P^SENT,     M'  Deputy  Bel :, 

JI""  Wintlxrope,  Scni :, 
W  Endecott, 
M"^  Humfrey, 

LEONARD  BOWTLE,  for  neglecting  to  obey  a  warrant  served  by  the 
cunstable,  was  fined  lOsh'./ 

M"^  Browning,  for  sehng  strong  water,  was  fined  5sh%  witn ;  to  ha :  2"  of  it./ 

M"'  Tynge  &  M'  Davison  are  desired  to  examine  the  accounts  between 
M"'  Joanes  &  M''  Mayhewe./ 

The  charge  of  Muddy  Ryver  Bridge,  being  15*  3'  6'',  was  ordered  to  bee 
alowed  as  followeth  :  By  Boston,  6* ;  by  Roxberry,  5* ;  Dorchester,  1*  7^  8'^ ; 
Waterto^TOe,  1.  7.  ll*;  Cambridge,  1*  7^  11"./ 

George  Hnrne  is  coinited  to  bee  layd  in  yrons,  &  to  bee  wliiped  to 
morrow,  for  liis  insolent  &  contemptuous  ctu'riage./ 

John  Hogge  not  appearing     ^     ^ 

James  Davies,  for  Iris  unquietnes  w""  his  wife,  was  enioyned  to  appear  at 
the  next  Court  of  Assistants./ 

Henry  Chapman,  for  not  obeying  a  prcsse,  was  fined  5sh^/ 

M"'  John  Woodbridg  is  discharged  of  his  p>sentment  for  releasing  a 
servant,  paying  2^  6"./ 

Robert  Tucker,  for  upbraiding  James  Brittain,  calling  him  lyar,  &  saying 
hee  could  pue  him  so,  being  a  witnes,  was  fined  20%  &  enioyned  to  acknowl- 
edg  the  wrong  hee  had  done  Brittaine./ 

ISP  Peter  Bulkeley  is  granted  the  come  of  Alexander  Thwayte,.  &  to  bee 
responsall  for  it  if  hee  come  to  answere  the  suite./ 

Willi :  Powell,  for  his  sinn  in  geting  his  wife  w'^  cliild  before  marriage, 
was  fined  40sh'.     Deniing  it  often,  &  confessing./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND. 


297 


2  June. 


Thorn  :  Gray  was  censured  to  bee  severely  wliiped  lor  his  druukeiuics  &      10  4  0. 
other  misdemeauo"  at  ]M;u-bleheade,  yv'^  M""  Eiidecot  tooke  the  care  of  by 
undertaking  it./ 

'  Gooddy  Finch  ^vas  censured   to  bee  severely  whipeol  to  morrow,  &  so 
kept  in  prison./ 

Thorn :  Savory,  for  breaking  a  house  in  the  time  of  exercise,  was  cen- 
sured to  bee  severely  whiiied,  &  for  his  theft  to  bee  sould  for  a  slave  vntil  hee 
have  made  double  restitution./ 

Henry  Allein  &  Clement  Weaver,  for  drunkennes,  wen;  fined  lOsh"  a 
peece./ 

M'  Barnard,  for  giveing  a  gallon  of  strong  water  amongst  certcin  persons 
at  worke  at  his  house,  wherof  Allen  &  Wever  were  two,  was  fined  3'./ 

Rob''t  Abels  busines  is  refered  to  M'  Stoughton  to  inquire./ 

Elisabeth  Lovell  was  admonished  for  her  iiiiodest  exp'ssions,  enioyncd  to 
pay  the  witnesses,  &  so  was  dismissed./ 

John  Downham,  for  geting  his  wife  w"'  child  before  marriage,  was  fined 
20sh^/ 

Hingham  being  fsented  for  defective  wayes  &  bridge,  &  the  Comt  being 
certified  by  Hen :  Smyth  that  they  are  mended,  they  were  fined  2'  6',  &  dis- 
charged./ 

Edward  Converse  was  fined  10^  because  the  ferry  had  bene  neglected./ 

Thomas  Bell,  being  setled  since  the  psentment,  is  respited./ 

The  way  of  Dorchester,  being  ^sented,  is  referd  to  veiwc./ 

M""  Rich''d  Duiiier,  for  want  of  weights  &  scales,  w*  were  supplied,  5*./ 

Neweberry,  for  want  of  towne  weights  &  measui'es,  fined  6.  8''./ 

Salem,  for  neglecting  their  watch,  was  fined  lOsh"./ 


*The  30'"  of  the  5"'  M",  1640. 


P'SENT,    The  Governo% 

The  Deputy  Go :, 
M"'  Wintluop,  Se :, 


M""  Stoughton, 
Iner :  Nowell. 


JOHN    TOWER,  for  his  disturbance  of  the  peace,  &  his  offence  thereby 
against  the  coiiion  wclth,  is  fined  five  pounds./ 

Two  Indian  weomen  were  adiudged  to  bee  whiped  for  tlieir  insolent  car- 
ryage,  &  abusing  M"  Weld./ 

Elisa :  Bcnnet  was  censured  to  bee  whijied  for  her  unchast  miscarriage./ 
M''  John  Hogges,  for  his  drunkennes,  is  fined  five  pounds./ 
VOL.  I.  38 


[*283.] 
30  July. 


298  THE  REC0KD3  OF  THE  COLONY  OP 

1  G  4  0.  John  White  is  bound  in  10*  for  to  bee  of  good  behavio',  &  not  to  come 

*       ''       '    into  the  comp*  of  Bulls  wife  alone,  &  to  appear  at  the  Quarter  Comt  the  fust 

30  July. 

3"^  day  of  the  10""  m  next./ 

John  Wily  &  George  Orricc  bound  themselues  in  5'  a.peece  for  the  fore- 
named  John  White./ 

Hope,  the  Indian,  was  censured  for  her  ruiiing  away,  &  other  misde- 
meano"',  to  bee  whiped  hear  &  at  Marbleheade./ 

Isaaek  Hart  bound  himselfe  in  20*  to  bee  of  good  behavio"",  &  'Mj  Eofet 
Saltonstall  bound  himselfe  in  10*  for  the  said  Isa :  Hart  his  good  behavio'',  till 
hee  dept  out  of  the  plantation,  or  bring  a  note  fro  ^  that  hee  is  free 

from  fear./ 

Joell  Jenkin  is  bound  over  to  the  next  Gen^all  Court,  for  gating  his  m' 
his  daughter  w""  child./ 


20  May.  The  20"'  uf  the  5"  M",  @  1640. 

P"sE>!T,     The  Deputy  Go  :,  Increase  Nowell. 

]NP  Winthrop,  Se  :, 

HENRY  ELLERY,  being  druuke  the  night  before,  &  calling  Walter 
Merry  knave,  &  saying  further  to  him,  a  member,  a  dog,  hee  was  lined 
10%  &  to  go  to  prison  till  hee  have  paid  it./ 

John  Barnes,  likewise,  for  being  distemped  with  wine,  was  fined  10sh^/ 

Daniell  Hutchins  bound  himselfe  in  10*  to  appear  at  the  Court,  to  answer 
for  neglect  of  the  2  children  in  the  ship,  w'^''  were  coiiiited  to  him./ 

Willi :  Kilcup  &  Rich :  Haines  bound  themselues  in  5*  a  peece  for  the 
appearance  of  Dani :  Hucliins./ 

6"^  &,  27,  Henry  Bright  tooke  liis  oath  for  to  discharge  the  place  of  siu:- 
vayar  of  the  amies  in  Watertowne  tliis  year,  &  till  a  new  bee  chosen./ 


[*284.]         *J  Quarter  Court,  held  at  Boston,  the  First  of  the  7"'  M%  1640. 

1  September. 

P"sENT,    The  Govemo'',  M'  Stoughton, 

The  Deputy  Go  :,  jSP  Bradstreete, 

M''  Winthi-ope,  Se  :,  M""  Wiutlii-ope,  lu  :, 

M'  Endecott,  Increase  Nowell, 

M"'  Humfrey,  M'  Saltonstall. 

A  Record  of  a  Former  Busines. 

IN  the  matter  between  Andrewe  Coleman  &  Willi :  S^\•ift,  it  is  ordered  by 
the   Court,  that   whereas   the   said   Andrewe   Coleman,  by  his  letter   of 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW   ENGLAND.  299 

attorney  dated  the     ^     day  of      ^      anno  Dni  1636,  made  nnto  John  Hayncs,     16  4  0. 
Es^,  gave  him,  the  said  John  Haynes,  pow"^  &  authority  to  sue  &  compound  '' 

1  September. 

w"'  the  said  Willi :  Swift  for  &  upon  one  bond  of  c*,  bearing  date  the  ^ 
day  of  ^  in  the  yeare  ^  ,  wherein  the  said  Willi :  Swift,  as  a  surety,  was 
bound  w"'  Roger  Spring,  principall  debto"',  &  Josua  Smyth,  another  surety,  for 
the  paym'  of  fifty  two  pounds  unto  the  said  Andrew  Coleman,  upon  a  certeine 
day  past ;  &  thereupon  the  said  John  Haynes  agreed  &  compounded  w"'  the 
said  Willi :  Swift,  and  the  said  Willi :  Si\ift  morgaged  liis  house  &  lands  at 
Watertowne  aforesaid  inito  the  said  John  Haynes,  in  bchalfe  of  the  said 
Andrew  Coleman,  by  one  deed  or  writing  dated  in  or  about  the  month  of  ^  , 
in  the  year  1636  aforesaid ;  and  wheras  the  said  Willi :  Swift  alleageth  that 
the  said  Andrew  Coleman  hath  already  recovered,  for  part  of  the  said  debt,  the 
suiTie  of  eighteen  pounds  &  five  shillings  from  John  Smitheman  &  Willi : 
Stacy,  lunior,  of  Bocking,  clothiers,  w''''  they  owed  to  the  said  Willi :  Swift, 
&  that,  since  the  said  morgage  made,  the  said  Andrew  Coleman  hath,  contraiy 
to  the  said  agreem',  arrested  &  troubled  the  said  Willi :  Swift,  in  England,  for 
the  said  debt,  &  recovered  from  him  scaven  poiuids  &  ten  shillings  more,  w'''^ 
in  all,  being  twenty  five  pounds  &  fifteen  shillings,  coineth  to  lialfe  the  said 
debt,  wanting  but  five  shillings,  &  that  halfc  thereof  is  as  much  in  equity  as 
hee,  being  a  surety  w'*  another,  ought  to  pay,  &  the  other  surety,  the  said 
Joseph  Smith,  being  a  man  of  sufficient  estate,  ought  to  pay  the  other  halfe  ; 
tliis  Court  hath  ordered,  that  the  possession  of  the  said  house  &  lands  shall 
remaine  in  the  hands  of  the  said  John  Haynes  till  midsomer  next,  to  the  end 
the  said  Willi :  Sv/ift  may  make  what  proofe  hee  can  of  the  p>mises  in  the 
nieane  time,  and  then  this  Court  will  set  downe  a  finall  order  in  the  pmises 
as  shalbee  agreeable  to  equity./ 

If  the  Court  bee  pleased  to  record  this  order,  I  consent  to  it./ 

JO:  HAYNES. 

John  Woolrige,  appearing,  was  discharged  fro  his  band,  haveing  carried 
himselfe  orderly,  for  ought  wee  heare./ 

Jolui  Porter  &  Hemy  Tuttle,  being  chosen  cunstables  of  Hingham,  did 
take  the  oathe  to  them  belonging./ 

Thomas  Tylestone  &  Edward  Winshot  were  fined  6'  8''  a  pcece  for  not 
attending  the  iury  when  they  were  called./ 

It  was  referd  to  'SV  ^Vl\\\ :  Tpige  &  M"'  Willi :  Peii-ce  to  examine  the 
books  about  the  goods  w''''  came  in  the  Charles  was  are  wanting  of  persons 
absent./ 

Thomas  Baguley,  for  seeking  to  get  a  mayde  w""out  her  freinds  consent. 


soo 


THE    RECOIIDS    OF    THE    COLONY    OP 


[*285.] 


450- 


8  October. 


15  October. 


is  bound  to  his  good  behavio"',  &  if  hee  trouble  her  by  pfering  any  newe 
suite,  or  make  any  disturbance,  it  is  to  bee  acrountcd  a  breach  of  the  good 
l)ehavio^/ 

Rich''d  (luffc,  for  saying,  Sliall  I  pay  12'^  for  tlie  fragments  w'"''  the  grand 
jury  rouges  have  left,  hcc  was  bound  t(5  his  good  behavio''  &  fined  three  pounds 
.sixc  shillings  &  eight  pence,  w*  was  discounted  by  ]\I'' Rob''t  Saltonsfall  upon 
account./ 

'   Edmoiul  Mathcwc  was  admouislicd  to  take  hecde  of  j)ilfcriug./ 

M''  Saniu :  Maverick  bound  hiinselfe  in  120*  for  the  conip''  of  I  he  (.'harles, 
to  answer  such  actions  as  are  or  shalbee  brought./ 

*'riiomas  Dickinson  is  discharged  from  liis  slavery,  Sc  coinited  to  Ensigne 
Rich'-d  Walker./ 

John  Turner  &  William  Rich'ds  are  referd  to  M''  Ginner  &  Thomas 
Wliite,  to  settle  things  betweene  them./ 

Evan  Thomas,  haveing  a  wife  &  four  children,  is  alowed  twenty  bushells 
of  come  at  harvest,  &  what  necessary  charge  Goodm  Button  is  at  to  bee 
alowed  liim./ 

Jonathan  Hatch  was  censured  to  bee  severely  whiped,  &  for  the  pseut  is 
coinited  for  a  slave  to  Leift  Davenport./ 

Rec'*  of  Ipswich  for  their  attachment  10%  they  haveing  set  out  newe 
highwayes  nearer  then  the  former,  as  they  informed./ 

Walter  IMcrries  two  servants  were  censured  to  bee  whiped  for  ruiiing 
away,  &  delivered  to  their  maister./ 

M"^  Atherton  HofFe,  M''  Thorn :  Leveret,  &  jNI"'  Thorn :  Colebron  have 
authority  &  order  to  sell  the  house  &  ground  W''  was  M""  Mellows,  to  bee  dis- 
posed of  by  them  for  the  good  of  the  sixc  children  till  they  come  to  age,  or 
marry,  &  the  eldest  sonne  to  have  a  double  portion./ 

M"  Samu :  Winslew  is  sworne  surveyar  of  the  armes  at  Colechester./ 

John  Gosse  had  ten  pounds  of  his  fine  of  20'  remitted./ 

John  Burrows,  for  going  into  other  mens  houses  in  the  night  &  upon  the 
Lords  day  in  tlie  time  of  exercise,  was  censured  to  bee  whiped./ 

The  8'"  Day  of  the  8'"  AT",  1640. 

John  Knight,  for  his  drunkenncs,  swearing,  &  other  disorder,  was  cen- 
sured to  bee  severely  wliiped./ 

Daniell  Houchens,  haveing  given  satisfaction  to  the  father  of  the  children 
•vv-ch  ^rgi-g  neglected,  is  freed  from  his  attendance  at  the  Courte  any  further./ 

15.  John  Davies  &  Heniy  Messenger  are  bound  in  20*  a  peece,  &  each 
for  other  to  appear  at  the  next  Gcnerall  Courte./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND. 


301 


John  Crabtree,  Willi :  Hudson,  &  Jolin  Hill   bound  theiuselues  in  20'  a      1  G  4  0. 
peece  that  what  shalbee  adiudged  by  the  Courtc  to  bee  overpaid  shalbec  re- 
turned to  M''  Ilibbcns./ 


1.0  October. 


\d  Geifull  Co%  held  at  Boston,  the  7"*  Day  of  the  8'"  M',.  1640. 


[*286.] 

7  October. 


P"dENT,    The  GoVno"', 
W  Deputy, 

M"'  John  Winthrop,  Seni :, 
M''  Endecott, 
M"^  Ilumfrey, 


Deinities, 


M'  Willi :  Hibbens, 
W  Willi :  Tynge, 
Capt  Rob''t  Sedgwick, 
M''  Thorn :  Coytemore, 
Willi :  Heathe, 
Willi :  Parks, 
M''  Etna :  Downinge, 
M'  Willi :  Hauthorne, 
M'  Samu :  Synionds, 
John  Whipple, 
M'  Rich^d  Duilicr, 
INI"^  John  Woodbridge, 
Edmond  Rice, 
Christo :  Batte, 
M"^  Joseph  Peck, 
Edmond  Hubberd,  Se  :, 
John  Crosse, 
M'  Thorn :  Flinte, 


M"'  Saltonstall, 

M''  Winthrope,  luni  : 

M"'  Stoughton, 

M''  Bradstreete, 

Increase  Nowell. 


--Lieft  Simon  Willard, 
W  Ralph  Wheelock, 
Elea :  Lusher, 
M''  Natha  :  Duncan, 
M'"  John  Glover, 
M"'  Thom :  Nelson, 
Franc  Parret, 
M'^  James  Parker, 
Edw*^  Bates, 
INI'  Samu :  Sheopd, 
IVP  Joseph  Cooke, 
M"-  Edward  Holliock, 

-M' Tymo :  Tomlins, 
Willi :  Cheesbro, 
Steven  Kinsley, 

-Cap  :  Willi :  Jeanison, 

.-M'  Thom:  May  he  we. 


WATERTOWNE  &  Linn  cunstables  are  fined  lOsh^  a  towne  for  not 
returning  their  warrants  &  deputies  names./ 

M'  Winthrope,  Senior,  paid  in  his  bushell  of  apples./ 

The  first  law  against  adultery,  made  by  the  Courte  of  Assistants  @  1631, 
is  declared  to  bee  abrogated ;  but  the  other,  made  the  first  i?i,  1637  or  1638, 
by  the  Generall  Court,  to  stand  in  force./ 

Whereas  Capt  John  Vnderhill  hath  come  upon  safe  conduct  into  the 
Court  this  j^sent  day,  &  there  openly  &  humbly  acknowledged  &  bewayled 
his  oflTences  against  God  &  this  coinon  wealth,  as  hee  had  formerly  done  the 
Kke  to  the  church  of  Boston,  who  have  thereupon  received  him  againe  into 


451- 


302  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

1  ()  4  0.     the  church,  this  Court  also,  being  charitably  t&:  -wel  pers^vaded  of  the  truth  of 
^    ~^    his  repentance,  are  willing   to   forgive  his  former  offences,  so  farr  as  may  con- 

7  October.  „  .  ,  ,,  r       ^  -i     i  i  •         •      /^i 

cerne  every  or  o''  private  interests,  &  are  ireely  reconciled  to  mm  in  Uhnstian 
love ;  but  being  desiros  to  have  yet  further  tryall  of  him  before  lice  bee  fully 
restored  to  his  former  liberty,  this  Court  doth  order  that  his  sentence  of  ban- 
ishment shalbee  suspended  till  the  ende  of  the  next  Courte  of  Elections,  & 
then  the  Courte  will  further  consider  of  his  condition./ 
453—  The  petition  of  the  inhabitants  of  Linn  is  granted  fm-  the  clause  of  for- 

feturc  in  the  former  order  to  bee  obliterate  for  not  selling  one  lot  w"'in  two 
yeares  after  their  removoing  to  the  village./ 
Tr :  Whereas  much  ^^-rong  hath  bene  done  to  the  countrcy  by  the  negligence 

of  cunstables  in  not  gathering  up  such  Icvyes  as  they  have  received  ■s\arrants 
from  the  Treasurer  to  gather,  &  they  neglecting  the  same  dureing  the  time  of 
their  continuance  in  their  offices,  thereby  easeing  themselues  &  puting  the 
trouble  of  gathering  thereof  unduely  to  the  next  cunstable,  who  thinks  it  a 
wrong  to  have  the  former  cunstables  busines  imposed  upon  liim  ;  the  former  cun- 
stable for  his  excuse  alleaging  himselfe  to  bee  out  of  office,  &  so  hath  no  power 
to  distraine  ;  it  is  therefore  ordered,  that  if  any  cunstable  shall  not  have  gathered 
the  levyes  coiuitted  to  his  charge,  by  the  Treasurer  then  being,  dureing  the 
time  of  his  office,  that  bee  shall,  notw"'stantUng  the  expiration  of  liis  office, 
have  power  to  levy  by  distres  all  such  rates  &  levies,  &  if  bee  bring  them  not 
in  to  the  ould  Treasurer  according  to  his  warrants,  the  Treasurer  shall  distraine 
such  cunstables  goods  for  the  same ;  &  if  the  Treasurer  do  not  so  distraine  the 
cunstable,  hee  shalbee  answerable  to  the  countrey  for  the  same ;  &  if  the  cun- 
stables bee  not  able  to  make  payment,  it  shalbee  lawfuU  for  the  Treasurer,  ould 
or  newe,  respectively,  to  distraine  any  man,  or  men,  of  that  towiie  where  the 
cunstables  are  unable,  for  all  arrerages  of  levies,  &  that  man,  upon  petition  to 
the  Court,  shall  have  order  to  collect  the  same  againe  equally  of  the  tow^ne, 
•w*^  his  iust  damages  for  the  same./ 

M'  Woodman,  of  "Neweberry,  is  released  from  being  leiftenant  there./ 

[*287.]  *]M''  Treasurer  &  M'  Duncan  are  appoLited  a  coinitte  to  take  the  account 

co't^teTaken.  °^  ^^'  Nathani :  Batons  busines  from  Capt-  Jeanison  &  Goodm  Jolin  Bridge./ 

453-  It  is  ordered,  that  white  wamparapego  shall  passe  at  4  a  penny,  &  blewe 

Wanipam-        at  2  a  penny,  &  not  above  12''  at  a  time,  excciit  the  receiver  desire  more./      Eep  : 

peage.  _  '-  '  ^ 

Niche :  Jacobs  is  alowcd  to  keepe  an  ordinary  at  Hingham./ 

B.  Wee,  whose  names  are  under  written,  according   to  the  order    of  the 

tN :  Salishuy.    Qenerall  Court,  have  taken  veiwe  of  the  bounds  of  Hampton  &  tColecliester, 

Salisbury  -^  '  ' 

bounds.  according    to    o'  best  light,  by  o"'  discovery  &  fro"  information   of  both  the 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  303 

towncs,  wee  iudge  it  most  equall  that  the  hue  bcgifung   at  Hampton  Rp'er     1  G  4  0. 
mouth,  ruiiing  from  thence  so  as  to  leave  JM''  Bachilers   flirme  layde  out  in    "        '        ' 
Hampton  bounds,  &  from  the  southerlist  line  of  M"'  Bachilers  farme  the  line 
to  extend  westerly,  between  Colechester  &  Hampton,  the  same  point  of  the 
compas  that  Merrimack  Ryver  runes,  from  the  mouth  to  the  end  of  Colechester 
bounds./ 

Septemb^  24,  16-iO./  THOM  :    NELSON, 

WILLI  :    PAINE, 
EDWARD   WOODMAN. 

M''  Woodman,  M'  Paine,  &  M"'  Nelson  are  appointed  to  veiwe  the  bounds  Colchester. 
between  Colechester  &  M"'  Wards  plantation,  &  M''  Batte  &  Goo:  Howlct  to     °""J''^", 

'■  '  vejw  Pentuck- 

go  w"'  them  to  iuforme  them  that  they  may  certify  the  Courte./  <='  *  Coiches- 

M''  Thorn :  Welde,  pasto"'  of  Roxberry,  is  granted  533  acres,  next  to  M''  y 
Thom :  Allen,  teacher  of  Charles  Towne,  beyond  Concord  Ryver,  Wof   200  M'  Tho :  AVelds 
was  granted  by  the  country,  &  the  other  333  is  pt  of  the  4000  acres  granted 
to  Roxberry./ 

For  incuragment  of  the  manifacture  of  linnen,  woollen,  and  cotton  clothe,  454— 

it  is  ordered,  that  whosoever  shall  make  any  sort  of  the  said  cloathes  fit  for  ^"^P'  *®''' 
use,  &  shall  shewe  the  same  to  the  next  magistrate,  or  to  2  of  the  deputies  of 
this  Court,  upon  certificate  thereof  to  this  Court,  or  the  Court  of  Assistants, 
the  party  shall  have  alowance  of  3"*  in  the  shilling  of  the  worth  of  such  cloth, 
according  to  the  valewation,  w'^''  shalbee  certified  w""  it.  And  the  said  magis- 
trate, or  deputies,  shall  set  such  marke  upon  the  same  cloth  aa  it  may  bee 
found  to  have  bene  alowed  for  ;  j>\'ided,  this  order  shall  extend  onely  to  such 
cloth  as  shalbee  made  w"'in  this  iurisdiction,  &  the  yarne  heare  spun  also,  & 
of  such  materials  as  shalbee  raised  also  w*in  the  same,  or  else  of  cotton. 
This  order. to  continue  for  3  yeares  next  followinge./     Rep;  (4)  2  :  41. 

Whereas  there  was  a  levy  made  the  last  Court  of  1200*,  whereof  little  is 
paid,  &  the  order  then  made  for  the  assessing  thereof  would  now  bee  unequall 
&  inconvenient,  in  regard  of  the  alteration  of  the  prizes  of  such  things 
wherin  it  was  to  bee  paid  in  to  the  Treasurer,  or  such  as  hee  hath  assigned 
the  *same  unto,  shalbee  paid  in  corne  at  the  prices  this  Courte  hath  set  downe,  [*288.1 
&  that  the  Treasurer,  or  such  as  it  shalbee  assigned  unto,  may  leave  it  in  the 
hands  of  such  as  should  pay  it  untill  it  shalbee  called  for,  so  it  bee  w"'in  5 
months,  &  then  to  bee  delivered  good  &  marchantable  in  full  measure,  onely 
the  rate  of  Concord,  vt^''  is  most  of  it  in  cattle,  shalbee  accepted  by  the  Treas- 
urer, &  such  as  hee  shall  assigne  it  unto,  &  what  losse  shall  come  thereby  it 
shalbee  made  up  by  Concord,  p\ided  that  such  as  have  or  shall  pay  their  rates 


304  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

16  4  0.     to  the  said  le\y  in  money  or  corne,  slialbee  exempt  from  the  charge  of  recom- 
'       '        '    pence  to  such  as  shall  sustaine  losse  by  accepting  their  debts  in  cattle./ 

For  asmuch  as  it  appeareth  unto  this  Court  that  there  is  a  great  stop  in 

Law  for  pay-  ^  ^ 

ments  of  debts  trade  &  coinerce  for  want  of  money,  for  preventing  of  the  like  mischeife  for 

in  v*  specie. 

time  to  come, — 

455_  It  is  ordered,  that  after  the  last  day  of  this  month  no  man  shalbee  com- 

S.  infr.  462.       pelled  to  satisfye  any  debt,  legacy,  fine,  or  any  other  paym'  in  money,  but  sat- 

^^'^  '    '     ■  isfaction  shalbee  accepted  in  corne,  cattle,  fish,  or  other  coinodities,  at  such 

rates  as  this  Courte  shall  set  downe  from  time  to  time,  or  in  default  thereof  by 

apprizment  of  indifferent  men,  to   bee  appointed  by  the  ofiicer ;  pvided,  that 

tliis  order  shall  not  extend  to  any  debts,  or  other  payments,  due   or  ariseing 

upon  any  contract,  or  other  originall  cause  feeding  the  last  day  of  this  month 

aforesaid.     And  this  Court  doth  order,  that  Indian  corne,  marchantable,  shalbee 

tRep.  (3)  18:    so  payable  at  the  rate  of  4'  the  bushell,  suiiier  wheate  at  6%  rye  at  5%  barley 

42 

Prizes  of  come  ^*  ^'>  ^  peasc  at  6%t  hemp  &  flax  seede   12"  a  bushell,  &  all  these  prizes  to 

bee  intended  of  such  corne  &  seede  as  shall  growe  in  this  iurisdiction./ 

456—  Ordered,  that  every  man  that  kills  a  wolfe  w"^  hounds  shall  have   40' 

WHn"''^"'^  ^°'  alowed  him,  &  whosoever  kils  a  wolfe  w">  trap,  peece,  or  other  engine,  shall 

wooiues,  40.      have  10'  alowed  him,  to  bee  paid  by  that  towne  where  the  wolfe  is  killed,  & 

ep-  U    •    — £  j_^gg  i^gg  Idled  out  of  any  towne  bounds  it  shalbee  paid  by  the  Treasm-er./ 

And  it  is  further  ordered,  that  such  as  shall  keepe  any  hound,  mastife,  or 

graj'hoimd,  w'^''  shalbee  ayding  to  the   death  of  any  such  wolfe,  shall  not  bee 

contributory  to  the  recompence  to  bee  given  for  such  woolfe./ 

457_  It  is  ordered,  that  no  man  in  the  Generall  Courts  shall  speake  above  three 

L.  speech  ijm-  times  to  any  cause  w*out  leave  from  the  Governo'  or  Court  upon  paine  of 

ited. 

12'^  a  time ;  and  that  if  any  bee  speaking  about  private  busines,  whilst  the 

.„        busines  of  the  Court  is  in  hand,  hee  shall  forfect  12'*  in  like  sorte./ 
Per  ; 
Boston  Ferry  The  ferry  betweene  Boston  &  Charlestowne  is  granted  to  the  colledge./ 

colled '^*°^°  ^^*^   ^^^'^^  (granted  by  Ipswich  to  the  fsent  Governor  W^"  M' "VVhit- 

Ipswich  grant  tingliam  possessed  is  confirmed  so  farr  as  is  in  the  Courts  power./ 

confirmed  ''^  ^^'  John  Wintlirope,  lunior,  is  granted  Fishers  Hand,  against  the  mouth 

Fishe's  Island  of  Pecoit  Ryver,  SO  far  as  is  in  o'  *power,  reserving  the  right  of  Conectecot  & 

gtcd  to  M'  Jn- 

Winthrop,  Ju'.  feeybrooke./ 

[*289.]  M'  John  "Wintlirope,  luni :,  M""  Symon  Bradstreete,  M'  Eina :  Downinge, 

B.  M''  Hauthorne,  &  INP  Tynge,  or  any  three  of  them,  are  appointed  to   set  out 

the  bounds  between  Ipswich,  Jeffryes  Creeke,  &  Cape  Ann,  &  to  certify  to  the 

next  Courte./ 

M'  Craddocks  M'  Tynge,  M''  Samu  :  Sheopard,  &  Goodiii  Edward  Converse  ai-e  to  set 

out.  out  the  bounds  between  Charlestowne  &  M'^  Cradocks  farme,  on  the  north  side 

of  Mistick  Ryver./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  305 

Whereas  wee  have  bene  informed  of  the  neglect  of  many  in  not  savcing     16  4  0. 
such  hides  or  skins  as  either  by  casualty  or  slaughter  come  to  hand,  Avhercby  ■>        ' 

damage  hath  redounded  to  the  countrey,  its  therefore  ordered,  for  tlic  pven-  4'58— 

tlon  of  such  waste,  that  every  hide  or  skin  shalbee  dryed  before  it  corrupt,  &  L.  to  p'serve 
that  such  hides  or  skins  shalbee  sent  where  they  may  bee  tanned,  or  di'cssed  ; 
&  whosoev'  shall  neglect  this  order  shall  forfect  for  every  such  hide  5',  &  for 
every  skin  neglected  shall  forfect  12'^./ 

Forasmuch  as  there  appeares  a  mistake  in  the  former  order  for  iidargment  B. 
of  the  grant  made  to  Roweley,  upon  then-  propounding  a  line  w"""  will  not  ^'^'''*"'°  *" 
reach  that  w'^''  was  intended,  it  is  now  ordered,  that  the  neck  of  land  upon 
j\Ierrimack,  neare  Cocliitawick,  shalbee  adcd  to  Eoweley,  &  that  their  line 
shall  run  from  the  outermost  part  of  the  neck  to  Ipswich  Ryver,  by  the  end 
of  their  8  miles  line,  to  bee  run  from  their  meeting  house,  paralell  w"*  Ips- 
wich line,  pvided  that  all  former  grants  ujjon  the  side  of  Ipswich  Kyver  shall 
bee  excepted  out  of  this  grante./ 

It  is  agreed,  that  whereas  there  were  550  acres  ^raunted  to  John  Ende-  ^^'  E"'J"=°"s 

°  farme. 

cott  upon  Ipswich  Ryver,  if  it  lye  not  w^'in  Eowley  bounds,  the  towne  of 
Roweley  hath  yealded  that  although  their  should  any  part  of  M"'  Endecotts 
fiu-rac  lye  w"'in  their  bounds,  yet  that  the  said  M'  Endecott  shall  have  it,  the 
Coui-t  graunting  unto  the  towne  of  Roweley  so  much  land  in  another  place, 
lying  conveniently  to  the  end  of  their 'bounds,  w'^'^  this  Courte  doth  pmise 
to  do./ 

M'  Rogers  &  the  deputies  of  Rowely  ex^ssed  their  consents./ 
The  600  acres  formerly  granted  to  lye  on  the  west  side  of  Sudberry  M-^"  Glover 
Ryver  is  now  graunted  her  on  the  east  side  of  the  said  ryver,  w^'out  the  limits 
of  the  last  addition  to  the  bounds  of  Sudberry,  &  between  the  said  bounds  & 
the  great  pond  at  Cochituate,  {S  ;  &  by  these  p>sents  shee  shall  have  liberty 
to  lay  out  the  same,  pvided  shee  make  returne  to  the  next  Generall  Court,  that 
other  grants  following  may  be  sctlcd./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  letter  lately  sent  to  the  Governo'"  by  ^l'  Eaton,  Gou'  E.-itQu» 

Icttc'  tins'''* 

M"'  Hopkins,  M''  Haynes,  M'  Coddlngton,  &  M""  Brenton,  but  concerning  also 

the  Generall  Courte,  shalbee  thus  answered  by  the  Governo'^ ;  that  the  Court 

doth  assent  to  all  the  ppositions  laydc  downe  in  the  aforesaid  letter,  but  that 

the  answere  shalbee  directed  "to  M'  Eaton,  M'  Hopkins,  &  M'  Haynes,  onely      [*290.J 

excluding  M'  Coddington  &  M"'  Brenton,  as  men  not  to  bee  capitulated  w"'all 

bj-  us,  cither  for  themselues  or  the  people  of  the  ilaud  where  they  inhabite,  as 

their  case  standeth./  Colchcst.,  now 

Colechestcr  is  henceforward  to  bee  called  Salsbury./  ^^^y_ 

VOL.  1.  39 


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THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


1G40. 

7  October. 
Sudbury  3  men. 


3  men  at 
Brain  try. 

Kalph  Wilmot 
set  free. 

459- 

M^  Coytmores 
&  Wooborne 
grant  of  500. 


Cambridg.  lib- 
erty as  to 
Shawshin. 


460- 

Law  to  p'vent 
fraudulent 
deeds  &  con- 
veyances. 


Caution  to  be 
entred. 


Acknowledge' 
deeds,  Sic. 

[•291.] 


]\I"  Peter  Noy.se,  Walter  Hayne,  &  Jolm  Parmiter  arc  autliorished  to  end 
small  businesses  at  Sudbiiry  under  twenty  shillings./ 

The  towne  of  Sudberry  hath  liberty  to  give  Jolin  Rowen  a  lot,  &  so  hee 
is  freed  by  the  Court./ 

Eich'"d  Right,  Alexander  Winchester,  &  Willi :  Cheesbro  are  appointed 
to  end  small  businesses  at  Braintree,  under  20^/ 

Ralph  Wilmott  his  petition  is  granted  him,  &  hee,  w""  his  m''  his  consent, 
is  set  free./ 

Charles  Towne  petition  is  granted  them  the  pportion  of  4  mile  square, 
w""  their  former  last  graunt,  to  make  a  village,  whereof  500  acres  is  granted 
to  'M"  Thomas  Coytemore,  to  bee  set  out  by  the  Comt,  if  the  towne  &  hee 
cannot  agree,  in  w'^''  they  shall  not  crosse  Cambridge  line,  nor  come  w'^'in  a 
mile  of  Shawshin  Ryver,  &  the  great  swamp  &  ponde  to  lye  in  coiuon./ 

The  towne  of  Cambridge  is  granted  a  month  to  consider  of  Shawshin  for 
a  village  for  them,  &  if  they  hke  it  not,  the  towne  of  Roxberry  hath  liberty 
to  consider  of  it  for  a  village  for  them  till  the  next  Gen''all  Courte./ 

For  avoyding  all  fraudulent  conveyances,  &  that  every  man  may  know 
what  estate  or  interest  other  men  may  have  in  any  houses,  lands,  or  other 
hereditaments  they  are  to  deale  in,  it  is  therefore  ordered,  that  after  the  end 
of  this  month  no  morgage,  bargaine,  sale,  or  graunt  hearafter  to  bee  made  of 
any  houses,  lauds,  rents,  or  other  hereditaments,  shalbee  of  force  against  any 
other  person  except  the  graunter  &  his  heires,  unlesse  the  same  bee  recorded, 
as  is  hearafter  ex^ssed :  And  that  no  such  bargain,  sale,  or  graunt  ah-eady 
made  in  way  of  morgage,  where  the  graunter  remaines  in  possession,  shalbee 
of  force  against  any  other  but  the  graunter  or  his  heires,  except  the  same 
shalbee  entered,  as  is  hearafter  expressed,  w"'in  one  month  after  the  end  of  this 
Courte,  if  the  ptye  bee  w*in  this  iurisdiction,  or  else  w'^'in  3  months  after  hee 
shall  returne.  And  if  any  such  graunter,  ^<?,  being  rcqiured  by  the  grauntce, 
^,  to  make  an  acknowledgment  of  any  graunt,  iO,  by  liim  made,  shall  refuse 
so  to  do,  it  shalbee  in  the  power  of  any  magistrate  to  send  for  the  party  so 
refuseing,  &  cofnit  him  to  prison  w"'out  baile  or  mayneprizc,  untill  hee  shall 
acknowledg  the  same./ 

And  the  grauntee  is  to  enter  his  caution  w"'  the  record'',  &  this  shall  save 
his  interest  in  the  meane  time  ;  &  if  it  bee  doubtful!  whether  it  bee  the  deed 
or  graunt  of  the  pty,  hee  shall  bee  bound  w""  sureties  to  the  next  comt,  &  the 
caution  shall  remaine  good  as  aforesaid./ 

And  for  recording  of  all  such  bargaincs,  {^5,  it  is  further  ordered,  that 
there  shalbee  one  appointed  at  *Ipbwich,  for  w''''  M''  Samu :  Symonds  is 
chosen  for  that  Co''t  to  enter  all  such  bargaincs,  sales,  {0,  of  all  lands,  (V, 
w"'in  the  iurisdiction  of  that  Coiu't  ;  &  INI"'  Euianucll  Downing  is  chosen  in 


7  October. 


THE  MASSACHUSETTS  BAY   IN   NEW  ENGLAND.  307 

like  sort  for  the  iurisdictioii  of  the  Court  of  Salem  ;  &  all  the  rest  to  bee      1  G  4  0. 
entered  by  AI""  Stej)hen  Winthrope,  the  recorder  at  Boston./ 

And  that  it  is  not  intended  that  the  whole  bargaiue,  sale,  {0,  shalbee 
entered,  but  onely  the  names  of  the  graunter  &  grauntee,  the  thing  &  the 
estate  grauuted,  &  the  date  ;  and  all  such  entryes  shalbee  certified  to  the 
recorder  at  Boston  w^in  6  months  yearely./ 

And  it  is  ordered,  that  the  fee  for  every  such  entiy  shalbee  6"^./ 

And  it  is  hearby  declared,  that  this  order  shall  not  extend  to  any  graunt 
made  or  to  bee  made  by  any  towncship./ 

For  to  take  caption  or  c6gnizance,  &  to  make  replevies,  where  any 
magistrate  is,  hee   may  do   it ;   but  in  other  townes  these  after  named  are  461— 

appointed:  For  Hingham,  M'  Jose  Peck;  for  Waymoth,  M''  James  Parker;  Persons  to  take 

acknowldgm'^ 

for  Braintree,  Willi :  Cheesbro  ;  for  Roweley,  M'^  WiUi :  Bellingham  ;  for  of  deeds. 
Newebeny,  ^P  Ri :  Duiner  ;  for  Colechester,  M"'  Batte  ;  for  Hampton,  John 
Moulton  ;  for  Cambridge,  M"^  Samu :  Sheopard  ;  for  Watertowne,  M'  Thom  : 
Mayhew  ;  for  Concord,  M"'  Tho :  Flinte  ;  for  Sudberry,  M"'  Peter  Noise  ;  & 
for  Dedham,  M"'  Edward  Allen.  M'  Thom :  Flinte  is  also  alowed  to  marry 
at  Concord  &  Sudberry./ 

AVhereas  many  men  in  the  plantation  are  in  debt,  &  heare  is  not  money 
sufficient  to  discharge  the  same,  though  their  cattle  &  goods  should  bee  sould  462^ 

for  halfe  their  worth,  as  experience  hath  shewed  vpon  some  late  executions,  ^*^'' '°  P'^^""* 

men"  vndoing 

wherby  a  great  part  of  the  people  in  the  country  may  bee  undone,  &  j-et  their  by  forcing 
debts  not  satisfied,  though  they  have  sufficient  upon  an  equall  valewation  to  ,,    " '     ,    , 

'  o  J  J.  T.  Houses,  lands, 

pay  all,  &  live  comfortably  upon  the  rest,  it  is  therefore  ordered,  that  upon  '^^"'^  *°  be 

1         ^  in  1  valued  by  3  vn- 

eveiy  execution  for  debts  past,  the  officer  shall  take  land,  houses,  corne,  cattle,  derstanding 
fish,  or  other  coinodities,  &  deliver  the  same  in  full  satisfaction  to  the  credito"'  '"*^"' 
at  such  prizes  as  the  same  shalbee  valewed  at  by  3  understanding  &  indiffisrent 
men,  to  bee  chosen,  the  one  by  the  credito'',  another  by  the  debto'',  &  the  third 
by  the  marshall ;  and  the  credito''  is  at  liberty  to  take  his  choyce  of  what 
goods  hee  will ;  &  if  hee  hath  not  sufficient  goods  to  discharge  it,  then  hee  is 
to  take  his  house  or  land  as  aforesaid./ 

]\I"  Robert  Cooke,  of  Charlestowne,  in  regard  of  his  fathers  100*  adven-  800  acres  of 
tured  in  the  ioynt  stock,  is  graunted  800  acres  of  land,  where  hee  can  find  it,  j^^i,,  (.^^^  f^^ 
w^out  l^ludice  to  any  plantation  graunted  or  to  bee  graunted./  ^'^  ^^^^''^  ^''" 

Thom :  Browne,  of  Sudbeny,  is  graunted  200  acres  of  land  for  the  25*  Tho ;  Brow-ne 

^         .  /■  III-—    A  TT  200  acr.  for  M'3 

adventm-e  of  M"'^  Anne  Har^yes./  jj^,„j.  ^<j^^„ 

The  country  desires  Watertowne  to  graunt  Willi :  Bunnell  a  lot,  &  if  hee  W"  BunntU  a 
do  pve  chargablc,  the  country  to  beare  it./ 

.....  .  .  Jn'WIutsct 

John  White  his  petition  is  granted  hirn,  &  hee  is,  w""  his  m""  his  consent,  free. 
set  free./ 


308 


THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


1G4  0. 

7  October. 

[*292.] 
463- 


463- 

IMay. 


H:  W: 
Country  high 
ways  from 
Rowley  to  Sa- 
lem f^riy,  &c. 


.     .     .     91 

M'  John  Glover,     .     .     . 

.     25 

.     .     .     64 

M"-  Willi :  Tynge,  .     .     . 

.     25 

.     .     .     55 

M"^  Willi :  Hauthorne, 

.     20 

.     .     .     47 

M-^  Ather :  HofFe,    .     .     . 

.     19 

.     .     .     37 

M"^  William  Pinchon, 

.     18 

*P'"pounded  for  Magistrals. 

M'  Willi :  Hibbens, 
M'  Thorn  :  Flint,  . 
M'"  Eiiia :  Downing, 
M'  Rich*  Dumer,  . 
M'^  Samu :  Symonds, 

It  is  ordered,  that  two  trainings  should  bee  in  the  end  of  the  thiid 
month  or  in  the  begiiiing  of  the  4"^  month,  &  sixe  trainings  from  the  middle 
of  the  8""  month  to  the  middle  of  the  fii'st  month  ||alt :  469||  ;  &  for  such  as 
are  absent  from  training,  if  a  magistrate  think'e  the  busines  of  necessity,  &  for 
the  parties  benefit,  the  magistrate  may  appoint  liim  to  pay  what  hee  thinks 
meete,  but  if  the  time  bee  not  advantagious,  to  exempt  w^'out  any  paym*./ 

A  Certificate  of  High  Wayes  ordered  to  bee  recorded  the  First  Day  of  the  o"* 

Month,  1640. 

Wee,  whose  names  are  hearunder  written,  being  appointed  to  lay  out  the 
roade  wayes  for  the  countrey,  in  behalfe  of  Ipswich,  (according  to  order  of 
Court,)  from  Rowely  to  Ipswich,  (yv*'^  the  consent  of  those  that  were  likewise 
ordered  for  Eoweley,)  have  thus  marked  the  said  wayes  out,  that  is  to  say,  from 
M'  Nelsons  dweling  house  pale  by  the  end  of  Mussies  Hill  to  the  newe  bridge 
over  the  North  Ryver,  &  so  to  the  newe  bridge  over  j\Iuddy  Ryver,  &  so  by 
the  coiuon  fence  to  Ipswich  towne,  &  so  along  by  M'^  Saltonstalls  house  over 
the  falls  at  Mile  Ryver,  &  by  marked  trees  over  ^l"'  Appletons  meadowc, 
called  Parlye  Meadowe,  &  from  thence  by  M'  Ilubberds  farme  house,  &  so  on 
upon  the  east  side  of  M''  Smyths  house,  &  from  thence,  by  like  consent  of 
Salem  men,  over  the  ould  planters  meadowe,  &  so  to  the  two  ponds  usually 
dry  in  sumer,  neare  w'^''  ponds  the  way  doth  branch,  one  whearof  is  easterly 
of  the  said  ponds,  leading  tlirough  the  ould  planters  ficild  to  Salem  fi'eny 
according  to  the  marked  trees,  &  the  other  way  is  westerly  of  the  ponds, 
leading  to  a  great  creeke  at  a  landing  place  westerly  of  ISP  Scrugs  house./ 

The  breadth  of  w'^''  wayes,  from  Rowely  to  the  two  ponds  above  men- 
tioned, (by  the  consent  of  us  &  those  of  Roweley  &  Salem,)  is  eight  rod.  And 
from  the  place  where  the  two  wayes  begin  to  branch,  both  to  the  ferry  &  to 
the  creeke,  are  either  of  them  sixe  rodd./ 

SAMUEL   SYMONDS,  WILLIAM  HAWTHORNE,  w^^  the 

JOHN    TUTTLE,  consent    of  Leift  Davenport  & 

THOMAS   FERMAN.  Ensigne  Reade. 

THOMAS  NELSON,  w'*"  the  consent 
of  Thorn :  Barker. 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND. 

To  Robert  Turners  petition  for  his  money,  it  is  ansT\cred,  the  Treasurer 
shall  make  speedy  &  good  payment,  &  in  money,  (if  it  may  bee,)  &  if  the 
petitioner  bee  damnified  for  want  of  dewe  &  good  payment,  this  Court  wiU 
make  him  recompence./ 

Jolm  Ilarbert  is  granted  John  Hai'ris  his  land  for  50*  adventure,  pvided 
that  hce  do  let  it  ajDpear  to  tliis  Court  a  sufficient  assignment  from  jM"^  Harris./ 

John  Greenland  is  granted  his  petition,  w'^''  is  to  plant  upon  a  five  acre 
lot  in  Charles  Towne  bounds  on  jNlistick  side./ 

M""  Mayhewe  is  graunted  8  p  c"  for  liis  money  since  demaunded./ 


309 
1G40. 


7  October. 


*A  Periiculer  Court,  held  at  Boston,  the  29"  8'"  M",  1640. 


P^SENT,      The  Governo'', 

The  Deputy  Gov"", 
SI''  Winthrope,  Seni :, 


M''  Isra:  Stoughton, 
&  Incr :  Nowell. 


[*293.] 

29  October. 


HENRY  EDWARDS  &  Willi :  Hudson  are  discharged  frOm  theii-  re- 
cognisance./ 

Beniarain  Pauly,  for  liis  distemper  w*  wine,  was  ordered  to  pay  10%  & 
paid  in  the  same./ 

Nicho  :  Davisons  byll  of  200',  being  delivered  into  tlie  Court  by  ^  Sill, 
was  ordered  to  bee  kept  by  the  SecretarJ^/   • 

Joseph  Shawe  &  Nicho  :  Byram  are  granted  administration  of  the  goods 
of  Abraham  Shawe,  deceased./ 

Willi :  Hamond  deposed  that  Edmond  Greenliffe  served  him  w"^  warrants 
to  appear  at  two  Courts,  &  causing  liim  to  appear,  did  not  psecute.  Hamond 
was  granted  against  the  said  Greenliife  20sh^/ 

John  Porter,  John  Ottis,  Thorn :  Minard,  &  Natha :  Baker,  being  called 
to  bee  -n-itnesses,  were  granted  G'  a  peece,  &  ^  Graves  1",  all  to  bee  paid  by 
the  country./ 

John  Dutton,  for  swearing,  stealing,  &  drunkennes,  was  censured  to  bee 
severely  whiped./ 

John  Parker  was  granted  20'  against  Thom :  Clay,  for  not  psecuting, 
causing  him  to  attend  3  dayes  w*  witnesses./ 

Attachment  was  granted  to  Thomas  Fowle  against  Thomas  Owen,  to 
attach  such  goods  as  are  In  his  possession,  for  performance  of  his  bargaine  of 
corne.y 


310  THE  RECOKDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

16  4  0.  It  is  ordered,  M'  Stoughton  should  heare  tusines  tetweeiie  Rich^d  Lange 

&  tlie  to^\-ne  of  Waymoth ;  &  M''  Stougliton  liatli  power  to  call  for  the  toTvne 
booke,  &  make  report  to  the  Co''t  if  the  cause  do  require  it./ 


29  Oetober. 


[*294.]     *J1  quarter  Court,  held  at  Boston,  the  First  Day  of  the  10"'  M",  1640. 

1  December. 

P^SENT,     M'^  Governo'';  M''  Saltonstall, 

M"^  Deputy,  INI''  AVintlu-ope,  luni :, 

M''  Winthrope,  Seui :,  M"'  Stougliton, 

M"'  Humfrey,  &  Increase  Nowell. 

THE  towne  of  Cambridge,  upon  pufe  that  the  way  at  Vine  Brooke  & 
Long  Smap  was  repaired  before  the  declaration  of  the  defect,  was  dis- 
charged of  the  fine  of  5*./ 

Watertowne  ffreemen,  promising  to  yeld  to  ev''y  townsman  his  pportion 
alike,  according  to  rule,  w*out  respect  to  freedome  or  not  freedome,  were  dis- 
mised./ 

George  Richardson  is  bound  to  the  good  behavio"'  in  20',  &  to  appear  at 
the  Quarter  ^  the  lO""  16,  164:1.  Henry  Cui-tis  &  Willi :  Knope  ai'e  bound 
for  George  Richardson  in  10*./ 

Giles  Player  haveing  taken  from  the  Deputy  Governo'  a  boate  &  other 
things,  of  15*  valewe,  &  from  Leift  Davenport  the  worth  of  5*,  hee  is  coiiiitted 
to  them  till  they  bee  satisfied./ 

Joell  Jenkin,  upon  his  repentance,  was  discharged./ 

Rob't  Rendall  is  deferd  till  the  next  Quarter  Court./ 

The  towne  of  Braintree  were  enioyned  to  make  their  pound,  stocks,  & 
watchouse  by  the  Quarter  Court  in  the  first  montli./ 

Dorchester  &  Roxberry,  the  bridge  &  way  being  repaired,  were  discharged./ 

Boston,  the  wayes  being  newe  layde  out,  had  time  to  repair  them  between 
Powder  Home  Hill  &  the  written  tree  till  the         ^ 

M'  Thomas  Lechford,  acknowledging  hce  had  overshot  himselfe,  &  is 
sorry  for  it,  pmising  to  attend  his  calling,  &  not  to  meddle  w"'  controversies, 
was  dismiscd./ 

Willi :  Bartlct,  the  pilfering  not  being  pued,  was  discharged./ 

Newe  suiiions  was  to  bee  sent  for  Robert  Bartlet./ 

CharlstoM'ne  meeting  house  was  formerly  alowcd  for  theirc  watch  house./ 

Samuell  Dunlcin,  there  being  a  mistake  in  the  presentment,  as  appeared 
by  the  witnes,  M-as  discharged./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  311 

Concord  &  Sudbcrry,  in  regard  of  the  snow,  were  deferd  till  the  Quarter     1  G  4  0. 
Court  in  the  first  month./  ' 

WiUi :  Wake  was  councelled  to  go  whom  to  liis  wife ;  &  upon  his  pmise 
so  to  do,  his  repentance,  &  testimony  of  his  good  behavio'',  hee  Avas  dis- 
charged./ 

Salem  meeting  house  is  alowed  for  their  watch  house./  Salem. 

Robert  Crosse  is  remited  to  Ijjswich  Court./ 

James  Hubberd  is  discharged,  the  hurt  being  little,  &  done  unwiting,  the 
other  pressing  in  upon  him./ 

Linn  was  enioyncd,  ujjon  paine  of  10*,  to  repair  their  wayes  by  the 
Quarter  Court  in  the  4"^  iii  next./ 

Linn  meeting  house  is  alowed  for  their  watch  house./  Lin. 

Rowley  psentments  are  deferd  till  the  Quarter  Court  in  the  next  first 
month./ 

Colechester  jpsentni'^  arc  deferd  till  the  Quarter  Court  the  first  month./ 

Hampton  ^scntm''  are  deferd  till  the  Quarter  C''t  p  in./ 

Hingham  meeting  house,  for  the  ^sent,  is  alowed  for  their  waich  house./  Hingam. 

Christopher  Batte,  for  selling  his  servant  his  time,  is  referd  to  the  Court 
at  Ipswicli./ 

It  was  ordered,  that  John  Twogood  should  bee  sent  to  his  dame,  the  wife 
of  Thomas  Marshfeild,  at  Coiiecticot,  by  Rob''t  Fen,  the  father  of  the  said 
Twogood  havcing  put  him  a  servant  to  Tho  :  Marshfelld./ 

*The  coiulssion  about  M'^  Edmond  White  &  M"  Woolcote  is  renued  for      [*295.] 
M'  Deputy  Bellingham,  Incr :  Nowell,  &  M'  Thomas  Mayhewe  to  examine 
the  accounts./ 

M"'  CoUens,  'M'  Sparhanke,  &  Goo  :  Bridge  are  desired  to  heare  businesses 
betwen  John  Smyth  &  liis  fiither,  Jeremy  Norcros,  &  examine  accounts,  & 
settle  things  if  they  can;  if  not,  to  make  report  to  the  Courte  if  there  bee 
cause./ 

Heniy  Stevens  for  fiering  the  barne  of  his  m'',  M""  John  Humfrey,  hee  was 
ordered  to  bee  servant  to  M''  Humfrey  for  21  years  from  this  day,  toward 
recompencing  the  losse./ 

Samu  :  Hefford  haveing  bene  much  misused  by  his  m"",  Jonathan  Wade, 
hee  is  freed  from  the  said  M''  Wade,  &  is  put  to  John  Jolmson  for  three 
yeares,  &  to  have  6*  wages  p  @,  &  for  the  other  1?  years  it  is  referd  to  the 
Court./ 

Rich''d  Nicoles  case  is  referd  to  the  Court  at  Ipswich./ 

DanicU  Bacon  is  granted  10'  costs  against  Rich :  Neve,  because  hee  served 
him  w"*  a  warrant  &  psesuted  not./ 


312 


THE    KECORDS    OF    THE    COLONY    OF 


16  4  0. 
> — , — / 

I  December. 


Bewet,  for 
heresy,  ban- 
isht. 


George  Rich'"dson  i^  granted  10'  costs  against  James  Smyth,  hee  haveing 
served  liim  w""  a  warrant,  psecnted  not./ 

Jonathan  Wade  is  bound  in  40'  to  bee  of  good  behavioy 

M"^  Eich'"d  Parker,  for  sehng  ^  ii  or  -|  ii  of  gunpowder  to  an  lutlian, 
being  ignorant  of  the  law  against  it,  is  respited  til  the  Gen^all  Co''t./ 

'iiP  Henry  Webbe  his  man  Roger  Tola,  for  seling  2  lb  of  gunpowder  to 
an  Indian,  not  knowing  the  law.  Is  respited  till  the  Gen^'all  Co''t./ 

Jolui  Stowe,  for  seling  shot  to  an  Indian,  not  knowing  the  law,  is 
respited./ 

M'  Thorn :  Clarke  his  man,  seling  8  ii  of  shot  to  an  Indian,  is  respited./ 

Ilich''d  CoUecot,  forgetlng  the  law  against  mending  Indians  guns,  have- 
ing got  2  of  their  locks  to  bee  mended,  is  resj)ited  for  his  fine  till  the  next 
Gen'-all  Co^./ 

Mlcha  :  WiUis  is  discharged,  being  ignorant  whose  the  locks  were./ 

M'  Henry  Waltham  his  sonne  being  lately  dead,  &  hee  discovering  his 
Sonne  had  given  3*  to  the  publike,  though  no  other  knew  of  it,  was  dis- 
charged./ ■ 

Goo :       ^      Button  is  alowed  10*  8^  9''  for  the  charge  w"'  Tho  :  Evans./ 

The  iuiy  found  Hugh  Buets  to  bee  gllty  of  heresy,  &  that  liis  person  & 
errors  are  dangeros  for  infection  of  others./ 

It  was  ordered,  that  the  said  Hugh  Buet  should  bee  gone  out  of  o''  iuris- 
dictlon  by  the  24""  fsent,  upon  paine  of  death,  &  not  to  returnc,  upon  paiue 
of  being  hanged./ 

The  Court  granted  the  iury  12^  for  their  servise./ 

It  was  ordered)  that  Alexander  Beck  should  have  24  bushels  of  corne  for 
Mary  Joanes  for  the  time  past,  &  for  the  time  to  come  a  bushell  of  corne  a 
weeke,  &  to  have  two  blankets  &  a  rug  to  keepe  her  warme./ 


Jury  y'  trjed 
Buets. 


The  Names  of  the  Jury  that  tryed  Buets :  — 

Edward  Eainsford,  John  Rugells, 

James  Browne,  Griffin  Crofte, 

John  ISIartin,  Isaack  Johnson, 

John  Haule,  Jonathan  Negus, 

Thom  :  Goblc,  Riclrtl  Trusdell, 

Daniell  Brewar,  Chi-isto  :  Gibson. 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  313 

*A  Court,  at  Boston,  the  28'"  W"  M%  1640.  1G4  0-1. 

P"SENT,    The  Governo"-,  M'  John  Humfrey,  28  January. 

The  Deputy  Gov%  M'  John  Wintlu-ope,  lu :,  [*296.] 

M'^  John  Wiuthrope,  Se :,  &  Increase  Nowell. 

THE  will  of  Ann  Bunting  was  given  in,  &  the  witnesses  depo :./ 
John  Holland,  Edward  Brecke,  &  John  Sherman,  being  returned  for 
iury  men,  &  not  appearing  when  they  were  called,  were  fined  5^  a  peece./ 

The  will  of  George  Alcock  was  given  in,  &  the  witnesses  deposed,  &  also 
the  praisers  of  the  inventory  were  deposed./ 

Thomas  Hawkins,  for  his  scm-riUous  speaches,  was  enioj-ned  attendance, 
but,  upon  the  petition  of  the  gentlemen,  bee  was  remitted./ 

Samuell  Haukes,  for  swearing,  ciu-sing,  Ijang,  theft,  &  unclean  speach,  was 
censured  to  bee  set  an  houve  in  the  stocks  to  morrowe,  &  have  a  clefte  stick  on 
bis  tongue  while  the  Court  thinks  meete,  &  was  coiiiitted  the  meane  while./ 

William  Carpenter,  being  chosen  cunstable  of  Waymoth  for  the  year 
ensuing,  tooke  his  oath  to  that  place  belonging./ 

John  Plogg,  for  his  di-unkennes,  wastfulnes,  &  idlenes,  was  censured  to 
bee  coiSltted  to  Leif  t  Davenport  till  the  next  Court./ 

Walter  Knight  forfected  liis  recognisance  of  5*  by  not  appearing./ 

Thomas  Dexter  forfected  his  recognisance  of  5*,  being  bound  for  the 
appearance  of  Walter  Knight,  who  appeared  not./ 

M"'  James  Parker  is  alowed  to  marry  Thomas  Clifton  &  Maiy  Butter- 
worth  w'l'in  a  month./ 

Ordered,  by  consent  of  Henry  Waltham,  marchant,  &  Welthia,  the  wife 
of  Thomas  Richards,  of  Waymoth,  that  all  matters  in  difference  hearafter  men- 
tioned shalbee  referred  to  M'  Neweman,  M''  Parker,  &  Edward  Bates,  of  the 
same  towne,  who  by  this  Court  have  power,  or  any  two  of  them,  to  appoint  a 
miller  to  keepe  the  mill  for  both  parties,  to  set  downe  an  equall  valewe  for  the 
rent  of  M"^  Walthams  part  of  the  house,  w"''  shee  is  to  enioy  till  her  husband 
returne,  (if  bee  returne  tliis  suiiier,)  &  to  heare  &  determine  all  accounts  & 
reckenings  betweene  them,  for  w*"^  end  they,  or  any  two  of  them,  have  heareby 
authority  to  examine  witnesses  upon  oathe,  this  to  bee  in  force  till  the  next 
Court  of  Assistants./ 

VOL.  I.  40 


314  THE    RECOllDS    OP    THE    COLONY    OP 

16  40-1.  *A  Quarter  Court,  held  at  Boston,  the  2'*  Day   of  the  First  M", 


2  March. 

164U-164 

L 

[*297.] 

P°SENT, 

The  Goy'iio'', 
The  Deputy  Go :, 
M''  Wiiithrope,  Se :, 
M'  Endecott, 
M"^  Humfrey, 

M'  Saltonstall, 
M'  Wintlirop,  lu  :, 
M"^  Stoughton, 
M'  Bradstreet, 
lucre :  Nowell. 

CHRISTOPHER  GRAUNT,  for  his  cruell  usage  of  his  servant,  Nicholas 
Gilberd,  was  fined  ten  pounds,  &  bound  to  his  good  behavioY 

Garret  Church  &  Jolin  Stebben  bound  themselues  in  20*  a  peecer  for 
Grants  good  behavio''  till  the  next  Quarter  Court./ 

Robert  Stedman,  a  iury  man,  not  appearing,  was  fined  6'  Sy 

John  Hogg  uj)on  the  security  of  Samu :  Grames  &  Thomas  Munte,  they 
haveing  the  goods  in  their  possession  for  their  security,  w"^*"  hee  was  let  have 
to  keepe  till  hee  went  for  England,  &  then  to  deliver  them  to  his  use./ 

Walter  Edmonds,  being  chosen  cunstable  of  Concord,  did  take  Ins  oathe./ 

Susan  Starr  is  granted  administration  of  the  estate  of  her  husband,  Thoma : 
Star,  &  the  inventory  of  49.  6.  9''  was  shewed  in  Co''t./ 

Rich^'d  Holhngworth,  vpon  occation  of  the  death  of  RoVt  Baker,  was  fined 
10*,  to  bee  paid  to  the  wife  &  children  of  the  said  Rob''t  Baker,  his  negligence 
bfeing  the  occation  of  his  death./ 

RoVt  Bartlet  appearing,  &  there  appearing  a  mistake  ui  the  ^sentment, 
hee  was  discharged./ 

Robert  Rendall,  being  tryed  by  the  grand  iury,  was  not  found  gilty./ 

Henry  Palmer  bound  liimselfe  in  40*  for  his  wifes  good  behavio''  &  ap- 
pearance at  the  next  Quarter  Co''t,  Avhen  free  from  being  w"'  child,  &  fit  to 
come  abroad./ 

M''  John  Morecroft  is  fined  20*  for  his  unfit  carrige,  &  bound  to  liis  good 
behavio^/ 

Also,  the  forenamed  John  Morecroft  is  to  pay  20*  of  the  40*  w'**  hee  for- 
fected  for  want  of  Will :  Bell  his  appearance./ 

Walter  Knight,  appearing,  was  fined  10*  for  his  rude  speaches  and  con- 
temptuous    ^     .     For  security  hee  made  over  a  bill  of  1 1*./ 

Rich^d  Ponton  is  put  to  John  Reade  for  8  yeares  from  the  first  of  the 
ll*  A  last  past,  with  his  owne  consent./ 

John  George  is  put  to  M""  John  Winthrope,  Seni :,  for  8  yeaies,  with  his 
ownc  consent./ 


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315 


2  March. 


An  attachment  was  granted  against  Nicholas  Bacons  cattle,  for  the  pay-    16  4  0-1 . 
ment  of  his  rent  to  M'  John  Coggan./ 

Suiuons  &  attachment  was  granted  ag'  the  estate  of  Jn"  Sampson./ 

The  difference  between  M'  William  Tynge  &  M"^  Robert  Tompson  is  re- 
ferd  to  the  arbiterment  of  M'     ^     Foule  &  Cap?  Gibons./ 

M''  Eich'"d  Duiiier  had  liis  fine  of  5"  remitted,  the  ^sentm'  being  iipon  a 
mistake,  as  was  testified./ 

Thomas  Carter,  Senio"',  &  Edward  Joanes,  being  chosen  cunstables  for 
Charles  Towne,  did  take  the  oath  appointed  for  that  place./ 

John  John-son,  of  Eoxberry,  is  freed  from  training,  in  regard  of  other 
publike  servise,  w^'out  any  pay  to  the  company./ 

Thomas  Foxe  was  enioyned  to  pay  5^  or  appear  at  the  next  Court./ 


*^  Courte,  at  Boston,  the  29'"  2"  M",  1641. 


1641. 


P'SENT,    The  Gov'-no% 

M'  Humfrey, 

29  April. 

The  Deputy  Gov :, 

Increase  Nowell. 

[*298.] 

]M'^  Wintlu-op,  Sen :, 

RICH^D  WILSON,  for  his  grosse  abuse  of  his  m"^,  Thom :  Cheesholme, 
in  base  revUeing  speaches,  &  refusing  to  obey  liis  lawfull  comraaunds, 
was  censiu-ed  to  bee  severely  whiped./ 

Edward  Page,  it  being  testified  that  liis  m^  confessed  hee  was  not  to  bee 
turned  over,  nor  serve  his  wife  if  hee  dyed,  the  said  Edw"*  was  freed  by  the 
Courte./ 

M'  Joseph  Kinge,  for  uncomely  &  obscean  speaches,  was  sharply  repre- 
hended ;  &  for  distemper  in  drinking  hee  was  fined  fourty  shillings,  to  bee 
paid  w*''in  ten  dayes  to  the  Treasurer./ 

M'  Henry  Pitts,  for  his  uncomely  speadhes  &  obscean,  was  sharply  repre- 
hended ;  &  for  distemper  in  drinking  wine  hee  was  fined  fourty  'sliillings,  to 
bee  paid  to  the  Treasurer  w"'in  ten  dayes./ 

William  Browne,  for  his  obscean  &  filthy  speaches,  was  sharply  repre- 
hended, &  admonished  not  to  use  such  base  speaches./ 

Samu :  Sherman  was  enioyned,  &  pmised  to  appear  at  the  next  Court./ 

Thomas  Turner,  Thom :  Collier,  &  John  Sutton  bound  thcmschies  in 
40*  a  peece  to  appear  at  the  next  Comt,  to  answer  for  the  things  taken  up  of 
John  Hardies  rack./ 

Thomas  Bagule)-,  for  seling  his   servant  his  time,  contrary  to  order  of  ■ 
Court,  was  fined  ten  shillings./ 


THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

Migliill  Bacon,  Sen :,  upon  the  certificate  of  EichM  Beres,  Hugli  Mason 
Willi :  Williams,  &  Thomas  Hastings,  that  full  satisfaction  hath  bene  given, 
^    '      was  discharged,  it  being  declared  to  bee  a  mistake  of  ignorance./ 

Jolin  Barnes,  for  some  distemp  in  drinking  wine,  was  req^uired  to  give 
10',  w''*'  hee  consented  vnto./ 


1  June.  jj  Quarter  Court,  held  at  Boston,  the  First  of  the  4"'  M",  1641. 

P''SENT,  The  Governo"',  M'  Humfrey, 

The  Deputy  Gov'',  M"'  Bradstreet, 

M'^  Wintlu-ope,  M"^  Wintlu-op,  lu :, 

W  Dudley,  M"'  Stoughton, 

M"'  Saltonstall,  Increase  No  well. 

EDWAED  JOHNSON,  of  CharlstoAvne,  being  warned  to  serve  upon  the 
imy,  (&  not  appearing,)  was  fined  6^  8*./ 

James  Dane,  for  makeing  an  Indian  drunke,  was  fined  20sh^/ 

M'^  John  Longe,  for  his  distemper  in  drinking  &  giving  wine  to  others, 
is  fined  3*./ 

A  warrant  was  ordered  to  ^         ^         ^         ^         ^         ,  to  examine 

all  that  tooke  up  any  tiling  of  the  rack,  &  send  a  perfect  inventory  j  &  in  any 
thing  doubtfuU  they  are  to  take  the  advise  of  M''  Peck,  minister,  &  M' 
Newma./ 

John  Wliitney  was  chosen  cunstable  of  Watertowne,  &  tooke  oath./ 

There  was  granted  to  Goodm  Nutt,  Marten  Vnderwood,  John  Wlutuey, 
Henry  Kemball,  &  John  Witheredge  alowance  for  83^  y'^d  of  cloth,  valewed 
at  12'J  p  y'^d./ 

Joane  Abell  being  ^sented  tor  being  drunke,  it  being  found  to  bee  a  mis- 
take, shee  was  discharged,/ 

M'  Edward  Tomlins,  retracting  liis  opinions  against  singing  in  the  churches, 
was  dischai'ged./ 

Thomas  Patience,  for  want  of  proofs,  was  referred  to  M'  Endecot./ 

Edward  Adams  was  enioyned  to  returne  to  his  wife ;  &  being  questioned 
for  other  things,  was  discharged,  for  want  of  poffe./ 

The  towne  of  Eoxberry  is  enioyned  to  make  a  sufficient  way  between  the 
burling  place  &  the  gate,  upon  paine  of  20sh=  forf :./ 

Eoxberry  is  also  enioyned  to  repair  the  other  way  over  the  swamp  toward 
Dorchester  mill,  upon  paine  of  20'  forfett./ 


1  June. 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  317 

Ips'iv'icli  was  euiopiccl  to  repaii'  their  waycs  by  the  next  Q''t''  Court,  upon     16  4  1. 
palne  of  forfetm-e  of  10*  for  the  way  to  Salem./ 

For  theyr  way  to■^^•ard  Rowley  they  have  6  months  to  repair  it./ 

*Cambridg  was  certified  to  have  repaired  the  way  toWd  Conc''d./  [*299.] 

Cambridg,  for  the  way  between  Watertowue  &  Roxberry,  is  iuioyned  to 
repair  it  w^'in  6  m,  upon  paiue  of  3.  6.  8''./ 

Waymoth  defective  way  is  certified  to  bee  mended./ 

Salem  is  eiiioyned  to  amend  the  short  swampe  w^'in  a  month,  &  the 
other  wayes  w"'in  6  months,  upon  paine  of  5*./ 

Boston  is  inio}Tied  to  mend  their  wayes,  upon  paine  of  20'./ 

Watertowne  is  discharged,  &  Lin  is  discharged./ 

Salsberry  was  enioyned  to  amend  their  way,  upon  paine  of  20Y 

Salsberry,  for  want  of  weights  &  measures,  is  fined  3.  6''./ 

Rowley  was  eniojTied  to  mend  their  way,  vpon  paine  of  20',  w"'in  a 
month./ 

Dorchester  way  to  bee  mended,  vpon  paine  to  forfet  20'./ 

Hampton,  for  want  of  weights  &  measures,  is  fined  2.  6^./ 

Concord,  to  pay  10'  for  neglecting  watch  &  not  appearance,/ 

The  wife  of  Rob'"t  Lewes,  for  her  dishonoring  the  name  of  God,  was  cen- 
svired  to  bee  whiped./ 

Enoch  Hunt,  for  his  oppssing  practice  &  extorsion,  was  enioyned  to  make 
restitution,  pay  the  witnesses,  &  was  fined  3*./ 

Waymoth  is  remited  the  3*  fine  about  neglecting  their  hogs./ 

Roxberry  is  remited  the  10*  fine  for  neglecting  then-  hogs./ 

RoVt  Lewes  &  John  Madox  were  discharged,  the  j5>sentm*  be?  mistaken, 
their  answer  being  iudged  reasonable./ 

Jonathan  Thing,  for  ravishing  Mary  Greefeild,  was  censured  to  bee  se- 
verely whiped  heaie  &  at  Ipswich,  &  fined  20*,  to  bee  paid,  in  tkree  yeares, 
Sam :  Greenfeild./ 

Cambridge  was  enioued  to  give  Squa  Sachim  so  much  come  as  to  make 
up  35  bushels,  &  4  coates  for  the  last  year  &  this./ 

Christopher  Grant,  appearing,  was  discharged  fro  further  appance./ 

Jolin  Wliite,  appearing,  was  discharged./ 

John  Skidmer  is  fined  10'  for  seKng  strong  water  to  Indians./ 

Abraham  Morrell  is  fined  5*  for  seling  his  servant  his  time./ 

Samu  :  Sherman  is  fined  20'  for  sel^  liis  servant  his  time./ 

The  wife  of  Rich''d  Carter  appearing,  shee  was  admoiiishcd,  &  enioyned 
to  bring  her  husband  to  bee  bound  for  her  good  behavio^/ 


318 


THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


1641. 


1  June. 


Willi :  Pilsberry  &  Dorothy  Crosbey  -were  bound  to  the  good  behavio', 
&  to  appear  at  the  next  Court  bound  in  ten  pounds./ 

&  hee  was  enioyned  to  worke  w""  Goo  :  "Wiswell  2  dayes  in  the  -weeke, 
&  Goo :  Cheny  one  day  in  the  weeke,  for  five  yeares./ 

M'  Bu'sliu  was  referd  to  the  Court  at  Salem./ 

Davy  Hickbourne,  for  his  grosse  misdenieano''  &  foule  miscarriage,  was 
censured  to  bee  severely  whiped,  to  weai-e  an  ii'on  coller  till  the  Co''t  please, 
&  serve  his  ra'  3  weekes  longer  for  lost  time  &  trouble  of  his  m'./ 

INI"'  John  Louge  bound  himselfe  in  20*  to  bee  of  good  behavio'',  &  to 
appear  at  the  next  Quarter  Court./ 

Jolin  &  Elnor  Peirce  were  admonished  to  see  better  order  bee  kept./ 

WiUi :  Knop,  for  selling  bear  2  years  unlicensed,  was  fined  5*./ 

Alexand'^  Becke  was  granted  8  bushells  of  corne,  more  then  a  bushell  a 
weeke,  for  his  trouble  w"'  Mary  Joanes./ 

Henry  Webbe  &  George  Stoader,  cunsta :  of  Boston,  had  granted  them 
power  to  gather  in  the  estate  of  Paul  Yonge,  &  to  pay  the  debts,  &  to  give 
account/ 

John  Barnes  was  enioyned  to  pay  10%  or  appear  at  the  Co'"t  to  answer  for 
a  second  distemp  in  drinking  too  much,  w"''  hee,  not  appearing,  is  to  pay./ 


[*300.]     *^  Generdl  Court  of  Elections,  held  at 

2  June. 

P"SENT,  Mafts, 

The  Governo"", 
The  Deputy  Go :, 
M'  Wintln-ope,  Se :, 
M''  Dudley, 
W  Humfrey, 


M^  Willi :  Hibbens, 
M'  Willi :  Tinge, 
Ca :  Rob''t  Sedgwick, 
M'  Thom :  Coytemore, 
M"^  Eiiia :  Downing, 
M--  Willi :  Hauthorn, 
M"^  John  Whipple, 
]\I''  Geo :  Gettings, 
M-^  Edw :  Holliock, 
M--Rich:  Walker, 
M''  John  '\A^oodbridge, 


Deputies, 


Boston,  the  2"  4'"  M%  1641. 


W  Saltonstall, 
M'  Winthrop,  lu :, 
M'^  Bradstreete, 
M'  Stoughton, 
Incr :  Nowell. 


Mathewe  Boys, 
Maximi :  Jewet, 
M'  Samu :  Dudley, 
John  Crosse, 
Walter  Hayne, 
M'  Thom :  Flint, 
Leif :  Sym  :  Willard, 
Thom :  Mayhewe, 
Cap :  Willi :  Jeanison, 
Rich''d  .Jackson, 
John  Bridge, 


f   NEW   ENGLAND. 

319 

Samu:  Basse, 

1641. 

Stephen  Kiugsley, 

• — » — ' 

Henry  Smyth, 

2  June. 

M'"  Joseph  Peck, 

M""  James  Parker, 

WiUi:  Carpeuf. 

THE  MASSACHUSETTS   BAY   IN 

M'  Edw"!  Alleyn, 
Elea :  Lusher, 
M'  John  Glover, 
Hum :  Athcrton, 
John  Johnson, 
Josua  Hewes, 

M^  RICH«D  BELLINGHAM,  Esqp,  was  chosen  Governo'-  for  the  yeai-e 
ensuing,  &  did  take  the  oathe  to  that  phice  belonging./ 
M'  Jolin  Endecot,  Es^,  was  chosen  Deputy,  &  tooke  his  oath./ 
ISP  John  Winthrope,  Scni :,  Es^,  was  chosen  an  Assistant,  &  tooke  his 

oath./ 

JP  Thom :  Dudley,  Esqp,  was  chosen  an  Assistant,  &  tooke  his  oath./ 

M'  Jolin  Humfrey,  Es^,  was  chosen  an  Assistant,  &  tooke  his  oath./ 

M"'  Rich :  Saltonstall,  Es^,  was  chosen  an  Assistant,  &  tooke  his  oath./ 

M'  John  Winthrope,  luni :,  was  chosen  an  Assistant,  &  tooke  his  oathe./ 

Increase  Nowell  was  chosen  an  Assistant,  &  tooke  his  oathe./ 

M'  Symon  Bradstreet  was  chosen  an  Assis',  &  tooke  his  oath./ 

M'  Israeli  Stoughton  was  chosen  an  Assistant,  &  tooke  his  oath./ 

The  order  formerly  made  for  alowing  100*  p  @  to  the  Gov'  is  repealed./  463— 

The  order  for  giveing  40sh^  a  peece  for  wolues  killed  w"'  dogs,  &  lOsh' 

a  peece  for  wolues  killed  othersvise,  is  repealed./ 

M'^  Dudley  was  intreated  to  answ'  M"^  Fenwicks  letf  according  to  the 

directions  indorsed./ 

M'  John  Glover  &  Humfrey  Atherton  are  appointed  &  authorished  to 

lay  out  the  way  in  difference  at  Braintree./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  Treasurer  shall  pay  the  debts  of  the  country  at  a  464— 

dew  apprisall,  as  before  by  the  former  order  for  ould  debts  to  valewe  tilings, 

for  w*^"^  the  m'shall    is    to    choose  one,    the    Treasiuer    second,    &    mai'shall 

lithe  ptyell  the  third./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  offic''s  bee  paid  as  other  debts  are./ 

M'  John  Woodbridge,  !Mathewe  Boyse,  John  Crosse,  &  George  Gittings, 

they  4,  or  any  3  of  them,  are  appointed  to  set  out  the  bounds  between  Salsberry 

&  Pantucket,  ali :  Haverell.     They  ai-e  to  determine  the  bounds  w"''  M''  Ward 

&  his  company  are  to  inioy  as  a  towne  or  village  if  they  have  6  houses  up  by 

the  next  Gen''all  Com-t  in  the  8"'  A./ 

It  is   ordered,  that  eveiy  towne   should   set  out  their  bounds  w"=in  a  465- 

twelue  month  after  their  bounds  are  granted./ 

Thomas  Howlet,   John  Whiple,  &    M"^  Symonds   are    to   veiwe   where  B. 

Rowley  may  have  their  addition  w^out  piudice  to  Cochituate,  &  to  determine 

the  bounds  between  them./ 


2  June. 


320  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

1  G  4  1 .  The  Govemo""  is  appointed  to  puse  all  the  laws,  &  take  notice  what  may- 

bee  fit  to  bee  repealed,  what  to  bee  certified,  &  what  to  stand,  &  to  make 
returne  to  the  next  Gen'all  Court./ 

M--  Stoughton,  M'  Glover,  M^  Duncan,  Willi :  Heathe,  &  Willi :  Parks 
are  appointed  to  settle  things  between  EQngham  &  the  plantation  to  bee  setled 
at  Nantasket./ 

Whereas  ^  the  last  Gen'aU  Court  in  October  last  there  was  an  order 
made  for  the  incu'agenient  of  the  makeing  of  linnen,  woollen,  &  cotton  cloath, 
for  w*  purpose  it  was  then  ordered,  that  eveiy  pson  who  should  make  any 
such  cloath,  the  same  cloath  should  bee  valewed,  &  the  maker  thereof  should 
have  3'*  alowed  unto  liim  for  every  sliillings  worth  of  cloath  so  to  bee  made 
by  him,  &  whereas  the  deputies  of  this  Court  have  given  us  notice  that  it  is 
the  gen'all  desire  of  the  freemen  of  the  townes  who  have  sent  them  to  this 
Court,  &  betrusted  them  w""  the  affaires  of  the  coiuon  welth,  that  all  pubhke 
charges  w'^''  may  bee  spai-ed  should  bee  taken  of  the  countrey,  as  being  over 
[*301.]  burthensome  to  their  pisent  wants,  *it  is  therefore  ordered  by  the  magistrate  & 
deputies  of  this  Gen^'all  Court  now  assembled,  that  the  said  order  so  made  the 
8"^  A  last  shall,  from  &  after  the  10*''  day  of  the  G""  month  next,  bee  re- 
pealed &  aiiihilated,  &  bee  then  of  none  eSect.  Provided,  neverthelesse,  that 
if  any  pson  shall  make  it  appear  to  this  Court  that  hee  is  damnified  by  occa- 
sion of  the  said  order,  the  Coiu't  will  consider  of  dewe  recompence./ 

The  Answer  to  the  Petition  of  M"'  Pinchen  &  others,  of  Springfeild,  upon 
Cofiectecott,  exhibited  to  the  Gen'all  Court,  houlden  at  Boston,  2""  4"^  m. 

Co.  The  petition  being  reade  in  open  Court,  &  the  records  &  other  writings 

pused  &  referred  to  a  comitte  to  bee  fiuther  examined,  upon  their  report,  the 
matter  was  againe  considered  by  the  whole  Court,  &  agreed,  that  answer 
should  bee  given  thereunto  as  followeth,  vid :  Whereas  the  said  petition''s  do 
certify  us  that  some  of  their  neighbo''s  &  freinds  upon  Coiiectecot  have  taken 
offence  at  them  for  adhereing  to  o'  government  &  w^'drawing  fro  that  upon 
the  river,  supposeing  that  they  had  formerly  bene  dismissed  from  this  iuris- 
diction,  &  that  wee  had  bound  o''selues  (by  o'  owne  act)  fro  claiming  any 
iurisdiction  or  interest  in  Agawam,  now  Springfeild,  &  for  proofe  hearof  they 
alleadge  some  passages  in  a  coinission  granted  by  this  Court  in  the  first  ifi, 
1635,  to  the  said  M'  Pinchen  &  others,  for  the  gover"'  of  the  said  inhabitants 
upon  the  said  ryver,  &  some  passages  also  in  certeine  ai'ticlcs  supposed  to  have 
bene  ppoundcd  to  them  by  authority  of  this  Court,  — 
It  is  hearby  declared,  — 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  321 

1.  That  the  said  passages  in  the  said  coiuisslon  (as  they  are  expressed  in     1  G  4  1 . 

the  petition)  are  misrecited,  so  as  the  true  scope  &  intention  is  thereby  altered ;  * 

—  •     •  11  ^  June. 

as,  1.  Whereas  the  words  in  the  comission  are,  they  are  resolved  to  transj)lant 
themselues,  in  the  recitall  it  is,  to  plant  themselues.  2.  In  the  comission  it  is 
said  that  those  noble  parsonages  have  interest  in  the  ryver,  &  by  vertue  of 
their  patent  do  reqiure  iurisdiction  there  ;  in  the  recitall  it  is,  that  wee  con- 
fesse  it  belongeth  to  then-  iurisdiction.  3.  In  the  coiSisslon  it  is  pvided  this 
may  not  bee  any  ^iudice  to  the  interest  of  those  noble,  {&  ;  in  the  recitall  it  is, 
that  nothing  should  bee  done  or  intended  to  the  ^udice  of  the  lords,  or  their 
intendments./ 

2.  That  the  said  coiiiission  was  not  granted  upon  any  intent  either  to 
dismise  the  psons  fro  us,  or  to  determine  any  thing  about  the  limits  of  iuris- 
dictions,  the  interest  of  the  lands  &  o''  ownc  limits  being  as  then  unknowne ; 
therefore  it  was  granted  onely  for  one  yeare ;  &  it  may  rather  appeare,  by  o' 
granting  such  a  coiuission,  &  their  accepting  of  it,  as  also  that  clause,  vizj.  Till 
some  other  course  were  taken,  by  mutuall  consent,  {&,  that  wee  intended  to 
reserve  an  interest  there  upon  the  ryver,  &  that  themselues  also  intended  to 
stand  to  the  condition  of  the  first  licence  of  departure  given  to  the  most  of 
them,  w'*'  was,  that  they  should  remaine  still  of  o"'  body./ 

3.  For  those  argum*^  vt'^^  they  draw  from  those  articles  certified  in  the 
petition,  wee  answer,  that  they  were  ppounded  &  drawen  oixt  onely  by  some 

of  the  ma'™'*  of  each  pty,  w"'out  any  *order  or  alowance  of  this  Com-t ;  &  [*302.] 
therefore  (whatsoever  those  magistrats  might  intend  thereby)  the  intent  of  the 
Covirt  cannot  bee  gathered  from  any  tmng  therein  ;  but  in  those  articles  w"^"* 
were  agitated  &  brought  to  some  issue  in  o'  Gen'^all  Court  at  Cambridge,  in 
the  4*  A,  1638,  where  their  coiiiissioners  were  fsent,  Springfeild,  then  called 
Agawam,  was  claymed  by  the  Court  (though  by  occasion  of  some  private 
speach,  ^6)  to  belong  to  us  ;  &  it  was  then  agreed  by  the  Court,  &  yeilded 
unto  by  their  coiiiission'%  that  so  much  of  the  ryver  of  Coiiectecot  as  should 
fall  w"'in  the  line  of  o''  patent  should  continew  under  o'^  iurisdiction  ;  (&  it 
was  then  taken  for  granted  that  Springfeild  would  fall  to  us,  w'^iout  question ;) 
&  those  articles  had  then  becnc  fully  agreed  on  between  the  Co''t  &  their 
coiiiission'^,  had  there  not  bene  some  question  about  their  granting  us  free 
passage  up  the  river,  in  regard  of  the  lords  interest,  (as  they  alleadged./) 

Its  now  heaiby  ordered,  that  Willi :  Pinchen,  gent,  for  this  yeare  shall  M'  Pinchona 
hearby  have  full  power  &  authority  to  governe  the  inhabitants  at  Springfeild, 
&  to   lieare  &  determine   all  causes  &  offences,  both   civill  &  criminall,  that 
reach   not   to   life,  limbs,  or   banishment,  according  to  the  lawcs  heare  estab- 
lished ;  provided,  that  in  matters  of  weight  or  diillculty,  it  shalbcc  Liwfull  for 

vol..  I.  41 


comissiou. 


322 


THE  RECOKDS  OF  THE  COLONS  OF 


All  hands  to 
•worke  on  hemp 
&  flax,  &c. 


[*303.] 


466- 

Butchers  not  to 
kill  calues  bet. 
9  mo.  &  y«  1" 
mo. 


Tr. 

Trade's  w'*"  In- 
dians for  fiirrs 
on  20"  pt. 


467- 


aii)'  party  to  appeal  unto  the  Court  of  Assistants,  at  Boston,  so  as  they  psecute 
the  same  according  to  the  order  of  this  Court ;  provided,  also,  that  these  try- 
alk  bee  by  tlie  oathes  of  6  men,  untill  they  shall  have  a  greater  number  of 
inliabitants  for  that  servlse./ 

This  Court,  takeing  into  consideration  the  want  of  cloathing  v.-'^  is  like 
to  come  upon  us  the  next  winter,  &  not  finding  any  way  to  supply  us  so  well 
as  by  cotton,  w"'''  wee  find  not  like  to  bee  pvided  in  dew  time  for  the  present 
want,  &  vnderstanding  w*ull,  fi'o™  the  certein  knowledge  of  div'^se  of  the 
Court,  that  there  is  a  kind  of  wild  henipe  groweing  plentifully  all  over  the 
couutrey,  w'^'',  if  it  were  gathered  &  improved,  might  serve  for  a  pseut  sup- 
ply, till  cotton  may  bee  had,  it  is  therefore  ordered,  that  the  deputies  of  this 
Coiu't  shall  take  order  in  their  severall  townes  that  speedy  notice  bee  given  to 
all  masters  of  families  of  the  said  wilde  hempe,  w*"^  direction  when  to  gather 
it  &  how  to  use  it ;  &  for  theu-  incuragement  they  may  well  expect  that  what 
they  shall  gather  more  then  they  shall  use  is  likely  to  bee  taken  of  from  them  ; 
for  some  have  already  offered  to  take  of  a  good  quantity  at  2''  the  ii,  &  to  pay 
ready  money  for  it,  as  the  members  of  this  Court  can  informe  any  who  shall 
desire  to  sell  any  of  the  said  hempe  at  the  rate  aforesaid.  And  it  is  desired, 
&  wilbee  expected,  that  all  masters  of  fimilies  should  see  that  thek  children 
&  servants  should  bee  industriously  implied,  so  as  the  mornings  &  evenings  & 
other  seasons  may  not  bee  lost,  as  formerly  they  have  bene  ;  (&  if  it  bee  so 
continued  will  certeinly  bring  us  to  pov'ty ;)  but  that  the  honest  &  pfitable 
custome  of  England  may  bee  practised  aniongst  us,  so  as  all  hands  may  bee 
Implied  for  the  working  out  of  hemp  &  fflaxe,  &  other  needfull  *thlngs  for 
cloathing,  w^'out  abridging  any  such  servants  of  their  dewe  times  for  foode  & 
rest,  or  other  needfull  refreshings./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  last  coiuittees  w"^*"  were  foriSly  appointed  should 
hear  &  settle  things  in  Hingham./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  no  butcher  or  other  shall  kill  any  calfe,  to  bee  sould 
between  the  last  of  the  9"^  &  &  the  first  of  the  3'*  A,  upon  payne  of  forfecting 
the  valew  thereof.  Provided,  that  this  order  shall  not  extend  to  such  as  shall 
kill  any  calfes  for  their  owne  use,  although  they  shoidd  part  w""  some  part 
thereof  to  some  of  their  neighbo''^/ 

To  pvent  the  great  disorder  in  the  bever  trade,  — 

It  is  ordered,  that  no  person  w*In  this  iurisdiction  shall  trade  In  furrs  or 
wampam  w"*  any  Indians,  upon  penulty  of  forfeture  of  the  same  to  the  com- 
pany. And  this  Court  doth  ajipoint  Lcift  Willard,  John  Holeman,  Rich' 
CoUerott,  &  so  many  as  they  shall  receive  into  their  society,  of  w"^*"  number  it 
bhalbce  lawfull   for   Boston  to  ^scnt  3  or  I,  Charles  Townc  2,  &  each  other 


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towiic  one,  yv"^  they  shall  not  refuse  w"'out  iust  cause  ;  &  this  Court  doth  give      1  G  4  1 . 
liberty  to  these  psons  to  trade  w""  the  Indians  all  manner  of  coiuodities,  except  ''       ^ 

guns,  powder,  shott,  &  weapons,  for  W^''  they  shall  give  into  the  treasury  the 
twentieth  part  of  all  furs  by  them  so  traded,  according  as  they  shall  arise  to  them, 
&  that  they  shall  take  of  all  the  wampam  from  the  coUedge,  pvided  it  exceed 
not  25*,  &  to  make  payment  for  it./ 

And  they  shall  have  liberty  to  make  ord''  for  the  ordering  of  the  trade  in 
bever,  and  that  this  Court  shall  support  &  uphold  them  in  all  therr  lawfull 
undertakings,  &  that  they  shall  buy  all  their  coiuodities  w^'^in  this  iuris- 
diction./ 

This  order  to  begin  w'^'in  one  month  after  the  pubHshiug  of  the  same,  W"* 
shalbee  Av*in  one  weeke  of  this  Court.     S :  infr  :  Tr  :./ 

At  the  Generall  Court,  at  Boston,  the  2'"  of  the  i^  Si,  1641. 
Leif  ?  Willard,  or  his  assigne,  the  bearer  hearof,  hath  order  from  this  Court  Maj'||Len]|-\Vii- 

,.„.,,,  .      ,  J.  J,     ,       lard  to  ret.  all 

to  demaund  &  receive  ail  such  wampampeg  as  is  dewe  to  us  tor  o'  parte  oi  tlie  wampam  due 
tribute  from  the  Block  Ilanders  &  all  other  Indians,  &  the  arrerages  thereof,  in  f™  i^'"f'^  J*'^ 

■^  andcrs,  &c. 

■whose  hands  soever  the  same  shalbee,  &  to  give  discharges  for  the  same, 
&  to  give  account  thereof  to  tliis  Court,  for  all  w*  this  shalbee  sufHcient 
warrant./ 

Leif  t  "Willard,  Sergent  CoUecot,  &  M'  Holman,  w"'  Goodm  Woodward,  South  line  to 
are   desired  to  lay  out  the  south  line,  or  any  three  of  them,  so  as  Goodman 
Woodward  bee  one./ 

And  these  have  order  to  certify  o''  freinds  of  CoSectecott  that  if  they 
please  they  may  send  some  w*""  them./ 

Leif  I  Willard  &  his  associates  have  order  to  treate  w"'  the  Pequats,  to  see  Lef  Willard- 

,  _    ,  ,         ,  ,  ,  ..  .       ,  power  to  treat    ' 

if  they  may  bee  brought  to  bee  tributaries./  w'l'yPecott. 

It  is  ordered,  that  there  shoidd  bee  a  coiuission  fro  the  Governo''  given  to 

Lcifl  Willard,  &  the  rest  of  the  traders,  to  demaund  all  servants  from  the 

Indians./ 

The  order  against  seling  strong  water  to  the  Indians,  so  farr  as  concern-  stro  waters  at 

libc'tv  to  V* 

eth  these  traders,  is  repealed./  trad's. 

The  traders  for  beaver  have  the  trade  granted  to  them  for  3  yeares./  Str.  \Va. 

Tr.  Trade'3 


lease. 

[*304J 


•From  the  Generall  Court,  at  Boston,  2''  of  the  4"'  Month,  1641. 
It  is  greivos  to  us  to  meete  w""  any  occatiou  that   might  cause  difference  £re  to  Conecte- 

,  In  T'  i*i'x'*ii_'        cott  ab*  W'oro- 

to  arise  bctweene  yo''  people  &  us,  standing  in  so  near  relation  ot  trenulship,  ^^^^  ^.^ 
neighbo''hood,   &  Christianity,  especially ;   therefore    o'    study  is   (when  any 


2  June. 


324  THE  KECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

1  G  4  1 .  such  arise)  to  labo"^  the  removelng  of  them  upon  the  first  appearance.  Now, 
so  it  is,  that  wee  have  bene  certified  that  yo"  have  given  leave  to  some  of  yo'= 
to  set  up  a  trading  house  at  Woronock,  w*  is  knowne  to  bee  yvHn  o'  patent, 
lymg  as  much  or  more  to  the  north  then  Springfeild.  Wee  heare  also,  that  yo" 
have  granted  to  ]\I''  Rob'"t  Saltonstall  a  great  quantity  of  land,  not  far  beneath 
Springfeild,  w'^''  wee  conceive  also  to  belong  to  us.  Wee  desire  yo"  to  consider 
of  it,  as  that  w*  wee  apphend  to  bee  an  iniury  to  us,  &  do  us  such  right  in 
redresse  hearof  as  yo"  would  expect  fro  us  in  a  like  case.  Wee  sujjpose  wee  shall 
not  need  to  use  other  argum'* ;  wee  know  to  whom  wee  Avright.  Wee 
have  thought  meete  upon  these  occations  to  intimate  further  unto  yo"  that  wee 
intend  (by  Gods  help)  to  know  the  certeinty  of  o''  limitts,  to  the  end  that  wee 
may  neither  intrench  upon  the  right  of  any  of  o'  neighbo''^  no'  suffer  o'"selues 
&  o''  posterity  to  bee  deprived  of  what  rightly  belongeth  unto  us,  w'^''  wee  hope 
wilbee  w"'out  offence  to  any ;  &  upon  tliis  wee  may  have  some  ground  of 
pceeding  in  o"^  further  treaty  w""  yo"  about  such  things  as  may  concerne  the 
welfare  of  us  all.  These  tilings  wee  leave  to  yo""  consideration,  &  shall  expect 
yo''  answear.     In  the  meane  time  wee  rest./ 

467-  The  14*  of  the  4'"  M°,  1641. 

Pascal.  Whereas  some  lords,  knights,  gentlemen,  &  others  did  purchace  of  M' 

Edward  Hilton  &  of  some  m'chants  of  BristoU  two  pattents,  the  one  called 
AVecohannet,  or  Hiltons  Point,  coiiionly  called  or  kno-svaie  by  the  name  of 
Dover,  or  Northam,  the  other  pattent  set  forth  by  the  name  of  the  south  part 
of  the  ryver  of  Pascataquack,  begiiiing  at  the  sea  side,  or  neare  there  abouts, 
&  coming  round  the  said  land  by  the  ryver  unto  the  falls  of  Quamscot,  as 
may  more  fally  appear  by  the  said  grant :  And  whereas,  also,  the  inhabitants 
residing  at  ^sent  w'Mn  the  limits  of  both  the  said  grants  have  of  late  &  for- 
merly complained  of  the  want  of  some  good  governm'  amongst  them,  &  de- 
sired some  help  in  this  pticuler  fro  the  iurisdiction  of  the  Massachusets  Bay, 
whereby  they  may  bee  ruled  &  ordered  according  unto  God,  both  in  church 
and  coinon  weale,  and  for  the  avoyding  of  such  unsufferable  disorders,  where- 
by God  hath  bene  much  dishonored  amongst  them  :  Those  gentlemen,  whose 
names  are  here  specified,  George  Wyllys,  gent,  Rob't  Saltonstall,  gen?,  Willi : 
Whiting,  Edward  Holliock,  Thomas  Makepeace,  partners  in  the  said  pattent, 
do,  in  the  behalfe  of  the  rest  of  the  patentees,  dispose  of  the  lands  &  iurisdic- 
tion of  the  pmises  as  followeth,  being  willing  to  further  such  a  good  worke, 
[*305.]  have  *heai'by  for  themselues,  &  in  the  name  of  the  rest  of  the  patentees,  given 
vp  &  set  over  all  that  power  of  iurisdiction,  or  governm',  of  the  said  people 
dwcling  or  aljiding  w"'in  the  limits  of  both  the  said  pattents,  unto  the  gov''um' 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  325 

of  the  Massachusets  Bay,  by  them  to  bee  ruled  &  ordered  iu  all  oausoS,  crim-     10  4  1. 
iuall  &   civill,   as  inhabitants  dwehng   w"'in  the  limits   of  the  Massachusets        ~~^''    ~^ 
governm',  &  to  bee  subiect  to   pay  iu   church   and  coiuou  wcale  as  the  said 
inhabitants  of  the  Massachusets  Bay  do,  &  no  other./ 

And  the  freemen  of  the  said  two  pattents  to  enioy  the  like  liberties  as 
other  freemen  do  w'^'in  the  said  ilassachusets  governm',  &  that  there  shall 
bee  a  court  of  iustice  kept  w"^in  one  of  the  2  pattents,  w'*  shall  have  the  same 
poW^  that  tlie  Courts  of  Salem  &  Ipswich  have  ;  provided,  alwayes,  &  it  is 
hearby  declared,  that  one  of  the  said  pattents,  that  is  to  say,  that  on  the  south 
side  of  the  ryver  of  Pascataquack,  &  in  the  other  pattent  one  third  pt  of  the 
land,  w*  all  improved  land  in  the  said  pattent,  to  the  lords  &  gentlemen  & 
other  owners,  shalbee  &  remaine  unto  them,  theu'  heires  &  assignes  forever, 
as  their  proper  right,  &  as  haveing  true  interest  therein,  saveing  the  interest 
of  iurisdiction  to  the  Massachusets./ 

And  the  said  pattent  of  Wecohannett  shalbee  divided,  as  formerly  is  ex- 
prest,  by  indifferent  men  equally  chosen  on  both  sides,  wherby  the  plantation 
may  bee  furthered,  &  all  occasions  of  difference  avoyded./ 

And  this  hono''ed  Court  of  the  Massachusets  doth  hearby  pmise  to  bee 
helpfull  to  the  maintenance  of  the  right  of  the  said  patentees,  in  both  the  said 
pattents,  in  all  legall  courses,  iu  any  pait  of  their  iurisdiction./ 

Subscribed  by  the  forenamed  gentlemen  in  the  ^sence  of  the  Generall 
Court  assembled  the  day  afore  written./ 

"Whereas  it  is  desii-ed  by  this  Court  to  ease  the  countrey  of  all  unnecessary  468— 

travells  &  charges,  it  is  ordered,  that  there  shalbee  4  Quarter  Comts  kept 
yearly  by  the  ma'""^  of  Ipswich  &  Salem,  w"'  such  others  to  bee  iojTied  in 
coinission  w""  them  as  tliis  Court  shall  appoint,  not  hindering  any  other  ma*™** 
that  will  help  them ;  this  order  to  take  effect  after  these  next  Quarter  Coiu'ts 
shalbee  ended  at  Salem  &  Ipswich,  two  of  these  Quarter  Courts  to  bee  kept 
at  Salem  &  the  other  2  at  Ipswich,  the  first  Court  to  bee  kept  the  last  third 
day  of  the  7""  month  at  Ipswich,  (&  the  rest  at  the  same  time  the  former 
Courts  were,)  the  next  quarter  at  Salem,  the  3''  q^'ter  at  Ips-n-ich,  the  4"^  at 
Salem,  &  the  ma'"'^  of  Ipswich  &  Salem  to  attend  every  of  these  Courts, 
but  no  iiu-ymen  to  bee  warned  from  Ipswich  to  Salem,  nor  fro  Salem  to  Ipswich  ; 
to  each  of  these  places  a  grand  iury  shalbee  warned  once  a  yeare,  &  these 
Courts  to  have  the  same  power,  both  in  civill  and  criminall  causes,  the  Court 
of  Assistants  hath  at  Boston,  except  tryalls  for  life,  limbs,  or  banishm',  w'^''  are 
wholly  reserved  to  Boston  Court ;  provided,  it  shalbee  lawfuU  to  appeal  flom 
any  of  these  Courts  to  Boston.     And  it  shalbee  in  the  liberty  of  any  plantiffe 


326  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


2  June. 

[*30(3.] 


1  G  4  1 .  tliat  *hath  an  action  of  above  one  hundred  pounds  princlpall  debt  to  try  his 
cause  in  any  of  these  Courts  or  at  Boston ;  the  fines  of  these  Courts  to  defray 
the  charges  of  the  same,  &  the  overphis  to  bee  returned  to  the  Treasurer  for 
the  pubUque.  And  Salsberry  &  Hampton  are  ioyned  to  the  iurisdiction  of 
Ipswich,  &  each  of  them  to  tend  a  grand  iuryraan  once  a  yeare  to  Ipswich./ 
■Wages.  This  Court  haveing   taken  into  consideration  the  scarsity  of  money,  & 

,     "     .   ,' '     the  arreat  abatement  in  the  prices  of  corne,  cattle,  &  other  comodities  of  the 

boure's  to  be  o  J.  '  ' 

abatted.  countrey,  whereby  it  is  impossible  that  men   should  bee   able  to   give  such 

wages  to  servants  &  other  labo^'ers  &  workmen  as  formerly,  so  as  mauv  thinke 
better  to  lay  aside  theu-  busines  &  impliments  (w"^""  would  tend  to  the  mine  of 
the  churches  &  comon  wealth)  then  to  spend  the  small  remainder  of  their 
estates  for  the  maintenance'  of  others  in  such  a  way  as  will  not  affoard  them 
some  equall  recompence,  —  it  is  therefore  hearby  declared,  that  it  is  thought 
equall  that  all  servants,  labo''ers,  &  workmen  should  bee  content  to  abate  their 
wages  according  to  the  fall  of  the  coinodities  wherin  their  labors  are  bestowed, 
and  that  they  should  bee  satisfied  w""  payment  in  such  things  as  are  raised  by 
their  labo"",  or  other  coinodities,  w"^""  the  country  aifoards,  &  that  they  are  to 
bee  content  to  ptake  now  in  the  l^sent  scarsity,  as  well  as  they  have  had  theu- 
advantage  by  the  plenty  of  former  times ;  &  this  Court  shall  account  it  great 
oppision  in  any  that  shall  transgresse  the  intention  of  this  order,  &  will  have 
them  pceeded  w"'  accordingly./ 
PI.  It  is  ordered,  that  a  plantation  for  the  fiu-thering  of  fisliing  shall  fourth 

Nantascot  a      .^^tb  bge  set  up  at  Nantascot,  &  that   all  the   neck  to   the  end  of  the  furthest 

plantation  for  a  -^ 

fishing  trade,  beach  towards  llingham,  where  the  tide  overfloweth,  shall  belong  to  it  ;  and 
that  such  of  the  psent  inhabitants  of  Hinghara  as  will  follow  fishing,  &  will 
remove  their  habitations  thither,  shall  have  land  &  meadowe  upon  Xantaskot 
Neck,  according  to  the  order  heare  established,  &  that  all  other  men  that  will 
follow  fishing,  &  -n-ill  remove  their  habitations  thither,  shall  have  such  accom- 
modations there  as  the  plantation  will  aftbard  ;  and  that  it  shalbee  lawfull  for 
any  other  fishermen  inhabiting  in  any  other  of  the  townes  w"'in  the  Bay  to  set 
up  stages  upon  Nantaskot,  or  any  of  the  ilands  belonging  thereto,  w""  suiii- 
cient  ground  for  the  drying  of  then-  fish./ 

And  that  there  shalbee  alowed  now,  at  the  fij-st,  to  ev'y  boate  W^""  shall 
use  fisliing,  4  acres  of  upland  for  the  ^sent,  &  the  medow  to  bee  disposed  of 
by  an  equall  ^portion  among  such  as  shall  have  cattle  ;  <&  it  is  further  ordered, 
that  M'  Stoughton,  IM--  Duncan,  ^NI-^  Glover,  Willi :  Heath,  &  Willi :  Parks,  or 
any  3  of  them,  M'  Stoughton  to  bee  one,  shall  in  convenient  time  repair  to 
Nantaskot,  &  set  out  the  lands  &  medow  there,  according  to  the  meaning  of 
[*307.]      this  *order  ;  and  it  is  further  ordered,  that  the  iland  called  Pedocks  Hand,  & 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  327 

the  other  Hands  there  not  otherwise  disposed  of,  shall  belong  to  Nantaskot,  to      16  4  1. 

bee  to  the  use  of  the  inhabitants  &  fishermen,  so   soone  as  they  shall  come    """    '^ 

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to  inhabite  there./  Nantascotts 

And  this  Court,  or  some  of  the  Court  at  Boston,  shall  from  time  to  time  graunt. 
appoint  some  2  or  3  able  men  to  set  out  land,  &  stage  roome,  ^c,  to  such  as  shall 
come  to  inhabite  or  fish  there  ;  &  in  the  meane  time  the  coinissiouers  afore- 
named, or  .3  of  them,  as  aforesaid,  sliall  dispose  of  the  same  ;  provided,  al- 
■wayes,  that  no  pson  shalbee  stated  in  ppriety  in  any  land  or  medowe  there 
(though  the  same  bee  allotted  to  them)  before  hee  bee  a  setled  inhabitant  there, 
&  in  a  course  of  fishing./ 

It  was  ordered,  that   John  Crabtree  should   alow  back  to   INI''  Ilibbens  M'  Hibbens 
30sh',  for  so  much  overpaid  for  the  worke  formerly  done./  Crabtree 

And  John  Davies  was  admonished,  &  enioyned  to  pay  the  witnesses./ 
Tliis  Court  haveing  found  by  expience  that  o''  former  readines  to  grant  468— 

benevolences  to  well  deser^-ing  psons  hath  layd  us  open  to  petitions  and  im-     '^°' 
portunities  in  that  kind,  it  is  now  declared,  that  this  Court  will  hearafter  grant 
no  benevolences  except  in  forraine  occasions,  &  when  there  is  money  in  the 
treasiuy  sufficient,  &  o''  debts  first  satisfied./ 

For  incuragment  of  such  as  will  adventure  for  the  discovery  of  mines,  469— 

it  is  ordered,  that  whosoever  shalbee  at  the  charge  for  discovei-y  of  anv  mine  ^""^""■'^B'^"' '° 

'  o  ./  .<  discouerv  of 

w"'in  this  iurisdiction  shall  enioy  the  same,  w""  a  fit  portion  of  land  to  the  mines,  &c. 
same,  for  21  years  to  their  pp  use  ;  &  after  that  time  expired,  tliis  Court  shall 
have  power  to  allot  so  much  of  the  benefit  thereof  to  publike  use  as  they  shall 
thinke  equall,  &  that  such  psons  shall  have  liberty  liearby  to  purchase  the 
interest  of  any  of  the  Indians  in  such  lands  where  such  mines  shalbee  found, 
prided  that  they  shall  not  enter  any  mans  ppriety  w"'out  the  owners  leave./ 

TVHiereas  comissione"  are  appointed  by  this  Court  to  hear  &  determine  469— 

small  causes  in  townes,  it  is  ordered,  that  if  the  said  coinission"  shall  at  any  ^^"S- 

1      ■  1       ■>     1         f  !•     1  t    .       D    1  1     11  1  1        •        Smalc  coiuissi 

time  desire  the  help  oi  any  one  oi  the  next  ma*'"-"%  &  hee  shall  have  authority  j^eip, 
to  repair  thither  at  such  times  as  hee  shall  tliinke  fit,  to  give  his  advise  to  the 
said  comission",  &  to  minister  oaths  to  witnesses,  for  the  better  decyding  of 
all  such  causes  according  to  iustice./ 

Whereas,  by  former  order,  all  millitaiy  companyes  in  the  sev''all  townes  469— 

are  to  bee  trayned  8  dayes  in  y"  yeare,  it  is   now  ordered,  that  the  offic"  & 

Times  of  tr;iyn- 

souldiers  (servants  excepted)  shall  have  pow"",  w"'in  their  severall  townes,  to  ings. 
appoint  what  dayes  &  tymes  they  shall  find  to  bee  most  fit  for  avoyding  of 
losse   of  time,  &  the  oportunities  of  the  furtherance  of  husbanchy,  &  other 
busines  of  the  country,  so  as  the  whole  do  amount  to  8  dayes  in  the  yeare./ 


328 


THE  EECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 


1641. 


2  June. 
Military  or- 
ders. 

470^ 


[*308.] 


Fish. 

Fisheinen" 
bate. 

Elde's  dcsird 
to  make  a  ch,at- 
techisme. 

471- 

Tresu'  ac- 
counts to  be 
taken. 


A  barrel!  of 
pouder  to  y 
out  tounes. . 


Assosiates  for 
Courts  &  coiu- 
issio's  in 
tounes. 


And  it  is  also  ordered,  that  the  millitary  offic"^'  in  ev^y  company  shall 
appoint  what  armes  every  man  shall  bring  to  the  trainings,  so  as  two  thii-ds  of 
ev''y  company  bee  furnished  w"*  muskets  ;  pvided,  that  every  pson  shall  still 
bee  pvided  of  a  musket,  according  to  a  foriB  order./ 

Whereas,  by  former  order,  the  survey''s  of  the  armes  are  to  le-v^-  the  pen- 
ulty  for  default  of  jjowder  &  other  aiiiunition  &  armes,  it  is  now  ordered,  (in. 
regard  that  mony  is  now  very  scarce,)  that  ev'"y  such  pson  who  shall  not  have 
money  to  pvide  powder  shalbee  excused  fro  the  *penulty  if  hee  shall  bring  to 
the  surveyar  so  much  corne  or  other  coinodlty  as  shalbee  valewed  by  the  said 
officer  to  bee  worth  so  much  powder,  w'^''  hee  shall  bestow  accordingly,  when 
it  may  bee  had.  And  for  other  defects,  as  the  want  of  a  bullet  or  2,  or  some 
other  pcell  of  such  tilings  as  are  subiect  to  losse  &  expence,  any  ma'™'"  may 
apportion  the  penulty  according  to  the  nature  of  the  defects./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  fishermen  should  have  their  fish  for  baite  at  the  same 
rate  that  others  have  at  the  weeres,  &  bee  first  served./ 

It  is  desired  that  the  eld''''  would  make  a  catachisme  for  the  instruction  of 
youth  in  the  grounds  of  religion./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  ould  Treasurers  accounts  should  bee  made  up  & 
delivered  into  the  last  Treasurer  w^'in  sixe  weekes.  And  it  is  ordered,  that 
M'  Tinge  should  gather  up  the  arrerages  w'=''  the  ^ceding  Treasiu-er  hath  left 
of  the  rates  in  his  time,  &  to  cleare  up  liis  accounts  w"'in    ^    months./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  Hampton,  Dedham,  &  all  the  out  townes  should  each 
of  them  have  a  barrell  of  gunpowder,  for  av*  they  are  to  give  satisfaction  to 
the  Treasurer./ 

To  assist  at  Salem  Com-t,  M"'  Eiuanuell  Downing,  INI'"  Willi :  Hauthorne, 
M'  Willis,  &  W  Edward  Hollioke  are  appointed./ 

To  assist  at  Ipswich  Court,  IM'  Symonds,  M""  Hubberd,  INI''  Duiuer,  'M' 
Bellingham,  &  M"'  Dudley  are  appointed./ 

For  to  order  small  causes  at  Newbeny,  ISI"'  Woodman,  IM""  John  Oliver, 
&  M'  John  Woodbridge  are  appointed./ 

To  order  small  causes  at  Concord,  M'  Thorn :  Flint,  Lcifl  Willard,  & 
Rich^'d  Griffin  are  appointed./ 

For  Cambridg,  W  Joseph  Cooke,  M-^  Sam :  Sheopard,  &  Edward  Goffe 
are  appointed./ 

For  Dedham,  W  Edw*  Alleyn,  John  Kingsbuiy,  «&:  Henry  Cliickery  are 
appointed./ 

For  Sudberry,  M'  Noys,  Edmond  Goodnow,  &  Edmond  Rice./ 

For  Watcrtowne,  Capt  Jeanison,  M''  Mayhewe,  &  M'  Browne./ 


"       Y       - 

2  Juuc. 


THE    xMASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  329 

For  Hampton,  John  Crosse,  Chi-isto :  Husscy,  &  John  Moulton ;  «&  one      1  G  4  ] . 
of  these  to  sec  people  ioyne  in  marriage  in  a  publikc  meeting,  &  keepe  records 
of  the  same./ 

For  Waymoth,  IM-"  Parker,  Edward  Bates,  &  Willi :  Jeffrey ;  &  M'  Par- 
ker, in  a  publike  meeting,  to  see  people  ioyuc  in  marriage,  &  keepe  record 
thereof./ 

For  Hingham,  M''  Peck,  Antho :  Fames,  &  Edm"  Hiibberd,  Seni : ;  & 
M'  Peck  to  see  people  io}Tie  in  marriage,  &  keepe  records./ 

For  Salsberry,  M''  Batt,  M'  Dudley,  &  M''  Winslow ;  &  one  of  them  to 
see  people  iojTie  in  marriage,  &  keepe  records./ 

For  Braintree,  Alex  :  Winchester,  Rich :  Right,  &  Sam :  Basse./ 

John  Johnson  is  appointed  to  examine  &  seaixh  for  all  the  country  armes, 
&  see  to  the  fser^ing  of  them./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  John  Humfrey,  Es^,  shalbee  sergent  maior  generall./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  wampampege  shall  passe  currant  at  6  a  penny  for  any 
sume  under  10*,  for  debts  *heareafter  to  bee  made./  [*309.] 

Jane  Hawkins  is  enioyned  to  depart  away  to  morrow  morning,  &  not  to  472— 

returne  againe  hither,  upon  paine  of  severe  whiping  &  such  other  punishment  ,  ""f ,  ^"'^'"^ 
as  the  Court  shall  thinke  meete  ;  &  her  sonnes  stand  bound  in  20*  to  cari-y  her 
away,  according  to  order./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  Capt  Sedgwick  should  have  what  fines  are  most  fit.  Cap'  Sedjwike. 
upon  search  &  tiyall  of  them.     ||For  satisf :  of  money  due     x     x||./ 

It   is    ordered,    that    all    grandiury    men    to    bee    warned    against    the  Gr.  Ju. 
7"*  A  next   shall    stand,   also  the  first  &  after,   &  to    receive    their    charge  j/'pU'ed."^ 

the   7"'   &./  standing. 

It  is  declared  to  bee  the  mind  of  the  Co''t,  that  if  the  Indians  send  not  j^^^-^^^^  ^^_ 
back  o''  run  awayes,  then,  by  comission  from  the  Gov'no''  &  any  3  of  the  'I'uid  *»  send 

back  our  runn 

magistr"",  to  send  &  take  so  many  as  to  satisfy  for  the  want  of  them,  &  for  the  away. 
charge  of  sending  for  them./ 

It  is  also  ordered,  that  if  any  harme  be  done  by  the  Indians  to  the  Eng-  Indians  hurw 
lish  in  theu-  cattle,  the  Gov"'no'',  w"'  the  same  number  of  ma'™**  forementioned,  ^*^„j  ^^^  "^ 
to  give  power  to  recover  satisfliction,  &  the  like  for  such  damage  as  hath  bene 
done  formerlv./ 

.  ,      ^     ,  .       .  ,    J  Cap'Vnd'hill 

The  order  for  the  banishment  of  Capt  \  nd'hill  is  repealed./  bani.  repeal'. 

The  bounds  for  Charlstowne  village  are  to  bee  set  out  by  Capl  Cooke,  B. 
M''  Holliocke,  &  M"'  John  Oliver,  the  contents  of  4  mile  squai-e./  ChariTrowne ' 

The    law   for    no    imunities    to    bee   granted   to   any   new   plantation  is  bounds,  &5. 

Law  pranting 
repealed./  imunitjcs  re- 

vol..  I.  42  »'^''''=^- 


330  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

16  4  1.  Charlsto-svne  village   is   granted  two  yeares  iiu unity  from  publike  rates 

^       ^    from  the  end  of  tliis  Coiut,  for  such  stock  as  they  have  there  onely./ 
RichCom'cots  llich'd  CoUecott  his  fine  of  10*  is  remitted  to  10sh^/ 

fine  rem-ed  to  j^jr  j^j^ji  Oliver,  M'  Edward  Alleyn,  &  Willi :  Parks   are  appointed  to 

W  Hej-n  veiwe  the  bounds  of  M''  Haynes  farme,  &  certify  y'=  Co''t./ 

^"'"'=-  M--  Eich^d  Parker  is  remitted  his  fine  of  10*  to  10'./ 

M'  Ri :  Parker  ... 

fine.  M''  Thom :  Clarke  is  remitted  his  fine  of  10*  to  10^/ 

M'ThoiCiaiks  M'' Thom  :  May hewe  &  John  Bridge   are   appointed  to   consider  of  the 

Wate'  To  &      difference  about  the  line  ruiiing  between  Cambridg  &  Watertowne  ;  &  if  they 
t  ''h'  "  tfd  ^^  ca^imot  agree,  they  aie  to  choose  a  third  man  to  settle  tilings,  according  to  the 

former  order./ 
150  acres  of  It  is  agreed,  that  M"'  INIayhewe  shall  enioy  150  acres  of  land  on  the  south 

m"  h"    '        ^^^^  °^  Charles  Ryver,  by  Waterto'WTie  weere./ 
Boston,  y«  It  was   agreed,  that  the  wood  &  timber   upon   Cambridge   ground   doth 

belong  to  Cambridge ;  onely  the  Coiut  desireth  o"^  bretliien  of  Cambridg  that 

o""  brethren  of  Boston  might  take  the  wood  &  timber  w'^^  they  have  felled  & 

Ppared,  to  take  it  away  w*in  one  yeare./ 
Shawshin,  Shawshin  is  granted  to  Cambridge,  pvided  they  make  it  a  village,  to  have 

10  families  there  setled  w'^'in  three  yeares ;  otherwise  the  Comt  to  dispose  of 

it./     Alt :  Infr :  509. 
Ba.  It  is  ordered,  that  estates  in  land  in  England  should  not  bee  rated  heare 

in  pubhque  seasments./ 
M'  oidhams  M'  Thom  :  Mayhewe  &  M'  Joseph   Cooke  are   appointed  to  set  out  the 

land  to  be  layd 

out.  500  acres  of  M"'  Ouldhams  for  M'  Cradock,  near  Mount  Feake./ 

It  was  ordered,  that  Nicho :  Davison  should  have  in  liis  200*,  but     ^ 
It  was  voted,  M'  Cradocks  rates  should  bee  forborne  till  the  next  ship 
come,  &  then  it  is  referd  to  M''  Stoughton  &  M"^  Hauthorne  to  consider  &  give 
order  in  it./ 
[  3 10. J  *It  was  ordered,  that  a  foote  way  should  bee  set  out  through  Nodlcs 

* '^~  Hand,  -w"^  W  Willi :  Hibbens  &  M-'  Thomas  Coitemore  are  to  settell  where  it 

may  bee  most  convenient./ 

M"'  John  Oliver,  M'  Edward  AUejm,  &  Willi :  Parks  are  appointed  to 
veiw  &  settle  M"'  INIakepeace  his  farme  of  200  acres./ 
M''  Stowe  his  fine  of  10*  is  remitted  to  20sh^/ 
Abra :  Mel-  There  is  200  acres  of  land  granted  to  the  hcue  or  assigne  of  M"'  Abrah : 

lowes  gr'  of         urn 

200  acres.  Mellows./ 

John  Stowe  &  Isaack  MorrcU  are  alowcd  7*  10'  for  losse  in  30*  worth  of 
corne  received  for  the  fishing  money./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  331 

• 
It  was  ordered,  that  Secunke,  near  New  P'vidence,  should  bee  accepted      1  G  4  1 . 

under  o''  gov''nm'  if  it  fall  not  in  Plimoth  patent./  '^ 

And  M'  James  Parker  is  appointed  to  go  to  Plimoth  to  desire  to  see  gg^^un^jj 

their  pattent,  &  take  a  coppey  of  it ;  &  INP  Governo"^  is  desired  to  write  to 

Plimoth  about  it./ 

M'  Henry  Webbe  is  remitted  his  fine  of  10*  to  lOsli^/  M'  Hen: 

It  is  ordered,  that  all  fcirmes  that  are  w"'in  the  bounds  of  any  towne  ,„jt,ted  to  lo- 

should  bee  of  the  towne  in  w"'*'  they  lye,  except  Meadfoard./  To : 

Farraes  to  be- 

Ilich''d  Beard  is  granted  freedome,  w*°  the  consent  of  his  m^./  long  to  y 

Eob'-t  Ilinsdall  is  remitted  the  fine  w*  hee  was  liable  unto./  townesyeyiy 

'  in. 

M"^  Athertoii  Haugh  is  granted  400  acres  of  ground  for  his  50*  adv:./         400  acs  to  M' 
There  is  500  acres  of  ground  granted  to  S"^  Rich :  Saltonstall,  knight,  to  .„„      \    „ 

o  o  '  o      '         ,500  ac'3  to  S* 

bee  set  out  by  M'  Pinchen  &  M"^  Smyth  below  Springfeild,  if  it  fall  w'Mn  o''  Rifh :  Salton- 
stall, to  be  set 
pattent./  out. 

It  is  conceived,  that  Tjino :  Hawkins  hath  nothing  dewe  to  him  in  iustice,  Tym.'  Haukins. 
so  notliing  is  to  bee  alowed  him  ;  but  if  hee  will  put  in  secureity  to  pay  45*, 
hee  is  granted  the  house  to  take  away,  &  dispose  of  it,  pvided  hee  give  his 
answer  in  w*''in  a  month./ 

Whereas  it  hath  appeared  to  this  Court  that  there  hath  bene  much  differ-  Pai. 
ence  in  the  countrey  in  the  appraisment  of  cattle,  w"*"  is  conceived  to  arise  ^^  aprism'  of 
from  the  different  rules  w'"''  men  have  gone  by  in  such  aj^praism'',  this  Court,  *^*'i'=- 
haveing  weighed  the  great  inconvenience  w''''  may  follow  upon  such  appraism'', 
have  thought  fit  to  declare  what  is  conceived  to  bee  the  true  rule  to  bee  fol- 
lowed in  such  cases,  vizj,  that  it  is  not  to  bee  iudged  the  m'ket  or  true  price 
w''*'  some  are  forced  by  vrgent  necessity  to  sell  a  beast  for,  but  what  benefit 
may  arise  by  the  milke  &  increase  of  a  cowe,  or  labo"'  of  an  oxe,  charges  of 
hay,  ^(5,  considered ;  &  it  is  desired  that  all  men  will  indevo""  to  frame  their 
coiuerce  according  to  this  rule./ 

Whereas  Samu :  Winslow  hath  made  a  pposition  to  this  Court  to  fiu-nish  474— 

the  countrey  w"^  salt  at  more  easy  rates  then  othen\dse  can  bee  had,  &  to  |]"  jit^g^n™''  ' 
make  it  by  a  meanes  &  way  w'''"  hitherto  hath  not  bene  discov''ed,  it  is  there-  ^^'insiow. 
fore  ordered,  that  if  the  said  Samu :  shall,  w'l'in  the  space  of  one  yeare,  set 
upon  the  said  worke,  hee  shall  enioy  the  same,  to  him  &  his  assosiat',  for  the 
space  of  10  yeares,  so  as  it  shall  not  bee  lawfuU  to  any  other  pson  to  make 
salt  after  the  same  way  during  the  said  years  ;  pvided,  nev'thelesse,  that  it 
shall  bee  lawfuU  for  any  pson  to  bring  in  any  salt,  or  to  make  salt  after  any 
oth""  way,  dureing  the  said  tearmc./ 

John  Giu-uey,  James  Ludden,  &  John  Porter  are  remitted  their  fines  w'''^ 
they  forfeted  for  want  of  gunpowder./ 


332  THE  EECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

16  4  1.  Capt  Sedgwick  is  ordered  to  take  care  of  the  Castell  this  yeai-e  ensuing, 

"        ^    ~^  to  begin  the  first  of  the  5*  month.     *And  hee  is  to  agree  w"^  the  gunner  & 

Ca  'Sed  mck  ^®  "^^"^J  ^lo'^ing  them  250  bushells  of  Indian  corne  p  @,  if  the  guiier  will 

to  take  care  of  accept  of  it ;  &  50  bushells  more  of  Indian  corne  the  capt  hath  granted  for 

y«  Castle  y 

year.  Other  necessaries./ 

[*311.]  For  the  better  entering  of  all  orders  of  this  Court,  it  is  hearby  ordained 

475—  &  established,  that  all  orders  of  this  Court  w"''  shalbee  voted  in  any  day  of  the 

be  da  -iv  put      Same  shall  (before  the  Coiu't  arise  that  evening)  bee  referred  to  a  coinitte  of 
into  forme.        ^j-^g  qj.  more,  to  bee  put  into  dewe  forme,  &  so  g>sented  to  the  Court  the  next 

morning./ 
Pascal.  Whereas  the  lords  &  gentellmen  patentees  of  Dover  &  other  tracts   of 

^'^^^  v'^v"  ^° f  ^'^'^'^  iipon  the  ry ver  of  Pascataque  have  passed  a  grant  of  the   same   to   this 
gou'iu' at  Pis-    Court,  to  bee  forever  annexed  to  this  iurisdiction,  w""  reservation  of  some  pt 

ca.  ,  ... 

of  the  said  lands  to  their  owne  use,  in  regard  of  ppriety,  it  is  new  ordered, 
that  the  psent  Gov''no'",  assisted  w"*  2  or  3  of  the  other  ma''"'''^  shall  give  coiuis- 
sion  to  some  meete  psons  to  go  to  Pascataque,  &  give  notice  hcarof  to  the 
inhabitants  there,  &  take  order  for  the  establishing  of  government  in  the  lim- 
itts  of  the  said  patentees,  «&  to  receive  into  this  iurisdiction  all  other  inhabit- 
ants upon  the  said  river  as  may  &  shall  desire  to  submit  themselues  thereunto./ 
M'  Peeter,  &  The  Court  doth  intreat  leave  of  the  chiuxh  of  Salem  for  M''  Peters,  of 

M' vveid,&M'  ^g  eiMxz\^  of  Eoxberry  for  M>^  Wells,  &  of  the  church  of  Boston  for   M' 

Hibbin"  to  be  *' 

sent  to  Engid.   Hibbens,  to  go  for  England  upon  some  weighty  occations  for  the  good  of  the 

countrey,  as  is  conceived./ 

H:  W:  The  Governo"^,  Deputy  Gov''no',  M""  Winthi-ope,  Seiii :,  M""  Humfrey,  Inc  : 

Winisemcth:    Novell,  ISI''  Hauthorne,  M''  Hibbens,  &  M"^  Coitemore  are  appointed  to  settle, 
way. 

for  a  finaU  conclusion,  the  way  from  Winnetsemet  to  the  written  tree./ 

The  Court  desii-es  M'  Governo',  ]\I'  Deputy,  M"^  Wuithi-ope,  M'  Dudley, 
M'  Stoughton,  M'  Hauthorne,  M'  Coytemore,  M"^  HoUiocke,  &  John  Johnson, 
w""  any  other  of  tliis  Court  that  will,  to  give  a  meeting  to  the  elders,  to  con- 
sider of  the  iurisdictions,  &  after  speach  w""  the  elders,  the  Governo'  to 
appoint  the  time  &  place./ 
M'  w»  ciarks  Willi :  Clarke,  dwelling  between  Linn  &  Ipswich,  hath  hbcrty  to  inter- 

taine  passing'^  &  cattle./ 

M"^  Parker,  of  Waymoth,  is  alowed  to  sell  his  strong  water./ 
Arthur  Sanden  is  alo'v^'cd  to  kecpe  a  victualing  house  at  !Marblchead./ 
The  Court  giveth  leave  to  publish  the  declaration  of  the  ^sent  state  of 
the  country,  w""  revisall.     It  was  tendied  to  the  Court  by  M''  Endecott./ 

M' Ting  freed  ''  _  .  '.    . 

from  traynings.  M'  Tynge,  the  Treasurer,  is  freed  from  ordinary  trainings./ 


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THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  333 

The  Com-t  gave  order  to  imply  Willi :  Cheesbrough  &  Rich''(l  Eight  to      1  G  4  1 . 
get  a  firkin  of  iron  oare  for  M'  Edward  Alleyn./ 

Waynioth  is  appointed  to  pay  6  bushells  of  corue  ;  onely  M"'  Parker  to 
bee  free./ 

M''  Tynge  is  chosen  Treasurer  for  the  yeare  ensuing,  &  till  new  bee  chosen./  M'  Tj-ng, 

Tres. 

Increase  Nowell  is  chosen  Secretary  for  the  yeare  ensuing,  &  till  new  be  j^j,  i^-o,veU 
cho[sen./]  ^^°- 

The  business  of  Concord  rate  is  referred  to  the  Q''ter  Court./ 
The  Governo'^  &  2  other  ma'""^  have  power  to  agree  w"'  the  marshal!  &  Gou  &  2  more 

,  .  to  agree  w"* 

the  keeper  or  the  prison./  m«shU. 

The   tole   of  M''  Mayhews  bridge  is  referd  to  the  Gov'no''  &  2   ma*"^'^  to  M'  Mayhew, 
settle  for  7  yeares./ 


Squantums  Neck  &  Mennens  jMoone  are  layd  to  Dorchester./  B. 

Doi 
diti. 


It  is  ordered,  that  o""  hoast  Turner  should  have  200  bushells  of  corne,  or     °  '^ ' 


the  valew,  w"'  such  fines  as  can  bee  got  in./ 

It  is  declared,  that  where  farmes  ioyne,  the  partition  fence  is  to  bee  riui  475— 

betwixt  the  owners  ;  &  if  the  one  party  fence,  &  the  other  neglect,  &  tres-     ''f "  ^  '""  " 
passe,  lice  is  lyable  to  pay  damages./  Fences. 

Octob'-  lO'h,  1638. 

The  observation  taken  for  the  most  southerly  pts   of  this   pattent,  going  SoutU'lv  lyne 
along  by  Charles  Ryver,  wee  found  to  bee  41  degrees  49  muiutes  of  north  41  degr.  49 
latitude,  where  wee  tooke  o"^  observation,  the  lyver  still  runing  southerly ;  but  """• 
we,  for  want  of  necessaries,  could  not  at  that  time  try  the  utmost  end  of  the 
river.       Nathaniell  Woodward,  mathematition,  INI"^  Dalton,  Willi :  Perkins, 
John  Fairebank,  M'^  Dalton's  servant./ 

*It  being  found  by  experience  that  the  course  of  elections  had  neede  to  bee      [*312.] 
brought  into  some  better  order,  the  freemen  growing  to  so  great  a  multitude  ^'^^'  *^  *° 

^  000  Toating  ma- 

as  wilbee  overburthensome  to  the  countiy,  &  the  day  appointed  for  that  servise  gist". 
will  not  affoard  sufficient  time  for  the  same,  and  the  way  of  pxies  (as  it  is 
called)  is  found  subiect  to  many  miscarriages,  &  losse  of  oportunityes  for  advise 
in  the  choyse,  it  hath  bene  therefore  considered  by  this  Court  that  some  other 
way  should  bee  ppounded  to  the  fireemen  of  the  countrey,  that,  by  their 
advise  &  consent,  some  order  may  bee  established  at  the  next  Generall  Court 
in  the  8"'  &.  The  way  w'^''  this  Court  hath  thought  on  is,  that  in  ev'y  towne 
w*"''  is  to  send  a  deputy  to  the  Court,  the  flfreemcn  to  mcete  before  the  Court 
of  Election,  &  for  cv''y  ten  freemen  to  choose  one,  to  bee  sent  to  the  Court, 
w"*  power  to   make   election  for  all  the  rest,  &  in  this  way  to  bee  at  liberty 


334  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

1  G  4  1.  whether  they  will  ioyne  altogether  or  vote  severally,  or  to  vote  so  as  ev^y  one 
that  hath  10  votes  shalbee  an  electo"',  &  ma"^"  &  eld"  to  put  in  their  votes  as 
other  freemen.  The  deputies  are  to  carry  the  coppey  hearof  to  the  sev''all 
towns,  &  to  make  returnes  at  the  next  Court,  what  the  minds  of  the  freemen 
are  hearin,  that  the  Com-t  may  j»ceede  accordingly./ 

[For  the  names  of  those  made  free  the  2d  of  June,  see  list  at  the  end  of  this  volume.] 


2  June. 


A^ 


[*313.]  *The  29"  5'"  M",  @  1641. 

29  July.  P»sENT,    The  Gov'no'",  M'Humfrey, 

The  Deputy,  M'  Stoughton, 

~M'^  Wintlu'ope,  Incr  :  Nowell. 
ISP  Dudley, 

T  a  Co'"t  at  Boston,  George  Bowen,  being  absent  when  hee  was  called  to 
serve  upon  the  iuiy,  was  fined  5sh'./ 

James  Laurence,  for  goeing  out  of  his  m'' his  house  in  the '  night  un- 
seasonablely  ag'  his  expisse  order,  was  censured  to  bee  sharply  whiped,  &  also 
for  keeping  company  w"^  a  leaude  Avoman./ 

William  Pilsberry,  for  defileing  his  m"'  his  house,  was  censured  to  bee 
whiped./ 

Dorothy  Pilsberry  was  censured  to  bee  whiped  for  her  uncleannes,  & 
defileing  her  m""  his  house./ 

Mary  Osborne,  for  her  grosse  miscarriage  in  giveing  her  husband  quick 
silver,  &  other  abuses,  was  censured  to  bee  severely  whiped./ 

Mary  Pelton,  the  wife  of  Beniamin  Fclton,  for  her  severall  thefts  fro  M' 
Webbe,  M''  Parker,  M'  Stoader,  &  :M>'  Eldreds  man,  to  the  valewe  of  8.  15. 
11*;  the  things  were  restored,  &  her  husband  uudertooke  &  boimd  himselfe 
to  restore  the  valewe  of  the  goods  taken  away  to  each  of  them./ 


[*314.]  *.^  Quarter  Co%  at  Boston,  the  07"  7"  M",  1641. 

7  September.  p»sENT,    The  Governo%  M' Saltonstall, 

The  Deputy  Go  :,  JSP  Stoughton, 

M''  AVintlu-ope,  Se :,  W  Bradstreete, 

M"'  Dudley,  Incr  :  Nowell. 

ISI"'  Humfrey, 

THOMAS  CARTER,  Senio',  cunstable  of  Charlstowne,  is  fined  6.  8<i,  for 
warning  the  iury  men  too  late,  &  for  a  rong   day,  w'''  was  two  dayes 
too  late./ 


T 


TUE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  335 

Edwai-d  Larkin,  being  warned  to  serve  upon  the  iury,  &  not  appearing,     16  4  1. 
is  fined  5'.     This  fine  is  remitted,  the  cunstable  mistaking,  &  warning  for  a    ~       '       ^ 

7  September, 
wrong  day./ 

The  rates  of  wharfige  &  litrige  are  referd  to  the  Gcn^all  Court,  to  bee 
brought  in  by  the  towne  of  Boston./ 

Willi :  Wells  is  enioyned  iu  10*,  to  answere  for  op^ssion./ 

M'^  Nicholas  Trerice,  for  his  miscarriage  in  Coiu't,  is  fined  fortye 
sliillings./ 

Thomas  Owen,  for  his  adulteros  practises,  was  censured  to  bee  scut  to  the 
gallos  w*  a  roape  about  his  neck,  &  to  sit  upon  the  lather  an  houre,  the  roapes 
end  throwen  over  the  gallos,  so  to  returne  to  prison./ 

Sara  Hales,  the  wife  of  Willi :  Hales,  was  censured  for  her  miscarriage 
to  bee  carried  to  the  gallos,  w*  a  roape  about  her  neck,  &  to  sit  an  houre 
upon  the  lather,  the  roaps  end  flung  over  the  gallos,  &  after  to  bee  ban- 
ished./ 

Willi :  Lampson  hath  liberty  to  fell  300  trees  on  the  other  side  of  Che- 
bacco,  so  it  bee  not  in  the  limits  of  any  to^vuc./ 

Anthony  Stoader,  confessing  his  fault  in  his  unfiting  speach  to  the  Gov- 
erno'  in  aflfronting  of  him,  is  fined  ISj*./ 

Captainc  John  Vnderhill  being  indited  upon  pclamation,  no  witnesses 
comeing  in,  bee  was  acquited./ 

John  Kilmaster,  John  Knop,  &  John  Knight,  for  their  distemper,  were 
admonished  &  dismissed./ 

M"'  Samuell  Maverick,  being  found  gilty  of  a  confederacy  w""  Thorn : 
Owen  to  breake  prison,  conseallng  of  it,  &  letting  bee  upon  his  Hand,  was  fined 
one  hvmdred  *./ 

M'  Chidley,  for  confederating  &  conseallng,  was  fined  13^*./ 

M'^  Ducket,  for  confederacy  &  conseallng,  was  fined  26|*./ 

M'  Wollaston,  for  conseallng,  being  privy,  was  fined  13^*./ 

M'  Oateley,  for  conseallng,  was  fined  13^*./ 

^     Thome,  for  conseallng,  hideing,  &  suppliing,  was  fined  6§*./ 

Willi :  Cope,  for  conseallng,  was  fined  J'006§*./ 

]Mary  Wilber,  for  conseaUng  &  consenting,  was  fined  6§*./ 

Thomas  Owen,  for  ""breaking' °' Prison,  was  fined  20*,  to  bee  paid  wHn  a 
weeke,  or  to  bee  severely  whiped./ 

Sai-a  Hales,  for  escaping,  to  pay  13J^*,  or  be  whiped  &  banished./ 

M'  Dutchfelld,  'M^  Williams,  &  INP  Hale  were  admonished  to  take  heede 
of  the  like  consealment./ 


336 


THE  KEC0ED3  OP  THE  COLONS  OF 


1G4  1. 


7  September. 


M''  William  Collens  being  found  to  bee  a  seducer,  &  bis  practices  pved 
sucb,  bee  is  fined  one  bundled  pounds,  &  to  bee  kept  close  prisoner  till  bis  fine 
bee  paid,  &  tben  bee  is  banisbed,  upon  paine  of  deatb./ 

Francis  Hutcbinson,  for  calling  tbe  churcb  of  Boston  a  whoare,  a  strumpet, 
&  other  corrupt  tenents,  bee  is  fined  50*,  &  to  bee  kept  close  prisoner  till  it  bee 
paid,  &  tben  bee  is  banished,  upon  paine  of  death./ 

Margery  ]\Iathew,  -vvidow  of  Thorn :  Matbew,  is  alowed  to  sell  her  bus- 
bands  bouse,  land,  &  goods  toward  paym'  of  her  husbands  debts,  reserving 
her  necessary  cloaths  &  beding,  w'*'  were  hers  before  marriage,  being  pply 
her  owne./ 


[*315.]     *A  Generall  Court,  held  at  Boston,  the  7'*  Day  of  the  8"'  M%  1641. 

7  October. 

P"SENT,    M'  Govemo', 

M'^  Deputy  Gov', 

M'  Winthrope, 

M'  Dudley, 

M"^  Humfrey,  depted,  /  SJ-f 


W  Saltonstall, 
M"^  Bradstreet, 
M"'  Stougbton, 
Incr :  Nowell. 


Deputies, 

M"^  Emma :  Downinge, 
M"^  Willi :  Hauthorn, 
M-^  Willi :  Tynge, 
Ca :  Edw*  Gibbons, 
M'  Thorn :  Coytemore, 
Leif  ?  Ral :  Sprague, 
M'  Edw'i  HolUoke, 
Nicho :  Browne, 
M"^  Samu :  Symonds, 
M'^  Willi :  Bartholomew,  " 
M'  Thom  :  Nelson,  ° 
Matbewe  Boyse, 
M>'  John  Woodbridge, 
M'  Sam :  Dudley, 
Christo :  Batt, 
Willi :  Hayward, 
M"'  Joseph  Cooke, 
John  Bridge, 


Ca :  Willi :  Jennison, 
M"'  Symon  Eyres, 
M"'  Peter  Noyse, 
M-^  Thom :  EHnt, 
Leif  ?  Sym  :  Willard, 
Elea :  Lusher, 
Micha:  Powell,  " 
M'  Joseph  Weld, 
Willi :  Heathe, 
M'^'  John  Glover,  ° 
Leif  ?  Na :  Diuican, 
Alex :  Winchester, 
Ste :  Kingsley, 
James  Parkei', 
Edwa :  Bate, 
Ste :  Paine, 
Joseph  Pecke. 


M^  RICHARD  BLINDMAN  &  Thomas  Wheeler  were  made  free./ 
About  tbe  Indians,  it  is  referred  to  the  Governo',  &  such  magistrates 
as  mectc  upon  a  lecture  day,  to  send  some  Inglish  to  them  to  dcmaund  tbe 


7  October. 


THE    MAS.SACiIU.SETTrf    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  337 

run  awayes  in  the  spring,  that  answere  bee  returned  to  tlic  Court  of  Elections,      1  G  4  1 . 
in  the  3"^  A  next./ 

M"'  Tompson  is  remitted  the  '20*  ■\v'=''  he  undertooke  for  Tho :  Owen,  fine 
for  3  years  forbearance  of  money  for  powder./ 

It  is  ordered,  the  prison  should  be  made  warme  &  safe./ 

It  was  ordered,  letters  should  bee  written  to  Coiiectecott,  Newe  Haven,  & 
Newe  Plimoth,  to  advise  about  the  ilanders  of  Aquidnet./ 

It  was  voted,  that  a  deputy  of  eveiy  towne  should  send,  in  writing,  to 
Cap?  Gibons,  the  21""  ^sent,  what  wheate  wilbee  adventured  to  bee  ready  by 
the  fiisst  of  the  first  month,  &  who  to  undertake  for  the  towne./ 

M"^  Ed-\\ard  ^  &  Tymo :  Tomlins,  w"'  Jolm  Poole,  were  admonished 
not  to  go  to  the  Dutch  because  of  scandall  &  offence./    '   "'  "'    • 

Forasmuch  as  it  appeareth  to  this  Court  that  wheate  is  like  to  bee  a  stapL^  Wheat  not  to 

o      1  1  •      •  in  •  1  1  p  1       o    i'     •       1    ''*^  baked  to 

comodity,  &  that  a  sliip  is  w"'all  convenient  speede  to  bee  set  fourth,  &  fraited  ^^^ 
w"'  wheate,  for  the  fetcliing  in  of  such  forraine  coiiiodities  as  wee  stand  in  need  R^P-  *88. 
of,  it  is  therefore  ordered,  that,  after  the  last  day  of  this  ^sent  8"*  month,  no 
baker,  ordinary  keeper,  or  otlier  pson,  shall  bake,  to  sell,  or  set .  to  sale,  any 
bread  or  cakes  made  of  wlieate  meale,  or  wherein  any  wheate  meale  shalbee 
put,  upon  paine  to  forfeit  double  the  valewe  thereof.  And  the  cunstables  of 
every  towne  are  hearby  required  to  see  that  this  order  bee  observed,  &  that 
they  shall  make  seisure  of  all  such  bread  so  set  to  sale,  &  distribute  the  same 
to  the  poore./ 

It  is  also  ordered,  that  no  pson  w"'in  tliis  iurisdiction  shall  make,  or  cause  Nor  maultcd. 
to  bee  made,  any  mault  of  wheate,  upon  paine  to  forfeit  ten  sliillings  for  evciy^ 
bushell  so  maulted  ;  provided,  that  it  shall  bee  lawfull  for  any  to  make  or  sell 
bisket  of  wheate  meale  for  the  use  of  ships./     Rep  :  488. 

^Miereas  the  country  is  no^Ye  in  hand  w"^  the  building  of  ships,  w"^  is  a  476— 

busines  of  great  importance  for  the  coiiion  good,  &  therefore  sutable  care  is  to  ^'"P^  *°  ^^ 

simcjd. 

bee  taken  that  it  bee  well  pformed,  according  to  the  coiiiendablc  course  of 
England,  &  other  places,  it  is  therefore  ordered,  that,  when  any  ship  is  to 
bee  built  w^'in  this  iurisdiction,  it  shalbee  lawfull  for  the  owners  to  appoint 
&  put  in  some  able  man  to  survey  the  workc  &  Avorkcmen  from  time  to  time, 
as  is  usuall  in  England  ;  &  the  same  so  appointed  shall  have  such  liberty  i.*t 
power  as  belongs  to  his  office,  &  if  the  sliijjcarpenter  shall  not,  upon  liis  advice, 
reforme  &  amende  any  thing  w'^''  hee  shall  find  to  bee  amisc,  then,  upon  com- 
plaint to  the  Govenio"",  or  Deputy,  or  any  other  2  magistrats,  they  shall  appoint 
2  of  the  most  sufficient  shipcarpenters  of  this  iurisdiction,  &  shall  give  them 
aiithority  from  time  to  time  (as  ncedc  sliall  require)  to  take  vciw  of  every  such 
ship,  &  all  worke  thereto  belonging,  &  to  sec  that  it  bee  pformed  &  carried  one 
vol..   I.  4o 


338  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

1  G  -1  1 .      according   to  the  rules  of  their  arte  ;   &  for  this  end  an  oath  shalbee  adminls- 

"       ■^  tered  to  them,  to  bee  faithful!  &  indifferent  *bet'ween  the  owners  &  workmen  ; 

r*fi-i/i  T     &  their  charges  to  bee  borne  by  such  as  shalbee  found  in  default :   &  these 
[*31t).  ]  '^  •' 

veiwers  shall  have  power  to  cause  any  bad  timbers,  or  other  insufficient  worke 
or  materialls,  to  bee  taken  out  &  amended,  &  all  that  they  shall  iudge  to  bee 
amisse  to  bee  reformed  at  the  charge  of  them  through  whose  default  it  growes./ 

477—  For  settleing  of  all  coiuon  fferryes  in  a  right  course,  both  for  the  passin- 

errjessc  e  .  ^^^^  ^  owners,  it  is  declared  &  ordered,  that  whosoever  hath  a  fFerry  granted 
upon  any  passage  is  to  have  the  sole  liberty  of  transporting  passingers  from 
the  place  where  such  ferry  is  granted  to  any  other  ferry,  or  place  where  feny 
boates  use  to  '"jj,^',  and  that  any  ferry  boate  that  shall  land  passingers  at  any 
other  fferry  may  not  take  passingers  from  thence,  if  the  ferry  boate  of  the 
place  bee  ready  ;  provided,  that  this  order  shall  not  p>iudice  the  liberty  of  any 
that  do  use  to  passe  in  their  owne  or  neighbo''"  canoos  or  boates  to  their  ordi- 
nary labo'''^  or  busines./ 

Winisemet.  It  was  voted,  that  Winnet  semet  ferry  should  have  but  3'^  to  Boston,  & 

that  both  ferryes  should  have  liberty  alike./ 

The  ferry  from  Boston  hath  liberty  to  carry  to  Noddles  Hand  &  the  ships, 
as  to  Winnet  semet,  according  to  the  former  order./ 

M'  Oatly  fine  To  gratify  M'  Humfrey  at  his  departure,  &  the  rather  for  his  publique 

,  charges  &  travell  in  liis  place  of  serieant  maior,  the  sume  of  twenty  marks 

imposed  upon  M'  Oateley  is  freely  left  to  M'^  Humfrey  his  disposall./ 

M'  Sam ;  M'  Samu :  Hutcliinson  is  referred  to  bee  examined  by  ]M"'  Wilson,  IM' 

be  exam'".  Slieopd,  &  M'  Elliot  ;  &  if  they  find  him  sound  in  iudgment,  &  signify  so 

much  under  their  hands,  then  the  Co't  of  Assistants  may  admit  him  to  dwell 
amongst  us  ;  if  not,  to  signify  the  contrary./ 

M'  Rob' Cooks  M""  Eobert  Cooke  is  granted  to  have  12^  in  a  bushell  for  the  come  paid 

him  in  at  4'  a  bushell,  &  hee  could  get  but  3'  p  bushell  for  it,  the  some  being 
40V 

Winisem'  high  It  is  ordered,  that   the   high  way  between   the  written  tree  &  Winnet 

tree  be  mad.      semct  should  bee  made  sufficient  for  carts,  horses,  &  men  by  Boston  w"'in  3 

sufficient.  months,  upon  paine  of  20*./ 

Willi :  Aspinwall  hath  a  safe  conduct  granted  him  to  come  &  satisfy  the 
counsell,  &,  if  they  tliinke  meete,  to  stay  till  the  Gcnerall  Court  ;  if  not,  hee 
is  to  depart  till  the  Generall  Court,  &  then  hee  hath  liberty  to  come  to  the 
Gen-'all  Court./ 

M'Chidley  ,    .  . 

fine  remitted  to  ^i'  Cliidley  his  fine  is  remitted  to  twenty  nobles./ 

.     Gosse  liis  fine  is  remitted  to  the  towne  of  Watcrto^^■n./ 

M'  W"  Perkins  ' 

400  ao.  M^  Willi :  Perkins,  for  his  fathers  50',  is  granted  400  acres  of  land./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  339 

M'  Hauthorne,  M'  Hollioke,  &  l^Iathe^ye  Boyse  are  appointed  to  vclwe     1  G  4  1 . 
&  settle  the  bounds  of  Ipswicli,  Cape  Ann,  &  GeofFiyes  Crecke,  &  rctuine    '       ^1'       ^ 

*.-,..,  /^         ,  7  October, 

their  determination  to  tlie  next  Lo''t./ 

'  Ipswich,  Cap. 

For  the  trees  w"^""  Willi :  Lampson,  or  any  other  for  him,  have  felled,  by  Amis,  &c.,  to 

order  granted  him,  hee  is  to  have  them  ;  but  hee  is  to  fell  no  more.     And  M'^  p<,rt  made. 

Bradstreet  is  to  have  such  trees  as  hee  hath  felled,  not  exceeding  120  ;  but  I"'""' '°  Lamp- 
son  &  M'  Brad- 
hee  is  to  fell  no  more./  street. 

M''  Edward  Kauson  is  ai^pointed  insteed  of  SI''  Oliver,  w">  M"'     ^     &  JI"' 
^     are  ap^jointed  to  end  small  causes  at  Newberry./ 

*It  was  ordered,  that  henccfor\vard  notliing  should  bee  put  to  vote  before      [*317.] 
it  bee  written.     Explained,  490  :  (3>  18  :  -12./  478- 

Nothing  to  be 

It  is  declared  by  the  Court,  that  the  cunstable  is  to  whip  or  punish  any  voted  till  writ- 

to  bee  punished  \i'here  there  is  not  another  officer  appointed  to  do  it  w"'iu  his       ' 

4  (9— 
owne  towiie,  unlesse  hee  can  get  another  to  do  it./  Constable  to 

M"^  Deputy  Endecott,  M''  Downing,  &   M'  Hauthorne,  or  any  two  of  ^'  ''' '"  '^'^^^' 

>■       J  '  o>  'J  M'Eiidicot, 

them,  are  to  dispose  of  all  lands  &  other  things  at  Cape  Ann  untill  the  Court  *£.,  to  dispose 

of  Cap.  Ann 

take  turther  order./  lands. 

AVilli :  Wilson  is  appinted  to  execu.te  the  iudgm'  for  INP  Pliilip  Gibbs  Will"  wiisoa 

to  SC^VC  CXC" 

upon  Edwaj-d  Michelson,  upo"  ^l'  Gibs  his  delivering  of  the  band  into  the  (,„(;  „„  jj, 
Com-t  to  bee  kept./  E'  Mitcheison. 

About  the  rack :  Edward   Bendall  haveing  order  to   seeke   to   clear  the  M'  Edw :  Ben- 
ryver  of  it,  &  if  hee  cleare  the  harbo"",  hee  is  to  have  all  w''''  hee  can  get  up;  cieare v wrack 
if  not,  hee  is  to  have  the  one  halfe,  &  the  country  is  to  have  the  other  halfe. 
For  the  clearing   of  the  harbo"^  hee  hath  liberty  till  the   first  of  the   8"'  in, 
1642 ;  &  hee  is  to  give  account  to  the  Treasurer,  from  time  to  time,  &  to 
leave  the  full  haulfe,  or  give  good  secmity./ 

Cap?  Gibons  is  appointed  to  see  to  the  laying  of  the  ordinance  in  Boston,  Cap' Gibbons  to 

11,  866  to  y  lajing 

that  they  may  not  bee  spoyled./  of ,..  o^ina  in 

Each  towne  is  to  take  the  like  care  by  millitary  officers./  Boston. 

Willi :  Hatchet,  being  suspected  of  bestiality,  for  abusing  liimselfe  w"'  a  480— 

cowe,  hee  is  referd  to  the  next  Q'"t''  Couit./  ''."    ' 

'on  suspition  ot 

^I'  Ricli'd  Duiner,  appearing   in   Court,  gave  satisfaction  ;   onely  for  his  bestiality,  rcf'd 

to  y  Q'te' 

judgm'  hee  is  referred  to  M""  Wilson  &  M"'  Ehot./  Court. 

It  is  ordered,  that  the  5"^   day  three  weeks,  being   the  4""  of  the  9"^  &,  Day  of  hmiiia- 

shalbce  kept  a  day   of  publique    humiliation   throughout   o""   iurisdiction,    in  f^j.  gngij 
regard  of  o''  wants,  &  the  danger  of  o'^  native  countiey./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  a  letter  shalbee  sent  to  INI'"  Ilaynes  &  the  rest  of  the  Letter  to  Con- 

.,  ^,    _  _,_^  .  T.«-i  All  -CI        neeticot  .ab'  M' 

^^trats  jj(.  t^onectecot,  to  send  back  the  prisoner  Mathewe  Ailejm,  or  satisfy  the  jj^jtu ;  AUcin 
debt  &  damage./ 


7  October 
Deputy  choyce, 


340  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

1  G  4  1 .  The  proposition  of  choosing  deputies  for  a  yeare,  &  transacting  &  pparc- 

iug  all  tilings  for  the  Gen''all  Court  amongst  the  thi-ee  regiments,  is  to  bee  car- 
rjed  by  the  deijutics  to  the  freemen  of  every  towne,  &  their  answcre  returned 

transaction',      (o  tlic  next  session  of  tliis  Court./ 

Capitol!  lawes  The  Govern'  &  M'  Hauthorne  were  desired  to  speake  to  M"'  Ward  for  a 

scribed'"'  ^oppey  of  the  liberties  &  of  the  capitall  lawos  to  bcc  transcribed  &  sent  to  the 
severall  townes./ 

Mary  VVUby>  Mary  Wilby  her  fine  is  respited,  upon  her  good  carriage./ 

fine  remitted.  ^^^.  p^jj^^^^  j^-^  g^^^  ^f    ^QQt  ig  j-eniitted  tO  iOK/ 

M'  Collins  ' 

fine  remitted  Franc  :  Ilutcliinsons  fine  of  50*  is  remitted  to  20*./ 

51'  Franc  "-^^  ^^  ^^^Y  o'-^^  security  to  pay  the  same  ^''^in  sixe  months,  it  is  referred 

Uuch.  to  23".     jQ  jj^g  Governo"'  to  send  them  away./ 

Fines  assigned  The  fincs  are  all  assigned  over  to  the  Treasurer./ 

o)«   res'.  ^-^^^  Flint,  Goodman  Bridge,  &  Abraham  Browne  are  appointed  to  accom- 

pany M''  Oliver  to  see  the  artillery  land  layd  out,  &  make  returne  to  the  next 
Courte./ 

480—  AH  sorts  of  coriie  are  left  at  liberty,  as  concerning  the  prices,  from  hence- 
Prices  of  conic  f^m-th   anv  former   order   to   the   contrary  notw*stancUng  :  &  for   servants   & 

to  y«  country  'J  J  o 

rate.  workmeiis  wages  it  is  ordered,  that  they  may  bee  paid  in  corne,  according  to 

the  order  the  8"'  m  last ;  but  for  the  price,  if  the  ptics  cannot  agree,  the 
corne  is  to  bee  valewed  by  2  indifferent  freemen,  to  bee  chosen  the  one  by  the 
m'',  the  other  by  the  servant  or  workman,  (who  are  to  have  respect  to  the  val- 
ewe  of  the  worke  or  ser\'ice ;)  &  if  they  cannot  agree,  then  a  tliird  man  is  to 
bee  chosen  by  the  next  magistrate,  or  if  no  magistrate  bee  in  the  towne,  then 
by  the  next  cimstable  ;  &  for  all  other  payments  in  corne,  if  the  pties  cannot 
agree,  they  shall  choose  2  indifferent  freemen,  &  if  they  cannot  agree,  the  S'^ 
to  bee  chosen  by  the  next  magistrate  or  cunstable,  as  before ;  &  for  payment 
of  corne  for  rates  to  the  Treasurer,  the  like  course  is  to  bee  held,  &  that  the 
Treasurer  shall  not  bee  forced  to  take  cattell./ 

The  Order  for  the  High  Way  fro  the  Written  Tree  to  Winnetsemet. 

481—  Wee,  whose  names  are  hearunder  written,  being  appointed  by  the  Co't  to 
Country  hish-    j      ^^^j.  jj^g  country  high  way  fro  Winnet  semet  towards  Linne,  have  agreed 

way  from  Wini        •'  J        o  J  '  o 

semet.  that  it  shall  go,  as  formerly,  from  the  water  side  to  the  foote  of  Powder  Home 

Hill,  &  from  thence  about  the  west  end  of  the  said  hill,  &  over  the  east  end 
of  Sagamore  Hill,  &  thence  to  turne  up  above  the  swamps  to  the  line  of  par- 
.  tition  between  Charlstovnie  &  Boston,  ruiiing  along  thereby  conveniently  near 

to  the  great  swamp,  turning  downe  by  the  south  side  thereof  to  M''  Keapies 
cart  way  over  the  said  swamp,  &  so  along  in  the  said  cart  way  over  the  brooke 


THE    MASoACIIUoETT3    BAV    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  341 

neare  unto  the  oukl  bridge,  &  thence  in  the  most  convenient  way  to  the  new     1  G  4  1 . 

bridge./  "• 

RICH"   BELLINGIIAM,  Go  :,  7  October. 

JOHN   ENDECOT,  Dep  :, 

JOHN   WINTHROPE, 

&  INCREASE   NOWELL. 

Increase  Nowell,  M"^  Duncan,  M'  Hawkins,  M''  Bourne,  51'^  Coytemore,  Rates  to  be 
&  M'^  Wells,  they,  or  any  5  of  them,  are  appointed  to  settcll  the   rates   of  jdg^  portridg, 
wharfige,  portridge,  &  warehouse  huu'e,  &  certify  the  next  Gen''all  Court,  & 
the  order  to  stand  the  meane  while./ 

Leave  is  granted  by  the  Co''t  to  M'"'  Wiuthrope  to  build  a  house,  &  a  hog  M"  winthrnp' 

libe'ty. 

or  goate  pen  by  the  lower  part  of  Conco''d  Ryver,  yet  to  bee  at  the  Courts  dis- 
posing, except  the  land  given  to  ]\I''^  Winthrope,  or  some  pt  thereof,  bee  al- 
lotted to  her  in  the  same  place./ 

It  was  appointed  that  every  cap?  should  pay  for  the  fferrig  of  liis  comp"'  482— 

Company  fcr- 
OUt  of  the  fines./  riag.,  how  p<i 

The  fferry  men  are  alowed  to  take  double  pay  after  daylight  is  downe,  &  ""  "  ' 

•'  _  _  .  .  Duble  ferrias. 

those  that  pay  not  are  to  give  their  names  in  writing,  or  a  pawne,  or  the  fferry  after  daylight. 
men  may  cany  them  before  a  magistrate./ 

The  24''-^  T'"  ifi,  1G41. 

^Miereas  wee,  whose  names  are  underwritten,  were  ordered  to  settle  the 
fcriy  between  Boston  &  Winnetsemet,  wee  do  therefore  hearby  certify,  that 
wee  have  (according  to  o''  best  care  &  iudgment)  done  hearin,  viz:  *Wee  [*319.] 
have  let  it  unto  Edward  Goodwin  &  Robert  Williams,  to  bee  carefully  &  dili- 
gently attended  to  the  content  of  the  countrey,  &  that  the  said  ptics  abovesaid 
shall  alow  unto  the  treasury  six  pounds  p  annu,  &  hould  it  for  the  space  of  one 
whole  yeare  fi-om  the  SS*''  of  this  psent  7"^  &,  1641 ;  and  for  two  yeares  more 
in  case  they  give   content  iinto  the  countrey,  &  they  themselues   desire  to 

hould  it./ 

WILLI:  TYNGE, 

THOM:  COYTEMORE, 

ROBERT   SEDGWICK, 

ROBERT   WILLIAMS, 

EDWARD   GOODWIN. 

Wee,  whose  names   are   underwritten,  haveing   full   authority,  from   the  483— 

townes  wherein  wee   dwell,  to  end   all  controversies  concerning  the  line  of  ^^_ 
partition  between   Boston  &  Roxberry  at  Muddy  Ryvcr,  concerning  w'"''  some 


7  October. 


342  THE    RECORDS    OF    TIIE    COI.ONY    OE 

1  G  4  1 .  doubt  hath  bene  made,  have  agreed  that  the  trees,  as  farr  as  they  have  bene 
marked  by  Capt  Jenuison,  shall  stand  for  parting  limits  between  both  townes, 
&  from  thence  to  run  to  the  corner  of  Dedham  lauds  next  adioyuing  ;  in  witnes 
of  w*^**  ^mises  wee  have  iuterchangably  set  to  o""  hands  this  SO""  of  the  11"" 
&,  1639./ 

WILLI:  COLEBRON, 

WILLI:  TYNGE,  ;>p  Boston. 

JACOB   ELIOT, 

JOHN   GORE, 

JOSEPH   WELD, 

JOHN   JOHNSON, 

WILLI:  PARKE,' 


p  Roxberry. 


Boston  &  Cam-  Wee,  whose  names  are  underwritten,  being  appointed  by  the  townes  to 

■y/<:i'  T/^QQ  (Jo  belong  to  settle  the  bounds  between  Boston  &  Cambridge,  have 
agreed  that  the  partition  shall  run  fro  Charles  Ryver  up  along  the  channell  of 
the  small  brooke  to  a  marked  tree  upon  the  brinke  of  the  said  brooke,  neare 
the  first  &  lowest  reedy  meddow,  &  from  that  tree  in  a  straight  line  to  the 
great  red  oake,  formerly  marked  by  agreement  at  the  foote  of  the  great  liiU 
on  the  northermost  end  thereof,  &  from  the  said  great  red  oake  to  Dedham 
line,  by  the  trees  marked  by  agreement  of  both  ptyes,  this  2**  8"'  iii,  16-tO./ 

p  Boston,  THO:\IAS   OLIVER, 
WILLI:  COLBRON, 
J)  Cambridge,  RICH^D   CHAMPNES, 
JOHN   BRIDGE, 
GREGO:  STONE, 
JOSEPH  ISAACK, 
THOM :  MARRETT. 

4g^  Whereas  it  appeareth   that  by  the   extent   of  the  line,  (according  to  o' 

Pasc :  patent,)  that  the  ryver  of  Pascataquack  is  w"'in  the  iurisdiction  of  the  Massa- 

tygg_  chusets,  &  conference  being  had  (at  severall  times)  w"^  the  said  people,  &  some 

deputed  by  the  Generall  Court,  for  the  setteling  &  establisliing  of  order  in 
the  administration  of  iustice  there,  it  is  now  ordered,  by  the  Gen''all  Court, 
houlden  at  Boston,  the  9*  day  of  the  8*  ifi,  16-11,  &  w"^  the  consent  of  the 
Inhabitants  of  the  said  ryver,  as  followeth  :  — 

Impr :  That  from  hencefourth  the  said  people  inhabiting  there  are,  & 
shalbee,  accepted  &  reputed  under  the  government  of  the  Massachusets,  as  the 
rest  of  the  inhabitants  w"Hn  the  said  iurisdiction  arc./ 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  343 

Also,  that  they  shall  have  the  same  order,  &  way  of  administration  of      1  G  4  1 . 
iustice,  &  way  of  keeping  Courts,  as  is  established  at  Ipswich  &  Salem./  '' 

Also,  they  sluilbee  exenijjtcd  fro  all  publiquc  charges,  other  then  those 
that  shall  arise  for  or  from  among  themselues,  or  fro  any  occation  or  course 
that  may  bee  taken  to  pcurc  their  owne  pp  good  or  benefit./ 

Also,  they  shall  enioy  all  such  lawfcil  liberties  of  fisliing,  planting,  felling 
timber,  as  formerly  they  have  enioyed  in  the  said  ryver.  M''  Symon  Brad- 
streete,  :M"-  Israeli  Stoughton,  INI"'  Samu :  Symonds,  M"^  Willi :  Tynge,  M'' 
Francis  Williams,  &  ]\P  Edward  Hilton,  o'  any  four  of  them,  whereof  M' 
Bradstreete  or  ^I"'  Stoughton  to  bee  one,  these  shall  have  the  same  power  that 
the  Quarter  Courts  at  Salem  &  Ipswich  have ;  also  the  inhabitants  there  are 
alowed  to  send  two  deputies  from  the  A^•hole  ryver  to  *the  Court  at  Boston./  [*320.] 

Also,  ^l'  Bradstreete,  jM'  Stoughton,  &  the  rest  of  the  comissioners  shall 
have  power  at  the  Court  at  Pascataquack  to  appoint  two  or  tluee  to  ioyne  w"' 
M"'  Williams  &  ^M""  Hilton,  to  governe  the  people,  as  the  magistrates  do  heare, 
till  the  next  Generall  Coiut,  or  till  the  Court  take  further  order./ 

It  is  further  ordered,  that  untill  o'  coinission''*  shall  ai"ive  at  Pascata- 
quack, those  men  who  already  have  authority  by  the  late  combination  to  gov- 
erne the  people  there  shall  continue  in  the  same  authority  &  power,  to  bee 
determined  at  the  comeing  of  the  said  coiiiissioners,  &  not  before./ 

Willi :  Browne  was  chosen  &  sworne  survcyar  of  the  amies  at  Sudbeny./  -W"  Browne, 

M'  Eich''d  Saltonstall  is  chosen  sericaut  maior  to  Colonell  Endecots  regi-  ^"'^'■>'" 

o       annes  at  Sud- 

ment./  .    ^ury. 

M'^  Israeli   Stoughton  is   chosen  serieant  maior  to  Colonell  Winthrops  ^^^■^■^  Jajjant 
regiment/  "'-''J"'- 

JI'  Israel 

John  Mussell,  for  attempting  to  abuse  a  boy,  was  censured  to  bee  whipcd./  stouRhti 


:on. 


The  Court  is  adiourned  till  the  6*'^  day  of  the  weeke  in  w'''  the  Quarter  ''"■''  '""■'"'• 
Court  is  to  bee,  w'"''  is  to  bee  the  lO""  day  of  the  10"»  A./  cens. 

(10)    10  :    41.  10  December. 

Jolm  Millies  tooke  the  oath  of  a  cunstablc,  for  to   supply  that  office  at  Jn»  Jlilcs,  con- 

Ti      .  c         1  •         ,  stable. 

Braintree  lor  the  year  ensuing./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  Leil't  Sprague  &  Edw''  Converse  should  repair  the  bridg  Mistick  briilge 
at  Meadfoard,  over  Mistick  River,  &  the  same  to  bee  paid  for  out  of  the  treasuiy./ 

ISI''  Peck,  M''  Parker,  Goodffi  Bate,  &  Stephen  Paine  are  desired  to  veiw  Way  at  Brain- 
tlie  way  at  Braintree,  &  certify  the  next  Generall  Courte./  vejwcd. 

For  speciall  &  weighty  consideration,  the  Court  at  SaJcm  is  deferred  to 
the  last  tliird  day  of  the  eleventh  month./ 


344  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  COLONY  OF 

1  G  4  1.  Whether   the   right  of  p'sent  possession   of  \^  atcrtowne   mill,   w'^'^    M' 

''       '    Howe  doth  sue  for,  bee  due  to  him  or  no  ? 

10  December,  „,,  ,..-,,    -r-.     ,,  r,  •«  r    tt 

The  vote  was,  that  it  is  INI"'  Dudleys,  &  not  M''  Hows./ 

Right  of  Wate'  '  •'    '  ' 

Toi\iic  mill,  ]\I''  "Willi :  CoUens  &  Francis  Hutchinson  were   dismised  upon  a  byll  of 

Dudley  or  M'    thcir  liaiids  for  M'"  W™  Collcns  to  pay  40*,  &  Fra  :  Hut :  20*,  when  it  shalbee 

^^®^"  called   for,  if  they  bee   able  :  &  so   they  had   liberty  to   dept,  &  were  not  to 

W»  Collins  &  ......  .  . 

Frii  iiutchin-    returiie  againe  into  o''  iurisdiction,  at  their  utmost  pill-/ 

{jj^„;gljj  M'^  Willi :  CoUens  &  Franc  Hutchinson  are  euioyned  to   dcpt  out  of  b' 

iurisdiction  imediatcly  after  the  Saboth,  at  their  perill./ 

Giassmen  of  It  was  voted,  that  if  the  towne  of  Salem  lend  the  glasse  men  30*,  they 

3^      "^  should  bee  alowed  it  againe  out  of  their  next  rate,  &  the  glasse  men  to  repay 

it  againe,  if  the  worke  succeed,  when  they  are  able./ 

Armorj-  to  be  The  countrey  desires  an  armo''y  in  some  part  of  Boston  meeting  house, 

&  the  armo"'  to  bee  inventoried,  &  an  in\'entory  to  bee  delivered  to  the  Treas- 
urer, &  what  meete  charge  is  disbursed,  or  shalbee  due,  to  bee  alowed  by  the 
countrey./ 
[*321.]  *The  Recorders  Oathe. 

R.  You  do   sweare    that,  being    chosen    recorder  w^'in   the  limits   to    yo'' 

appointed,  yo"  shall  truely  &  faithfully  indeavo"^  the  execution  of  yo"^  place ; 
yo"  shall  faithfully  record  all  things  coiSitted  to  yo",  &  safely  keepe  the  same, 
&  shall  make  true  transcripts  of  all  that  yo"  shall  deliver  out  of  such  records./ 

Stephen  Day,  Stephen  Day,  being  the  first  that  set  upon  printing,  is  granted  300  acres 

300  acres,  >*  ^  ■,       ,       ,  .  .  .     , . 

1"  printer.         ^^  land  where  it  may  bee  convenient,  w'"out  preiudice  to  any  towne./ 
M' Cottons  6D0  M'  Cottoii  is  granted  600  acres  of  land  where  it  may  not  ^iudice  a 

plantation./ 

M"'  Natha :  Warde  is  granted  600  acres  of  land  where  it  may  not  preiu- 
dice a  plantation./ 
"W-  Hatohet,  William  Hatchet,  for  beastuality  w"'  a  cowe,  is  condemned  to  bee  hanged, 

w-iacowico^d.  ^  ^^^^  '^°'''^'^  *°  ^^^  slayne  &  burnt  or  buried./ 

to  be  hanged.  Jlr  Deputy  Endecot,  M"^  Downing,  &  M'  Hauthorne  are  authorished  to 

get  19  coppies  of  the  lawes,  liberties,  &  the  formes  of  oathcs  transcribed,  & 
subscribed  by  thcir  severall  hands,  &  none  to  bee  authentick  but  such  as  they 
subscribe,  &  to  bee  paid  for  by  the  cunstable  of  each  towne,  10'  a  peece  for 
each  coppey,  &  to  bee  Spared  w"^in  sixe  weekes./ 
Robert  Harris  is  released  by  the  Courtc./ 

4gg_  ^     is  released,  w">  the  consent  of  his  m""./ 

Law  as  to  sum-  Jj  Jg  oidered,  that  in  everv  towne  one  shalbee  appointed  to  grant  suiiions 

ens  &  attach-  ..." 

m".  &  attachments  in  all  civill  actions  ;  &  attachments  arc  to  bee  granted  when 


10  December. 


THE    MASSACHUSETTS    BAY    IN    NEW    ENGLAND.  345 

the  pty  is  a  stranger,  not  dweling  amongst  us,  or  for  some  that  is  going  out      1  (!  4  1 . 

of  o'^  iurisdiction,  or  that  is  going  about  to  make  away  his  estate  to  dcfraude 

his  credito",  or  when  psons  are  doubtful!  in  their  estates  to  the  plantiffc  ;  & 

the  same  psons  to  grant  replevy  ;  &  when  they  graunt  any  replevy,  they  are 

to  take  band,  w""  sufficient  security,  (of  the  pty  that  desireth  the  replevy,)  to 

psecute  the  suite  ;  &  they  are  to  have  for  warrants  2*  a  peecc,  for  a  replevy 

or  attachm'  S**  a  peece,  &  for  bands  4'*  a  peece.     These  are  to  bee  directed 

to  the  cunstablcs  in  townes  where  is  no  marshall ;  the  same  pty  to  graunt 

suiuons  for  witnesses.     For  Hampton,  Willi :   Wakeieild   is  appointed  ;    for 

Salsberry,  JI"'  Bradberry  ;   for   Newebeny,   M''  Lowle  ;   for   Rowley,  Franc 

Parret ;  for  Ipswich,  M"^  Giles  Firman  ;  for  Salem,  M''  Ealph  Fogg  ;  for  Liii, 

M'  Sadler  ;  for  Charles  Towne,  M''  Ben :  Hubberd ;  for  Boston,  M'  Maude  ; 

for  Eoxberry,  'M.'  Goare  ;  for  Dorchester,  IM""  John  Glover  ;  for  Braintrce,  M'^ 

Winchester  ;  for  Waymoth,  ^I"'  James  Parker  ;  for  Hingham,  IM""  Peck  ;  for 

Cambridge,   M'"   Colleus  ;  for   Watertowne,   M"^  Eyres  ;   for  Concord,   Leif  I 

Willard  ;  for  Sudberry,  Walter  Hayne  ;  &  for  Dedliam,  M''  Edward  AUein. 

These  have  power  to  send  out  pees  to  any  to^vne,  &  to  bee  called  clarks  of  the 

writtes.     These  are  chosen  for  a  yeare,  &  till  new  be  chosen  in  their  roames. 

The  marshalls  fee  for  a  reple\'y  or  attachment  to  bee  IS** ;  c&  where  no  cunsta- 

ble  is,  a  magistrate  *may  direct  a  warrant  to  some  one  for  the  present./  [*322.] 

These  orders  are  to  take  effect  at  the  Quarter  Court  in  the  first  month 
next ;  &  in  the  meane  time  the  magistrats  are  to  graunt  warrats  for  suiuons./ 

Jolin   Johnson    hath   power   to   sue   those   that   are  defective   about   the  Country  armes 

to  be  sued  for. 

countrey  amies./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  every  marshall  should  have  sixe  pence  out  of  eveiy  486— 

action,  dureing  the  pleasure  of  the  Gen'-all  Courte./  L'T''''"^  ^^^^ 

'  o  tr  I  Qi  ^  accon. 

M''  Wiggen,  M'  Wannerton,  &  M'  Gibens  were  ioyned  in  coiuission  at  M'  Wiggens  & 
Pascataque  by  o'  commissioners  w''''  were  sent  to  them,  w'^''  this  Court  doth  ^^^^  comiss 
confirme  untill  further  order  bee  taken./ 

W  Flint,  1\P  Symonds,  W  Dumer,  M'^  Tynge,  M'  Dowaieing,  &  M"" 
Pinchen  are  to  bee  ppounded  to  the  townes  for  newe  magistrates./ 

It  is  ordered,  that  they  that  cut  the  beach  betweene  Cape  Ann  &  Anis- 
quam  shall  have  liberty  to  take  sufficient  toale  as  the  Court  shall  tliinke  meete 
for  one  &  twentye  yeares.     Alt :     ^     1642./ 

If  two  sufficient  men  will  give   100*  band  a  peece  for  Jenkin  Davies,  Jenken  Dauiea 
they  may  have  him  for  a  time  ;  or  if  other  two  honest  men  will  bee  bound  for 
him,  body  for  body,  for  ten  dayes,  keeping  a  lock  upon  his  leg,  or  other  irons, 
&  then  to  returne  him  to  the  prison./ 

VOL.  I.  44 


346  THE    KECOllDS    OF    THE    COLONY. 

16  4  1.  M"  Marg'  Winthrope  hath  her  3000  acres  of  laud  formerly  granted  her, 

'       "       ^    to  bee  assigned  about  the  lower  end  of  Concord  Ryver,  near  Merrunack,  to 

10  Dcccnilicr 

,,    ,„.    ,     '  bee  layde  out  by  M""  Flint  &  Leif  t  Willard,  w"^  M''  Oliver,  or  some  other 
3000  ao's.  skilful!  in  measuring,  so  as  it  may  not  liinder  a  plantation  ;  &  any  pt  thereof 

they  may  purchase  of  any  Indians  that  have  right  to  it./ 

Upon  the  petition  of  M''  Willi :  Tynge,  it  was  ordered,  that  M"^  Barthol- 
omew, George  Giddings,  &  Jdlin  Whijiple  should  set  a  dewe  valuation  upon 
the  house  &  ground  w'^^  Willi :  Wliitred  did  efFeofe  to  M"^  Tyng  aforenamed./ 

It  was  ordered,  that  Sara,  the  late  wife  of  James  Hubberd,  should  have 
fourty  pound  of  the  estate  of  her  said  late  husband,  &  the  use  of  the  chil- 
drens  stock  till  they  come  to  the  ages  mentioned  in  the  will,  &  then  the  eldest 
Sonne./ 

At  this  Court,  the  bodye  of  laues  formerly 
sent  forth  amonge  the  ffreemen,  ^(3, 
was  voted  to  stand  in  force,  iQ.j 

[The  last  paragraph  is  in  the  handwriting  of  Got.  VVinthrop.] 


MISCELLANEOUS   RECORDS. 


MASSACHUSETTS    RECORDS. 


MISCELLANEOUS   ENTEIES   CONTAINED   IN   THE   FIRST 
VOLUME   OF   RECORDS. 

[In  an  unknown  chirography  as  far  as  the  second  paragraph  of  the  Beadle's  Oath,  on  page  *13'.] 

*Coppies  of  y'  Oafhes  appertaininge  to  tf  JYew  England  Company e.         [*12''.] 
Governors  &         x         Oathe. 


Y 


OW  shall  s's\'eear  to  be  good  and  true  vnto  our  Soueraine  Lord,  y'^  Kinges  x  GoniiGf. 

.  Yo«  shall  sup- 

Ma"^,  and  to  his  heires  and  successors  ;   Yo"  shalhe  assistant  to  JM"  port  &  main- 

GouERNO" ;  yow  shall  supporte  and  maintayne  to  yo"'  power   this  fellowshipe,  '^'°^  '"^^'f 

the  Gouomor  and  the  Company  of  the  ]\Iattachusets  Baye  in  Newe  England,  lowshipp  & 

..,.  ici-  -1  1/--T  ■  n   Company  of 

and  priviliges  therof,  having  no  singuler  regard  to  yo'  selfe,  m  dirogation  of  the  Massacha- 
v*  common  welth  of  y*  same  :  y*  statutes  and  ordinances  w'^''  are  or  shalbe  made  ^!^  **  t^^^,'"  . 

/  J  '   J  New  England, 

by  y^   authority   of  y°  Asistance,   and  generaHtye   of  y*   saide   ffellowsliipe,  *  p'viige 

there[of.] 

according  to  y*  tenor  of  y'^  pattent  for  in  corporating  y'  same,  indifferently  yoAV  rjiar„i„ai  en- 
sliall  execute ;  and  transgresso''s  and  brekers  of  y'^  same  yow  shall  correct  and  ^^  ^^  Bnrgis.] 
punishe,  accordiiige  to  y^  teno''  and  true  meaning  of  y*  saide  ordynance  ;  y" 
brokes  and  forfitiu-es  yo"  shall  cause  to  be  truly  levied,  not  sparinge  for  loue 
or  dread,  for  frendshipe  or  meed,  but  to  every  person  yo"'  shalbe  just,  indiffer- 
ent, and  equall ;  new  customes,  statutes,  and  ordinances  yo"'  shall  not  make, 
■w"'out  y*  advice  and  consent  of  y"'  Asistants  and  generallity,  according  to  y* 
teno''  of  o''  charter ;  yow  shall  admitt  none  to  bee  free  of  this  felowshippe  but 
such  as  may  claime  y*  same  by  virtue  of  our  privilliges ;  yow  shall  not  bind 
yo''  selfe  to  enter  into  any  busines  or  proces  for  or  in  y*  name  of  this  fcUow- 
shippe,  without  y"  agreement  and  mind  of  y'=  Assistants.  All  thes  artickles 
yow  shall  hould  and  keepe  to  y*  vttennost  of  your  power.  So  helpe  yo"'  God, 
so  longe  as  yow  shall  continew  in  the  place  of  deputy  of  this  felowshippe./ 

(.349j 


350  MISCELLANEOUS    RECORDS. 


Asistants. 


YOW  shall  swear  to  be  indifereut  &  eqnall  to  all  maue''  of  persons,  and  to 
give  yo'  best  advice  and  counsell  fo''  supportinge  y^  coiiion  -vveltlie  and 
fellowshippe  of  y^  Gouorno"^,  ^6,  of  y'=  Matt :  Baye  in  New  England,  not  sparing 
for  lone  no"^  dread,  favour  nor  meed,  but  accordinge  to  y^  statutes  and  ordi- 
nances made  and  to  be  made  effectually  to  assiste  y^  Gouo^nor,  his  Deputy, 
and  Deputies  and  Assistance  of  y"  saide  fellowshlpe,  in  executinge  y*^  saidc  stat- 
iites  and  ordinances,  beeing  lawfull.  Yow  shall  not,  to  you''  power,  suffer  to  be 
admitted  into  y*  freedom  of  this  fellowshippe  any  person  contrarye  to  y'=  tenor 
and  true  meaninge  of  the  charter  of  y"=  saide  Company.  All  y"^  premises  yow 
shall  ffaithfuUy  indeuour  to  hould  and  keep.  So  helpe  yow  God,  so  longe  as 
yo™  shall  continew  in  y"  place  of  Assistance./ 

[*13».]  "[Treasurers]  Oath. 

X.X  X  X  X  X  X  X  xxxxx 

y^  Kings  May''",  and  to  his  heyres  [and]  successors,  and  to  [tliis  fellowsliippc] 
of  y'  Gouerno"",  &cet,  of  the  Matt :  Bay  in  New  England  ;  and  [you]  shall  duly 
■  and  truly  rcceave  &  paye  all  maiier  of  duties,  [  x  ]  brokes,  and  other 
chai-ges  to  y"  said  fellowshippe  belonging,  [  x  x  ,]  as  they  may  come  to 
yo"^  hands  and  knowledge ;  and  yow  shall  [from]  time  to  time  faithfully  and 
truly  accoumpt  to  and  w**"  [the]  Gouorno''  and  Assistants,  or  to  and  w"'  certaine 
editors  [by]  them  assigned  for  all  matters  touching  receipts  and  payments,  and 
other  yo"^  charge  done  in  yo'  time  by  yow  or  yo''  assignes,  for  y*  vse  of  y"  said 
fellowshippe.     So  God  yow  helpe./ 

Tlie  Sccritarics  Oathe. 
"^/^OW  shall  swear  to  be  good  &  true  to  our  Souerane  Lord,  the  Kings 
_l_  Ma*y,  and  to  his  heires  &  sucksessors ;  yow  shalbe  obeydient,  dilligent, 
&  attendant  to  M'  Gouorno'',  &  y"  Deputye  and  Companye  of  the  Mattfichusets 
Baye  in  New  England  ;  at  all  times  convenient  yow  shall  shew  your  selfe 
freudlye  vnto  every  one  of  the  said  Company ;  yow  shall  faithfully  &  trulye 
downe  wright  &  register  in  the  Companies  bookes  all  y*  actes,  ordinances, 
and  constitutions  of  the  said  fellowshippe,  that  from  time  to  tyme  they  shall 
enact,  ordaine,  &  constitute ;  yow  shall  not  give  out  any  coppie  or  coj^pies  of 
any  the  same  actes  w"'out  the  assent  of  a  Courte  of  Assistants  ;  yow  shall 
keepe  secret  all  matters,  talke,  or  conference  had  in  any  Coixrtc  of  Assistants, 
or  otherwise,  the  disclosing  wherof  may  bee  fiudiciall  to  this  Companie. 
And  if  yow  knowe  any  person   or  persons  w""''  shall  attempt  any  hurlc   or 


MISCELLANEOUS    RECORDS.  351 

preivdice  to  the  foresaid  fellowship,  or  privilidges  of  the  same,  yow  sliuU 
forthewitli  give  knowledge  therof  to  y"  said  Goveruo"',  or  his  Deputy.  All 
these  things  yow  shall  truly  liould  and  keepe,  to  y^  vttermost  of  yo''  pow''. 
So  helpe  yo"  God./ 

The  Beadles  Oathe. 

YOW  shall  trulye  and  tuly  wai-ne  the  said  Company  to  come  to  Courtes  & 
congregations  to  be  appoynted  by  the  Gouornor  or  his  Deputye,  as  often 
and  when  as  yow  shalbe  hervnto  willed  &  required  by  the  Gouorno''  or  his 
Deputy  ;  yow  shall  not,  to  his  power,  siifFer  any  hurts  to  the  Company,  to 
stand  or  be  w^'in  the  hearinge  of  y"  said  Company  when  they  are  sett  at  any 
theire  Courtes,  nor  to  com  in  before  he  bee  called  for  by  the  Gouorno'^  or  his 
Deputy.     And  if  you  knowe  any  pson  or  persons,  iJccet,  as  aboue      ^      ^      ^ 

[The  following  paragraph  is  in  the  handwriting  of  Secretary  Bradstreet.] 

"V^T"^  shall  sweare'that  y*^  shall  well  &  truely  serue  the  Company  in  the  office 
JL  of  beadle  soe  longe  as  y^''  shalbe  in  the  said  place  ;  y"'  shall  dayly  giue 
your  attendance  vpon  the  GoGn''  for  the  tyme  being,  for  the  publike  service, 
&  shall  diligently  &  fiiithfully  execute  all  warrants  &  other  pcesses  that  shalbe 
directed  to  y"',  y"'  glueing  your  psonall  attendance  att  all  Courts  &  other  pub- 
like meeteings,  to  scrue  y"  GoQn'",  Deputy,  &  Assistants  ;  y""  shall  not  discouer 
any  of  the  counsells  of  the  Court  'that,  by  reason  of  [your]  attendance,  y'*'  may 
take  notice  of;  &  in  all  things  [wliich]  concerne  y'  office,  y"'  shall  jiforme  the 
same  [with]  all  dilligeuce,  faithfuUnes,  &  sinceryty,  soe  [long]  as  God  shall 
giue  y"'  grace./ 


[In  the  handwriting  of  Secrettivy  Biu'gis.] 

*The  Oath  of  the  GoQno''  in  New  Ens;land. 


Y 


{*!.] 
O"'  shalbe  faithfuU  and  lyall  vnto  o''  Soflaign  Lord,  the  Kings  Sla's",  &  ^iso  to  bee  ad- 
to  his  heirs  &  successo'^ ;  yo'^  shall  support  and  maintaine,  to  yo''  power,  """If'"^^^  ^° 


the  gotlnm'  &  Company  of  the  ]\Iattachusetts  Bay  in  New  England,  in 
America,  &  the  p''viledges  of  the  same,  haueing  noe  singular  regard  to  yo''selfe 
in  derogacSn  or  hinderance  of  the  comon  wealth  of  this  Company  ;  and  to 
every  pson  vnder  yo""  authoritie  yo"'  shall  administer  indifferent  &  equall  iustice. 
Statutes  &  ordinances  shall  yo"'  none  make  w^'out  th'advice  &  consent  of  the 
councell  for  the  goQnm*  of  the  INIattachusetts  Bay  in  New  England ;  yo^^  shall 
admitt  none  into  the  ffreedome  of  this  Company  but  such  as  may  clayme  the 
same  by  vertuc  of  the  p''uiledges  therof ;  yo"  shall  not  byndc  yo'selfe  to  enter 
into  any  business  or  pcess  for  or  in  the  name  of  this  Companie,  w"'out  the 
consent  &  agrccm*  of  the  councell  aforesaid,  but   shall  cndcavo''  faithfully  & 


352  MI3CELLANEOU3    RECORDS. 

Depltie.  carefully  to  carry  y'selfe  in  this  place  and  office  of  Gou'xo",  as  long  as  yo"  shall 
continue  in  it ;  and  likewise  yo"'  shall  doe  yo''  best  endeavo'  to  draw  on  the 
natiues  of  this  country,  called  New  England,  to  the  knowledge  of  the  true 
God,  and  to  conserve  the  planters  &  others  coming  hether,  in  the  same  knowl- 
edo-e  &  feare  of  God  ;  and  yo^^  shall  endeavo''  by  all  good  meanes  to  advance 
the  good  of  the  plantaoons  of  this  Companie ;  and  yo"'  shall  endeavo"^  the  rais- 
ing of  such  comodities  for  the  benefitt  and  encouragm*  of  th'adventurers  & 
planters,  as,  thi-ough  Gods  blessmg  on  yo''  endeavo'"s,  may  bee  pduced  for 
the  good  &  service  of  the  kingdom  of  England,  this  Company,  and  their  plan- 
tacans.    All  these  pmises  yo"'  shall  hold  &  keepe,  to  the  vttermost  of  yo''  power 

Defutie.  &  skill,  soe  long  as  yo"'  shall  continue  in  the  place  of  Gol-'xC  of  this  fellow- 
shipp.     Soe  helpe  yo"'  God./ 


[*2.] 


[In  the  handwriting  of  Secretary  Burgis.] 

*The  Oath  of  the  Councell  in  New  England. 

YO^  sweare  to  bee  faithfull  &  loiall  to  o''  Soflaigne  Lord,  the  Kings  Ma«», 
and  to  his  heii-es  and  successo''s.  Yo"  shall  from  tyme  to  tjme  giue  yo"" 
best  advice  &  councell  for  supporting  &  maintaininge  the  coiuon  wealth  & 
corporacon  of  the  Goflno''  &  Company  of  the  Mattachusetts  Bay  in  New  Eng- 
land, not  sparing  for  loue  ne  dread,  for  fauo""  nor  meede,  but  according  to  the 
statutes  &  ordinances  made  &  to  bee  made,  by  vertue  of  the  chaiter  of  the  said 
Companie,  shall  effectually  assist  the  GoQno'',  or  his  Deputie,  &  councell  of  the 
said  Companie,  in  executing  the  said  statutes  &  ordinances,  haueing  noe  singu- 
lar regard  to  yo'^selfe  in  derogacon  of  the  coinon  wealth  of  the  same.  All 
these  pmises  yo"  shall  hold  &  truely  keepe  to  yo''  power,  soe  long  as  yo"  shall 
continue  in  the  place  or  office  of  one  of  the  said  councell.     Soe  helpe  yo"  God./ 

[Written  Ijy  Secretary  Bradstreet  as  far  as  to  the  oath  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Band,  page  *6.] 

[«3.]  *The  Oath  of  y''  Gofln'. 

Yw  shalbe  faithfull  &  true  to  o^  SoQaigne  Lord  Kinge  Charles  ;  y"  shall 
in  all  things  carry  &  demeane  y'selfe,  for  the  time  of  y  gofim',  according 

ministred  to 

the  Deputy  to  the  lawes  of  God,  &  for  the  advancem'  of  his  gospell,  &  the  good  of  the 
people  of  this  plantacSn ;  y"  shall  doe  justice  to  all  men  to  the  best  of  y''  skill, 
without  ptialytie  ;  y"  shall  not  exceede  (as  much  as  in  y"  lyeth)  the  lymittacbns 
of  a  Goan--,  ^d/ 

The  Oath  of  Assistants. 

May  14*,  I63i.  'AT'^'^  ^^"^  sweare,  {(>,  that  being  chosen  an  Assistant  in  the  GoQm'  of  this 

1      body  politicke,  for  this  yeare  nexte  foUoweing,  y"  shall  bcare  true  faith 

&  allcaglancc  to  o''  SoQalgne  T,ord  King  Charles,  &  y"  shall  doc  cquall  right  & 


This  oath  is 


MISCELLANEOUS    RECORDS.  353 

iustice  to  all,  &  shall  assist  in  all  the  publique  afFaii'es  of  the  comon  wealth 
faithfully  &  truely,  according  to  the  aucthoiitie  &  duty  of  y'  place.  Soe  helpe 
y-  God,  {S./ 

The  Tresurers  Oath. 

I  A  B,  being  chosen  Tresu'  for  the  Mattachusets  Bay  for  tliis  yeare,  & 
•  vntill  a  newe  be  chosen,  doe  promise  to  gyve  out  warrants  w"*  all 
convenient  dilligence  for  collecting  all  such  soiiies  of  money  as  by  the  Couit 
haue  bene  o"^  shalbe  appoyncted,  &  shall  pay  out  the  same  by  such  soiiies  & 
in  such  manner  as  I  shalbe  lawfully  appoyncted  by  the  said  Court,  if  I  shall 
have  it  in  my  hands  of  the  comon  Tresurer,  &  shall  retm-ne  the  names  of  such 
constables  as  shalbe  fayleing  in  their  office  in  not  collecting  &  bringing  to  mee 
such  soiues  as  I  shall  giue  war's  for.     Soe  helpe  mee  God./     ^. 

*The  Oath  of  a  Freeman,  or  of  a  Man  to  be  made  ffree.  [*4.] 

I  A  B,  (fi,  being,  by  the  Almighties  most  ■ndse  disposicbn,  become  a 
•  memb"'  of  this  body,  consisting  of  the  Gofln',  Deputy  Gofln'',  Assistants, 
&  a  com"lty  of  the  Mattachusets  in  Newe  England,  doe  freely  &  sincerely 
acknowledge  that  I  am  iustly  &  lawfully  subiect  to  the  goQm'  of  the  same,  & 
doc  accordingly  submitt  my  pson  &  estate  to  be  ptected,  ordered,  &  goQned 
by  the  lawes  &  constitucbns  thereof,  &  doe  faithfully  pmise  to  be  from  time  to 
time  obedient  &  conformeable  therevnto,  &  to  the  authie  of  the  said  GoQn''  & 
Assistants  &  their  success'^s,  &  to  all  such  lawes,  orders,  sentences,  &  decrees 
as  shalbe  lawfully  made  &  pubhshed  by  them  or  thek  successors  ;  and  I  will 
alwaies  indeav''  (as  in  dutie  I  am  bound)  to  advance  the  peace  &  wellfaire  of 
this  bodie  or  coinonwealth  to  my  vtmost  skill  &  abihtie  ;  &  I  will,  to  my  best 
power  &  meanes,  seeke  to  devert  &  prevent  whatsoeuer  may  tend  to  the  ruyne 
or  damage  thereof,  or  of  any  the  said  GoQn'',  Deputy  GoQu"",  or  Assistants, 
or  any  of  them,  or  their  success's,  and  will  giue  speedy  notice  to  them,  or 
some  of  them,  of  any  sedicftn,  violence,  treachery,  or  other  hurt  or  euill  wliich 
I  shall  knowe,  heare,  or  vehem*ly  suspecte  to  be  plotted  or  intended  against 
the  said  comonwealth,  or  the  said  goflm'  established  ;  and  I  will  not  att  any 
time  suffer  or  giue  consent  to  any  counsel!  or  attempt  that  shalbe  [done,]  giuen, 
or  attempted  for  the  impeachm'  of  the  said  goiim',  or  makeing  any  change  or 
alteracfin  of  the  same,  contrary  to  the  lawes  &  ordinances  thereof,  but  shall 
doe  my  vtmost  endeav''  to  discover,  oppose,  &  lunder  all  &  cQy  such  counsell 
«&  attempt.  Soe  helpe  me  God./ 
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354  MISCELLANEOUS    RECORDS. 


I, 


[*5.]  *The  Oath  of  Freemen  agreed  vpon  att  the  GeSall  Court,  May  14"^,  1634. 

A  B,  id,  being  by  Gods  pvldence  an  inhabitant  &  ffreeman  within  the 
.^  juiisdiccon  of  this  coinon  weale,  doe  fFreely  acknowledge  my  selfe  to  be 
subiect  to  the  goQment  thereof,  &  therefore  doe  here  sweare  by  the  greate  and 
dreadfull  name  of  the  eiier  lyveing  God  that  I  wilbe  true  &  faithful  to  the 
same,  &  will  accordingly  yeild  assistance  &  support  therevnto,  with  my  pson 
&  estate,  as  in  equitie  I  am  bound,  &  will  also  truely  indeav'  to  mayntaine  & 
preserue  all  the  liberties  &  previlidges  thereof,  submitting  my  selfe  to  the 
wholesome  lawes  made  &  established  by  the  same  ;  and  further,  that  I  will 
not  plott  nor  practise  any  euill  against  it,  nor  consent  to  any  that  shall  soe  doe, 
but  will  tymely  discouer  &  reveale  the  same  to  lawfull  aucthority  nowe  here 
estabhshed  for  the  speedy  preventing  thereof.  Moreouer,  I  doe  solemnly  bind 
my  selfe  in  the  sight  of  God,  that  when  I  shalbe  called  to  giue  my  voyce 
toucliing  any  such  matter  of  this  state,  wherein  ffreemen  are  to  deale,  I  will 
giue  my  vote  &  suffrage  as  I  shall  in  my  owne  conscience  iudge  best  to  con- 
duce &  tend  to  the  publique  weale  of  the  body,  without  respect  of  psons  or 
fav'  of  any  man.     Soe  helpe  mee  God  in  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ./ 

The  Oath  of  Residents. 

I  A  B,  being  by  Gods  providence  an  inhabitant  witliin  the  iui-isdicc6n  of 
^  tliis  comon  wealth,  doe  ffreely  &  sincerely  acknowledge  my  selfe  to  be 
subiect  to  the  goQm'  thereof,  and  therefore  doe  heare  sweare  by  the  greate  & 
dreadfull  name  of  the  eQ  lyveing  God,  that  I  wilbe  true  &  faithful!  to  the 
same,  &  will  accordingly  yeild  assistance  &  support  with  my  pson  &  estate,  as 
in  equity  I  am  bound,  &  will  also  truely  indeav'  to  mainetaine  &  preserue  all 
the  liberties  &  ^vilidges  thereof,  submitting  myselfe  to  the  wholesome  laM'es 
made  &  established  by  the  same  ;  and  fiuther,  that  I  will  not  plott  nor  prac- 
tise any  evill  against  it,  nor  consent  to  any  that  shall  soe  doe,  but  will  tymely 
discouer  &  reveale  the  same  to  lawfull  aucthority,  nowe  here  established  for  the 
speedy  preventing  thereof     Soe  helpe  niee  God  in  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ./ 


Y 


[*6.]  *The  Oath  of  the  Comission"'  for  Martiall  Dissypline. 

"^  shall  faithfully  indeav'  with  all  good  conscience  to  discharge  this  trust 
comitted  to  y",  as  y"  shall  apprehend  to  conduce  most  to  the  safety 
of  this  comonwealth ;  y"  shall  not  by  any  sinister  devices,  or  for  any  ptiall 
respects  or  private  ends,  doe  any  tiling  to  the  hinderance  of  the  effecte  of  any 
good  &  seasonable  counsells ;  y""  shall  appoyncte  or  remove  noe  officers  by 
any  ptiallity,  or  for  psonall  respects,  or  other  preiudicc,  but  according  to  the 


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355 


merritt  of  the  psons  in  y'  apprehencon  ;  y"  shall  faithfully  indeav'  to  see  that 
martiall  dissipline  may  be  stricktly  vpholden,  not  easeing  or  buithening  any 
otherwise  then  y"'  shall  iudge  to  be  iust  &  equall ;  y™  shall  vse  y''  power  ouer 
mens  lyres  as  the  last  &  onely  meanes  vr'^^  in  y''  best  apprehencon  shalbe  beste 
for  the  publiqiie  safety  in  such  case,  ^5.     So  helpe  y"  God./ 


[Written  by  Secretary  Nowell  as  far  as  to  page  *9.] 

The  Oath  of  the  Clarke  of  the  Band,  agreed  upon  the  3"*  i5,  1643. 

YOU  do  sweare,  that  being  now  chosen  to  the  office  of  clarke  of  the  band 
in  the  towne  where  yo"  dwell  for  the  space  of  a  yeare,  &  till  newe  bee   !■  Altered, 
chosen  in  yo'  roome,  yo°  shall  do  yo'  true  endeavo'  to  see  that  the  orders  com- 
.mitted  to  yo'  charge  by  the  lawe  shalbee  duely  executed  w"'in  the  limits  of 
yo''  charge.     So  help  yo°  God./ 

The  Oathe  of  the  Govemo'. 

Y 1  r  HEREAS  yo"  are  chosen  to  the  place  of  the  Govemo'  over  this  iuris- 
T  T  diction  for  this  yeare,  &  till  a  newe  bee  chosen  &  sworne,  yo"  do  heare 
sweare  by  the  liv^  God  that  yo"  will  in  all  things  concerniag  yo'  place, 
according  to  yo'  best  power  &  skill,  carry  &  demeane  yo'  selfe,  for  the  said 
time  of  yo'  governm',  according  to  the  lawes  of  God,  &  for  the  advancm'  of 
his  gosple,  the  lawes  of  this  land,  &  the  good  of  the  people  of  this  plantation ; 
yo°  shall  do  iustice  to  all  men  w^out  partiallity ;  yo"  shall  not  exceede  (as 
much  as  in  yo"  lyeth)  the  Umitations  of  (a  Gov'nor)  Assistants  in  yo'  places./ 

The  Oath  of  Assistants.  * 

WHEREAS  yo"  are  chosen  to  the  place  of  an  Assistant  over  this  iuris- 
diction  for  this  year,  &  tUl  new  be  chosen  &  sworne,  yo"  do  here 
sweare  by  the  living  God,  y'  yo"  will  in  all  things  concerning  yo'  place,  ac- 
cording to  yo'  best  power  &  skill,  carry  &  demeane  yo'  selfe,  for  y"  said  time, 
according  to  the  lawes  of  God,  &  for  y"  advancment  of  his  gosple,  the  lawes 
of  this  land,  &  y*  good  of  y*  people  of  this  plantation  ;  yo"  shall  do  iustice  to 
all  men  w'l'out  partiality ;  yo"  shall  not  exceed  (as  much  as  in  yo"  lieth)  the  j 
limitations  of  an  Assistant  in  yo'  place./ 


>  Altered 
after. 


*The  Forme  of  an  Oath  to  be  administred  to  the  Sergeant  Maior  Generall, 

1644. 

WHEREAS  you,  T  D,  have  bene  chosen  to  the  office  of  sergeant  maior 
gen'all  of  all  the  miUitary  forces  of  this  iurisdiction  for  this  f  sent 
yeare,  yo"  do  swear  by  the  ever  li^-ing  God,  that  (by  yo'  best  skill  &  ability) 


no 


356  MISCELLANEOUS    RECORDS. 

you  will  faithfully  discharge  y"  trust  coiuitted  to  yo",  according  to  the  teno'  & 
purport  of  the  coinission  given  yo"  by  this  Co't./ 

The  Forme  of  the  Oath  to  be  administred  to  the  Sergent  Maio''s  of  the  sev''all 
Regim'',  &  so  (mutatis  mutandis)  to  y^  oth'  Millitary  OfEc's. 

WHEREAS  yo",  E,  S,  have  bene  chosen  to  the  office  of  sergeant  maior 
of  the  east  regiment  for  tliis  ^sent  year,  &  untill  another  be  chosen 
in  yo"'  place,  yo"  do  swear  by  y*  ev'  living  God,  y'  (by  yo''  best  skill  &  abihty) 
yo°  shall  faithfully  discharge  y°  trust  coiuitted  to  yo",  according  to  such  comands 
&  directions  as  yo"  shall  (fro™  time  to  time  upon  all  occasions)  receive  fro™ 
the  sergeant  maior  gen'all,  by  vertue  of  his  comission  from  the  Co''t,  &  ac- 
cording to  the  lawes  &  orders  by  this  Co''t  made  &  established  in  this  behalfe./ 

The  Oath  of  the  Assistants  agreed  on  y*  S""  ifi,  1645. 

WHEREAS  yo"  are  chosen  to  the  place  of  Assistant  over  this  iuris- 
diction  for  this  yeare,  &  till  newe  be  chosen  &  sworne,  yo"  do  here 
sweare  by  the  liveing  God,  that  yo"  will  truely  indeavo""  (according  to  yo'  best 
skill)  to  carry  &  demeane  yo''  selfe  in  yo''  place  for  the  said  time,  according  to 
the  lawes  of  God,  &  of  this  land,  for  the  advancement  of  the  gospell,  &  the 
good  of  the  people  of  this  plantation ;  yo"  shall  dispence  iustice  equally  & 
impartially,  according  to  yo'  best  skill,  in  all  cases  wherein  yo"  shall  act  by 
vertue  of  yo'  place  ;  yo"  shall  not  wittingly  &  willingly  exceede  the  limita- 
tions of  yo'  place ;  &  all  this  to  be  understoode  dui'eing  yo'  abode  in  this 
iurisdiction./ 

An  Oath  to  be  administred  to  the  Search"  of  Leather. 

WHEREAS  yo"  are  chosen  an  officer  for  the  searching  &  sealing  of 
leather  w"»in  the  towne  where  yo"  now  dwell,  for  the  space  of  a  yeare, 
&  untill  newe  be  chosen  &  sworne  in  yo'  roome,  yo"  do  now  sweare,  by  the 
everliveing  God,  that  yo"  ^vill  carefully  &  duely  attend  the  execution  of  yo' 
said  office,  w"'  all  faithfulnes,  for  the  good  of  the  coiiion  wealth,  according  to 
the  true  intent  of  the  orders  in  such  case  provided.     So  help  yo"  God./ 

An  Oath  for  the  Jury  of  Life  &  Death. 

YO"  do  sweare,  by  y«  great  name  of  Almighty  God,  that  yo"  will  well  & 
truely  try,  &  true  deliverance  make  of  such  prisoners  at  y"  barr  as  yo" 
shall  have  in  charge,  according  to  yo'  evidence.     So  help  yo"  God./ 


MISCELLANEOUS    RECORDS.  357 

The  Oath  of  the  Auditor  Generall. 

YO^  do  sweare,  {G,  that  yo"  will  well  &  truely  serve  this  coinon  wealth  in 
y^  office  of  Audito'  Gen''all,  wherunto  yo"  have  bene  chosen,  so  long  as 
yo°  shall  continue  in  y*  same ;  yo"  shall  keepe  a  true  accompt  of  all  things 
comitted  to  yo''  charge  ;  yo"  shall  not  omit  or  delay,  w"'out  iust  occasion,  to 
examine,  signe,  &  dispatch  all  accompts  &  bills  w*'*'  shalbe  brought  to  yo"  for 
that  end,  w"'out  taking  any  fee  or  reward  for  y*  same,  other  then  this  Co''t 
hath  alowed  or  shall  alowe,  &  shall  give  a  true  accompt  of  all  yo''  busines, 
when  yo"  shalbe  thereto  required  by  this  Co't./ 

•The  Forme  of  the  Clarks  Oath.  [*8.] 

YO^  shall  truely  sweare  to  pforme  the  office  of  a  clarke  of  a  trained  band 
to  the  utmost  of  yo""  abihty  or  endeavo',  according  to  the  pticul'^s  speci- 
fied in  this  order.     So  help  yo"  God./ 

The  Oath  of  the  Three  ]\Ien  in  Townes. 

YO'^,  A  B,  being  chosen  &  appointed  to  end  small  causes  vnder  40% 
according  to  the  lawes  of  tliis  iurisdiction  for  this  yeare  ensuing,  sweare 
by  the  living  God  that,  w"'out  favo'  or  affection,  according  to  yo'  best  light, 
yo°  shall  true  iudg™'  give  &  make  in  all  the  causes  that  shall  come  before  you./ 


358  MISCELLANEOUS   RECORDS. 


John  Pratfs  Answer  to  the  Court. 

fin  the  handwriting  of  Secretary  Bradstreet.] 

[*9.]        *The  Answer  of  mee,  Jolin  Pratt^  to  such  Things  as  I  heare  &  pceave  obiected 

against  mee,  as  offensive  in  my  ire. 

FIRST,  gefilaUy,  w'soeuer  I  writt  of  the  impbabihtie  or  impossibility  of 
subsistance  for  o''selues  or  o''  posterity  without  tempting  God,  o"^  without 
extraordinarie  meanes,  it  was  with  theis  two  regards :  First,  I  did  not  meane 
that  w'^''  I  said  in  respect  of  the  whole  country,  or  o"'  whole  pattent  in  geiiall, 
but  onely  of  that  compasse  of  ground  wherein  theis  townes  are  so  tliicke  sett 
togeather ;  &  secondly,  I  supposed  that  they  intended  soe  to  remaine,  because 
(vpon  conferrence  with  divers)  I  found  that  men  did  thinke  it  vnreasonable 
that  they  or  any  should  remove  or  disperse  into  other  pts  of  the  countrie  j  and 
vpon  tills  ground  I  thought  I  could  not  subsist  myselfe,  nor  the  plantacon,  nor 
posteritie.  But  I  doe  acknowledge  that  since  my  ire  there  have  bene  sundry 
places  newly  found  out,  as  Neweberry,  Concord,  &  others,  (and  that  within 
this  pattent,)  w"*"  will  afford  good  meanes  of  subsistance  for  men  &  beasts,  in 
w*  &  other  such  like  newe  plantacons,  if  the  townes  shalbe  fewer  &  the 
bounds  larger  then  theis  are,  I  conceave  they  may  lyve  comfortably.  The  like 
I  tliinke  of  Coiiecticott,  "with  the  plantacons  there  nowe  in  hand ;  &  w'  I  con- 
ceave soe  sufficient  for  my  seKe,  I  conceave  soe  sufficient  also  for  my  posteritie  ; 
&  concerneing  theis  townes  heare  soe  thicke  planted,  I  conceave  they  may  sub- 
sist ia  case  that,  besides  the  conveniences  w""*  they  have  already  neere  hand, 
they  doe  impue  ffermes  somew*  further  of,  &  doe  also  apply  themselues  to  & 
doe  impue  the  trade  of  fishing,  &  other  trades.  As  concerneing  y'  intimacSn 
of  the  comonwealth  builded  vpon  rocks,  sands,  &  salte  marshes,  I  wishe  I 
hadd  not  made  it,  because  it  is  construed  contrarie  to  my  meaneing,  w*  I  have 
before  expressed.  And  whereas  my  ires  doe  seeme  to  extennuate  the  iudgem' 
of  such  as  came  before,  as  haveing  more  honestie  then  skill,  they  being  scol- 
lers,  cittyzens,  tradsmen,  ^<3,  my  meaneing  was  not  soe  gefiall  as  the  words  doe 
import ;  for  I  had  an  eye  onely  to  those  that  hadd  made  larger  reports  into 
England  of  the  countiy  then  I  found  to  be  true  in  the  sence  aforesaid.  And 
whereas  I  may  seeme  to  imply  that  I  had  altered  the  myndes  or  iudgem*'  of 
the  body  of  the  people,  magistrates,  &  others,  I  did  not  meane  tliis  in  respect 
of  the  goodnes  o""  badnes  of  the  land  in  the  whole  plantacon,  but  onely  in 
pojaite  of  removeall  &  spredding  further  into  oth''  pts,  they  afterwards  con- 
ceaveing  it  necessarie  that  some  shoxild  remove  into  other  places,  here  &  there, 
of  more  inlargem* ;  and  whereas  I  seeme   to  speake  of  all  the  magistrates  & 


MISCELLANEOUS    RECOKDS.  359 

people,  I  did  indeed  meane  onely  all  those  with  whome  I  hadd  any  private 
speech  aboute  those  things ;  &  as  for  the  barrenes  of  the  sandy  grounds,  ^6,  I 
spake  of  them  then  as  I  conceaved ;  but  nowe,  by  experience  of  myne  owne,  I 
finde  that  such  ground  as  before  I  accounted  baiTen,  *yet,  being  maiiured  &  [*10.] 
husbanded,  doeth  bring  forthe  more  fi-uict  then  I  did  expect.  As  for  the  not 
psping  of  the  Englishe  gralne  vpon  tliis  ground,  I  doe  since  that  time  see  that 
rye  &  oates  have  psped  better  then  I  expected ;  but  as  for  the  other  kindes  of 
graine,  I  doe  still  question  whither  they  will  come  to  such  pfeccon  as  in  o'' 
natiue  countrie,  from  whence  they  come.  And  whereas  I  am  thought  genially 
to  charge  all  that  have  written  into  England  by  way  of  coiiiendacon  of  this 
land  as  if  what  they  hadd  written  were  geEally  false,  I  meant  it  onely  of  such 
excessiue  coniendacons  as  I  see  did  exceede  &  are  contrary  to  that  w*  I  have 
here  expressed./ 

And  as  concerneiug  that  w''''  I  said,  that  the  gospell  would  be  as  deare 
here  as  in  England,  I  did  it  to  this  end,  to  putt  some  w*  intended  to  come 
hither  onely  for  outward  comoditie  to  looke  for  better  grounds  ere  they  looke 
this  way./ 

As  for  some  grounds  of  my  retumeing  w"''  I  concealed  from  my  ffriends 
for  feare  of  doeing  hurt,  I  meant  onely  some  pticul'  occacons  &  apprehen- 
cons  of  mjTie  owne,  not  intending  to  lay  any  secrett  blemishe  vpon  the  state  ; 
and  whereas  I  did  expresse  the  danger  of  decayeing  here  in  o""  first  love,  {G, 
I  did  it  onely  in  regard  of  the  manyfolde  occacons  &  businesses  w'=''  here  att 
first  wee  meete  withall,  by  w*^**  I  finde,  in  my  owne  experience,  (and  soe,  I 
think,  doe  others  also,)  howe  hard  it  is  to  keepe  o'  hearts  in  that  holy  frame 
w'^''  sometymes  they  were  in  where  wee  hadd  lesse  to  doe  in  outward  things, 
but  not  at  all  intending  to  impute  it  as  necessary  to  o'  condicon,  much  lesse  as 
a  firuicte  of  o''  precious  liberties  w*  wee  enioy,  w*  rather  tend  to  the  quick- 
ening of  vs,  wee  improveing  the  same  as  wee  ought./ 

Tlris  my  answer  (according  with  the  inward  consent  &  meaneing  of  my 
heart)  I  doe  humbly  coinend  to  the  fav''able  cousideracon  &  acceptance  of  the 
Coiut,  desireing  in  tliis,  as  in  all  things,  to  approve  myselfe  in  a  conscience 
voyde  of  offence  towards  God  &  man./ 

JOHN  PRATT. 

Of  this  answer  of  John  Pratt  before  written,  voluntarily  by  him  made, 
as  wee  are  witnesses,  soe  doe  wee  also  ioyne  w""  him  in  humble  desii-e  vnto 
the  Court,  that  it  may  be  fav''ably  accepted,  &  whateuer  fayleings  are  in  the 
lie  in  regai-d  of  the  manner  of  expressions,  (w''''  may  seeme  hardly  to  suite  w''' 


360  MISCELLANEOUS    RECORDS. 

theis  his  interpretacons,)  wee  doe  desiie  the  indulgence  of  the  Court  to  passe 

ouer  without  ffuither  question./ 

PETER  BULKELEY,  "^ 
JOHN  WILSON,  y 

THOMAS  HOOKER.     J 

Whereas  John  Prat,  of  Newe  Towne,  being  called  before  vs  att  this 
p>sent  Court,  &  questioned  for  a  ire  w''*'  hee  wrote  into  England,  dated 
^  ^  ,  wherein  hee  raysed  an  ill  report  of  this  countrie,  did  desire  respite 
till  the  nexte  day  to  consider  of  his  answer,  hee  hath  nowe  deliiied  in  this 
before  written,  w"'',  vpon  his  free  submission  &  acknowledgem'  of  his  error, 
the  Court  hath  accepted  for  satisfacctin,  &  therevpon  pdoned  his  s*  offence,  & 
gyven  ord',  y'  it  shalbe  recorded,  &  such  as  desue  coppyes  thereof  may  have 
the  same./ 

JOHN  HAYNES,  GoQn--, 
RICH:  BELLINGHAM, 
•JOHN  WINTHROP, 
THO:  DUDLEY, 
JOHN  HUMERY, 
WILL"  CODDINGTON, 
WILL*!  PINCHON, 
ATTERTON  HOUGHE, 
INCREASE  NOWELL, 
SIMON  BRADSTREETE. 


MISCELLANEOUS    RECOllDS.  301 


[In  the  hand\vriting  of  Secretary  Burgis.] 

*A  Geifall  Court,  holden  at  London,  the  ST  Daij  of  Aprill,  1629,  by     1  G  2  1). 
the  Gou''no''  S,'  Company  of  the  Mattachusetts  Bay  in  JVew  England. 


I  IIERAS  the  Kings  most  excellent  Ma'^  liath  bin  gratiously  pleased  to 


w 


30  April. 
[*11.] 


erect  &  establish  vs,  by  his  ires  pattents,  vnder  the  great  scale  of  Eng- 
land, to  bee  a  body  corporate,  entytuled  the  GoQno"'  &  Company  of  the  Matta- 
chusetts Bay  in  New  England,  and  therby  hath  endowed  vs  w"'  many  large 
&  ample  pruiledges  &  iinunitics,  w"'  power  to  make  good  &  wholsome  lawes, 
orders,  &  ordinances,  for  the  better  maintenance  &  support  of  the  said  prui- 
ledges, and  for  the  better  &  more  orderly  &  regular  goQnm',  to  bee  observed  in 
the  psccucbn  &  ppagacSn  of  o"'  intended  voyages  &  the  plantacon  there,  author- 
ising vs  to  nominate,  &  appoint,  &  select  fitt  psons  amoungst  o'"selues  for  the 
managing,  ordering,  &  goflning  of  o''  affixires,  both  in  England  &  in  the  places 
speyed  &  graunted  \'nto  vs  by  vertue  of  his  ma*^  said  charter,  wee  haue,  in 
the  psecucon  of  the  said  power  &  authoritie  giuen  vs,  &  in  conformitie  there- 
vnto,  &  to  the  purpose  &  intent  thereof,  &  not  otherwise,  thought  fitt  to  settle 
&  establish  an  absolute  goQnm'  at  o"^  plantacon  in  the  said  Mattachusetts  Bay 
in  New  England,  w''*',  by  the  vote  &  consent  of  a  full  &  ample  Court  now  as- 
sembled, is  thought  fitt,  &  ordered  as  followeth,  viaj  :  — 

That  thirteene  of  such  as  slialbe  reputed  the  most  wysc,  honest,  expert, 
&  discreete  psons  resident  vpon  the  said  plantacon,  shall,  from  tyme  to  tyme, 
&  at  all  tyme  hereafter,  haue  the  sole  managing  &  ordering  of  the  goQnm' 
and  o""  affaires  there,  who,  to  the  best  of  then-  judgm'',  are  to  endeavo'  soe  to 
settle  the  same  as  may  make  most  to  the  gloiy  of  God,  the  furtherance  &  ad- 
vancem'  of  tliis  hopeful  plantacon,  the  comfort,  encouragem',  &  future  benefitt 
of  vs  &  others,  the  beginiis  &  psecuto"  of  this  soe  laudable  a  worke.  The 
said  13  psons  soe  appointed  to  bee  entytled  by  the  name  of  the  GoQno''  Sc 
Comicell  of  Londons  Plantacon  in  the  Mattachusetts  Bay  in  New  England./ 

And  having  taken  into  due  consideracon  the  meritt,  worth,  &  good  desert 
of  Capt  John  Endecott,  &  others  lately  gone  over  from  hence  w*''  purpose  to 
resyde  &  continue  there,  *wee  haue,  w"'  full  consent  and  authoritie  of  this       [*12.] 
Com-t,  &  by  ereccbn  of  hands,  chosen  &  elected  the  s''  Capt  John  Endecott  to  Cap'  Endecott 

11  f  /~i    o  •  •  1      1  chosen  Gov- 

the  place  ol  psent  Gouno'"  m  o"^  said  plantacon./  ornor. 

Also,  by  the  same  power,  and  w^''  the  like  full  &  free  consent,  wee  haue 
chosen  and  elected  M"^  Era :  Higgcson,  W  Sam :  Skelton,  M''  Fr :  Bright,  W 
John  Browne,  M"'  Sam  :  Browne,  M"'  Tho  :  Graues,  &  M""  Samuell  Sharpe,  these 

vol,.  I.  46 


362  MISCELLANEOUS    RECORDS. 

seaven,  to  bee  of  the  said  coiiiicell,  and  doe  hereby  giue  po'n-er  &  authoiitie 
to  the  s'^  GoQno''  &  those  seaven  to  make  choice  of  3  others,  snch  as  they,  or 
the  greater  nomt  of  them,  in  tlieir  discrecons,  shall  csteeme  &  conceive  most 
fitt  thcrevnto,  to  bee  also  of  the  said  councell./ 

And  to  the  end  that  the  foriS  planters  there  may  haue  noe  iust  occasion 
of  excejicbn,  as  being  excluded  out  of  the  pruiledges  of  the  Company,  this 
Court  are  content,  &  doe  order,  by  ereccon  of  hands,  that  such  of  the  said 
form!  planters  as  are  willing  to  line  w*Mn  the  lymitts  of  o''  plantacon  shalbe 
enabled,  &  are  hereby  authorized,  to  make  choice  of  3  such  as  they  shall  thinke 
fitt,  to  supj)ly  &  make  vpp  the  nomfe  of  12  of  the  said  councell,  one  of  yv'^^ 
13  is,  by  the  Goilno'^  &  councell,  or  the  maio''  p'  of  them,  to  bee  chosen  Deputie 
to  the  GoQno''  for  the  tyme  being./ 

Secretaiy  to  be  And  fiu'ther,  the  Court   doth  authorize  &  giue  power  to  the  said  GoQno'' 

&  councell,  or  the  maio'"  p'  of  them,  (whcrof  the  GoQno'^  or  Deputie  to  bee 
alwayes  one,)  to  make  choice  of  a  Secretary,  &  such  other  subordinate  oiEcers, 
to  attend  them  at  their  courts,  meetings,  or  otherwise,  {d,  as  in  their  discrecons 
shall  seeme  meete  &  needfull./ 

And  to  the  end  that  every  one  of  the  fo renamed  oiEcers,  aswell  Goiino'', 
Deputie,  &  councell  as  others  who  they  shall  thinke  fitt  to  nominate  &  chuse, 
may  bee  the  more  carcfull  in  pformance  of  the  charge  coiuitted  vnto  them,  it 
is  by  this  Coiut  thought  fitt  &  ordered,  that  each  of  them  shall  take  an  oath 
pper  to  that  place  hee  shalbe  elected  &  chosen  to,  w"^''  is  to  bee  admiuistred 
vnto  him  or  them  at  the  tjTne  of  his  or  their  eleccou  or  admittance  into  the 
said  sefiall  place  or  places./ 
[*lo.]  *And  we  doe  hereby  authorize         >s  /^  a  a  a  ^^o 

'.'  . ''.  "  IV'  '  administer  vnto  the  GoQno''  the  oath  to  his  nlace  apptalningc,  and  that  the  Go'', 

Uuvcrniir  &       having  taken  his  oath  as  aforesaid,  shall  administer  the  oath  to  the  Deputie 

other  oriicers. 

apptaiumg  to  his  place.  And  wee  doe  further  hereby  authorize  the  GoQuo"^ 
or  Deputie,  or  ether  of  them,  to  administer  the  oath  to  the  rest  of  the  councell, 
and  vnto  all  others  the  seQall  officers  respectively,  w"""  said  oathcs  are  to  bee 
administred  in  a  publique  court,  and  not  elswhere./ 

It  is  fiuther  concluded  on  &  ordered  by  this  Court,  that  the  said  GoQno'', 
Deputie,  &  councell,  before  named,  soe  chosen  &  established  in  their  seQall 
places,  shall  continue  &  bee  confirmed  therin  for  the  space  of  one  whole  ycarc 
fi'om  &  after  the  taking  the  oath,  or  vntill  such  time  as  tliis  Coiut  shall 
tliinke  fitt  to  make  choice  of  any  others  to  succeed  in  the  place  or  places  of 
them  or  any  of  them./ 

And  if  it  shall  please  God  that  any  of  them,  or  any  others  to  bee  here- 
after chosen  to  any  office  there,  shall  dcpt  tliis  lyfc  before  th'xpiracon  of  the 


MISCELLANEOUS    RECORDS.  363 

tyme  they  were  soe  chosen,  or  for  any  misdemeauo''  or  vnfittnes  shalbe  held  16  2  0. 
vnmcetc  for  the  place  hee  was  foruJly  chosen  vnto,  that  then  the  GoQno''  or  '  ^^  "" 
Deputie  &  counccll,  or  the  greater  nomber  of  them,  at  an  ample  Court 
asscmb[led],  shall  haue  power,  and  hereby  are  authorized,  not  only  to  remoue 
&  displace  such  vnfitt  psou  or  psons,  but  also  to  nominate  &  choose  a  fitt 
pson  or  psons  to  succeed  him  or  them  soe  deceased,  remoued,  or  displaced,  as 
aforesaid,  into  the  said  place  or  places,  for  the  residue  of  the  tyme  viiexpired./ 

And  it  is  further  agreed  on  &  ordered,  that  the  GoQno'  for  the  tyme  Governor  au- 
beeing  shall  haue  power,  &  is  heereby  authorized,  to  call  courts  &  meeting's    ""^'^''.  '"  '^^ 

o  i-  '  J  ^  o     a  meeting.   - 

in  places  &  at  tymes  convcuyent,  as  to  his  discrccon  shall  secme  meete,  m*^'' 

power  is  heereby  also  conferred  vpon  the  Deputie  in  the  absence  of  the  said 
Goilno'' ;  and  the  said  GoQno"'  or  Deputie,  togeather  av"*  the  said  councell, 
being  chosen  &  assembled  as  aforesaid,  and  hauing  taken  their  oaths  respec- 
tively to  their  seQall  places,  they,  or  the  great'  noni'^  of  them,  wherof  the 
GoGno'  or  Deputie  to  bee  alwayes  one,  *are  authorized  by  this  act,  grounded  [*1 1.] 
on  the  power  derived  from  his  ma*'  charter,  to  make,  ordaine,  and  establish  all 
manii  of  wholsome  &  reasonable  lawes,  orders,  ordinances,  &  constitucons, 
(soe  as  the  same  bee  noe  way  repugnant  or  contrary  to  the  lawes  of  the 
realme  of  England,)  for  the  admiuistring  of  justice  vpon  malefacto'"s,  and 
inflicting  condigne  punishm'  vpon  all  other  offendo's,  and  for  the  furtherance 
and  ppagating  of  the  said  plantacon,  and  the  more  decent  &  orderly  goBnm' 
of  the  inhabitants  resydent  there./ 


T 


At  a  Court  of  .Assistants,  on  Thursday,  the  21'^'  of  May,  1629.  21  May. 

Ills  Court,  taking  into  due  &  matiu-e  consideracbn  how  necessary  it  wilbe  Lands  to  be 
that  a  de%ydent  bee  forthw""  made  of  some  competent  quantitie  of  land  [^^  settlers  in 
in  the  London  plantacon  in  New  England,  both  for  the  f?sent  accomodacon  of  *'"^  Londoii 

plantation  in 

the  people  lately  gone  tliither,  aswell  to  build  them  houses   as   to  inclose  &  New  England. 
manure,  &  to  feede  their  cattle  on,  haue  thought  fitt  &  ordered,  that  the  GoQ- 
no'', Deputie,  &  counccll  there  shall  make  a  devydcnt  accordingly,  and  allott 
the  same  vnto  the  seQall  adventur'  and  others,  as  folloM'eth,  vizj  :  — 

That  200  acres  of  land  bee  by  them  allotted  to  each  adventiu'er  for  50* 
adventure  in  the  coinon  stock,  and  soe  after  that  rate,  &  according  to  that  ppor- 
con,  for  more  or  less,  as  the  adventure  is,  to  th'intent  they  may  build  their 
houses  &  improue  their  labo''s  thereon./ 

That  eveiy  adventurer  ui  the  coiiion  stock,  or  his  servant  for  him  or  on 
his  bchalfe,  shall  make  request  or  demand  to  tbc  Goii''iio'"  or  Deputie  &  coun- 


364  MISCELLANEOUS    RECORDS. 

cell  to  hauc  a  pporcon  of  land  allotted  vnto  liini  accordingly ;  and  if,  w^^in 
ten  dayes  after  such  request  or  demand  made,  the  same  bee  not  sett  out  & 
allotted  vnto  liim,  then  such  pson  or  psons  are,  by  vcrtue  of  tliis  act,  pmitted 
and  authorized  to  seate  him  or  themselucs,  and  build  his  or  theii-  house  or 
r*L5  1  houses,  *and  inclose  and  manure  ground,  in  any  convenyent  place  or  places  not 
foriESly  built  vpon  or  mamu-ed ;  pvyded,  that  the  land  soe  made  choice  of  by 
any  such  pson  or  psons  doe  not  exceede  in  quantytie  the  one  halfe  of  the  land 
w"^""  is  to  bee  allotted  vnto  him  or  them  by  devydent,  according  to  tliis  order 
aboue  written  ;  w""  libty  also,  when  the  first  devydent  shalbe  made,  to  take  his 
or  their  allottm'  of  laud  as  others  doe,  in  Iciu  of  tliis,  if  in  the  meane  tyme  the 
first  choice  shalbe  dishked  by  them  or  any  of  them./ 

And  for  further  explanacou  of  this  act,  it  is  thought  fitt  that  if  the  platt 
of  ground  wheron  the  towne  is  to  bee  built  bee  sett  out,  and  that  it  bee  pub- 
liquely  knowne  to  bee  intended  for  that  purpose,  that  then  noe  man  shall 
^sume  to  build  his  house  in  any  other  place,  (vnless  it  bee  in  the  Mattachu- 
setts  Bay,  and  there  according  to  such  direccon  as  shalbe  thought  meete  for 
that  place ;)  and  in  case  his  allottm*  for  builchng  his  house  w^'in  the  platt  of 
ground  sett  out  for  building  of  the  towne  bee  not  appointed  vnto  liim  w^in  10 
dayes  after  demand  or  request  to  the  GoQno'  or  the  Deputie  &  councell  for 
the  same,  it  shalbe  fi-ee  for  any,  being  an  adventurer  in  the  coiiion  stock,  or  his 
servant  for  him,  or  on  his  behalfe,  to  build  liis  house  in  any  place  w"'in  the 
said  platt  sett  out  for  the  towne,  and  to  impale  to  the  quantitie  of  halfe  an  acre 
of  ground  for  each  50*  adventure  in  the  comon  stock,  vnless  a  greater  or  lesser 
pporcSn  bee  foriSlly  determined  by  the  GoQno''  &  councell,  by  w'^''  each  builder 
is  to  bee  guided  &  directed./ 

It  is  farther  thought  fitt  &  ordered,  that  all  such  as  goe  over  in  pson,  or 
send  over  others  at  their  owne  charge,  and  ai-e  adventurers  in  the  coiiion  stock, 
shall  haue  lands  allotted  vnto  them  for  each  pson  they  transport  to  inhabite  the 
plantac6n,  aswell  servants  as  all  others ;  yv"^  50  acres  of  laud,  soe  allotted  to 
servants  or  others,  is  heereby  ordered  to  bee  to  &  for  the  vse  of  liis  master  or 
setter  forth,  being  an  adventm'er  in  the  coiiion  stock,  to  dispose  of  at  his  dis- 
crecon,  in  regard  the  m'",  (c!,  is  at  the  charge  of  the  said  servant  &  others, 
their  transportacon,  wages,  &  otherwise ;  but  for  such  as,  being  noe  adventur- 
ers in  the  coiiion  stock,  shall  transport  themselues  and  their  famylies,  it  is 
ordered,  that  50  acres  of  land  shall  ^  allotted  &  sett  out  for  the  m'  of  the  ffam- 
ilie,  and  such  a  pporcon  of  land  more,  if  there  bee  cause,  as,  according  to 
their  charge  &  qualitie,  the  Gou''no''  &  councell  of  the  plantacon  there  shall 
thinke  necessary   for    them,  wherby    their    charge    may  bee    fully  &   amply 


3IISCELLANE0US    RECORDS.  3G5 


21  May. 


supported,  vnless   it  bee   to  any  w""  whom  the  Company  in  London  haue  or     1  {}  2  9. 
shall  make  any  other  pticiiler  agreem',  to  w'^''  relacbn  is  to  bee  had  in  such  case./ 

And  to  the  end  every  adventurer  may  the  more  safely  &  peaceably  enioy 
their  said  lands  allotted  vnto  them  or  chosen  by  them,  and  the  houses  they 
build  thervpon  as  abouesaid,  it  is  thought  iitt  &  ordered  by  this  Court,  that 
conveyances  shalbe  made  therof  vnto  each  pticuler  man  for  the  land  hee  pos- 
sesseth,  in  the  Companyes  name,  and  the  coiiion  scale  of  the  Company  to  bee 
thervnto  afHxed  by  the  Goflno"'  &  councell  there,  at  the  charge  of  the  Com- 
pany ;  w'''  coiuon  scale  is  by  this  Court  thought  fitt  &  ordered  to  bee  coiuitted 
to  the  charge  &  keeping  of  the  GoQno''  for  the  tyme  beinge,  and  in  his  absence 
to  his  Deputie  there./ 

All  vr"^  p>misses  before  menconed  the  Company  doe  by  gefiall  consent 
ratyfie,  establish,  and  confirme ;  and  doe  also  order,  that  coppyes  of  these  acts 
shalbe  sent  over  to  the  GoQno'^  and  councell  there  resydent,  subscribed  by  the 
Go',  Deputie,  &  six  of  the  Assistants  heerc,  and  sealed  w"'  the  coinon  seale 
of  the  Companie./ 


366 


MISCELLANEOUS    RECOllDS. 


16  31.  Freemen  of  the  Colony  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  JVew  England, 
'      ^~~'  1631—1641. 

18  May. 

[*73.]  *The  Names  of  such  as  tooke  the  Oath  of  Freemen.     [18  May,  1631.] 


M'  John  ]\IaQacke, 
M^  Jo :  Warham, 
M''  Wiiim  Blackestone, 
M''  George  Philhps, 
M''  Eich :  Browne, 
[*74.]       Cap?  Dan'i  Pattricke, 
CajJt  Jo :  VncPhlU, 
Capt     ^     Southcoate, 
M''  Tho :  Graues, 
Capt  Walt"^  Norton, 
M""  George  Tlirockmton, 
W  W>"  Colbran, 
S''ieant  Morris, 
S''ieant  Stickland, 
M""  Roger  Conant, 
M"'  Charles  Gott, 
Ralfe  Sprage, 
Laurence  Leach, 
John  Home, 
M>^  Sam'i  Coole, 
John  Woodbuiy, 
JM'  John  Okleham, 
Edmond  Lockewood, 
John  Pasre. 
JI"'  Rich :  Palgraue, 
John  Doggett, 
Rich :  Sprage, 
Francis  Johnson, 
Tho  :  Stoughton, 
Abraham  Palmer, 
John  Johnson, 
Eprahim  Chikle, 
Bray  Rossiter, 
Rofcte  Secly, 
Biggott  Egglestone, 
M'  Will :  Clearke, 
Wiiim  Noddle, 
W  Rotte  Feakcs, 
AViihn  Agar, 


Nich :  S  tower, 
John  Benham, 
Wiilm  Balstone, 
Stephen  Terrc, 
Sam"  Hosier, 
Eohte  Hardinge, 
Wiiim  Woods, 
M''  George  Alcocke, 
Rofete  ]\Ioulton, 
Pef  Palfry, 
]M'  Edw :  Belchar, 
John  Edmonds, 
George  Phillips, 
Roger  Wiiims, 
John  Balche, 
John  Moore, 
Henry  Herrickc, 
John  Hoskins, 
Math :  Grant, 
Jehu  Bui'r, 
Simon  Hoytt, 
Charles  Chadwicke, 
Wiiim  Parks, 
Ralfe  Mushell, 
Wiiim  Hudson, 
Walt'  Palmer, 
Henry  Smyth, 
Tho :  Ford, 
Jonas  Wcede, 
M''  Edw :  Tomlyns, 
M"'  Rich :  Saltonstall, 
Edw :  Gibbons, 
M--  Alex :  Wignall, 
INP  Wiiim  Gcnnison, 
Dan"  Abbott, 
Tho :  Rawlins, 
Rich :  Bugby, 
John  Warren, 
W^  Wiiim  Jcffrv, 


Davy  Johnson, 
Nich :  Vpsall, 
Wiiim  Bateman, 
Dan"  Finch, 
M"^  Jo :  Burslyn, 
♦M'  John  Maisters, 
John  Peirce, 
Griffin  Crofte, 
George  Dyar, 
Wiiim  Rockewell, 
Tho :  Moore, 
John  Taylour, 
Ezekiell  Richardson, 
Edw :  Converse, 
Rot)te  Abell, 
M""  Jolui  Dillingham, 
Isaacke  Sterne, 
Roger  Mawry, 
Tho :  Lambe, 
Tho :  Wiiims, 
John  Ferman, 
Jolni  Gosse, 
John  Grinnoway, 
Gyles  Sexton, 
Tho :  Lumberd, 
M"^  Edw :  Jones, 
Wiiim  Gallerd, 
Wiiim  Allen, 
Rich  :  Bulgar, 
Rich :  Foxcwell, 
Wiiim  Fclpes, 
John  Perkins, 
W  Sam"  Skelton, 
]\P'  Edw :  Johnson, 
W™  Cheesebrough, 
Anthony  Dixe, 
Frauncs  Smyth, 
Frauncis  Aleworth. 


MISCELLANEOUS    RECORDS. 


367 


JP  John  Ellyott, 
Jacob  Ellyott, 
Abraham  Browne, 
James  Peuuym;m, 


M"'  John  Winthrop,  Jun"-, 
M'  Wiiim  Aspinwall, 


M'Nath:  Turn^ 
John  Ruggles, 
Ellas  Stileman, 


John  Phillips, 
Valentine  Prentice, 


March  6"',  163  L 

Isaack  Peny, 
Gregory  Baxter, 
Wiiim  Frothingham, 


Aprill  3,  1632. 
John  Sampeford, 

July  3,  1632. 

'M'  Wiiim  Dcnnison, 
M'  Sam"  Shai-pe, 

August  7*. 
John  Hull, 

Octob''  2,  1632. 
M--  Sam"  Maflicke. 


Sam"  Moore, 
John  Blacke, 
Jolin  Mylls. 


Wiiim  Hulbert. 


M^  John  AVilsou, 
John  Moore. 


Sam"  Wakeman. 


3  July. 


7  August. 


2  October. 


M'-  Tho :  Weld, 
M'^  Tho :  James, 
M'  Jo :  WiUust, 
M'  Jo :  Coggeshall, 
M'  Rich :  Duiiier, 
M--  Tho :  OUyver, 


Nov:  6^  1632. 

M'^  John  Branker, 
M--  Tho :  Beecher, 
Tho :  French, 
Wiiim  Goodwin, 
John  Bcniamin, 
John  Talcott, 


6  November. 


James  Ohnstead, 
John  Gierke, 
Wiiim  Leawis, 
Nath :  Richards, 
Wiiim  Wadsworth, 
Rich :  Webb. 


Wiiim  Curtis, 
Thomas  VfFott, 
John  Perry, 
Isaack  Morrall, 
Wiiim  Heath, 
George  Ilidl, 


March  4%  1632. 

Eltweed  Pummery, 
Nich :  Denselowe, 
Gyles  Gibbs, 
John  Neweton, 
John  AVIiite, 
AViiim  Spencer, 


John  Kirman, 
Tymothy  Tomlyns, 
*Henry  Harwood, 
Richard  Collocott, 
Wiiim  Brakenbury, 
John  Smyth. 


1G32-3. 


4  March. 


[*79.] 


S''ieant  Greene, 


April  I'h,  1633. 
Rise  Coles, 


Wiiim  Dadv. 


3C8 


MISCELLANEOUS    RECOEDS. 


1G3  3. 


11  June. 


Wiiha  Stilson, 
Eich:  Millett, 
Eich :  Lyman, 


June  11*   1633. 


Jesp  Rawling, 
Tho :  Smyth, 
V      David  Wilton, 


Jolm  Witchfeild, 
Ellas  MaQacke. 


5  November. 


M'  Israeli  Stoughton, 
M"^  John  Coggin, 
M--  Witim  Ilill, 


Nov.  5"^  1633. 

IM"'  John  Moody, 
John  Porter, 
Frauncis  Weston, 


John  Watson, 
John  Ilolgraue. 


1 6  3  3-4. 

4  March. 


March  4'",  1633. 


16  3  4. 


1  April. 


li  May. 


Thomas  Grubb, 

John  Gage, 

John  Biggs, 

Edmond  Hubbert, 

Sam"  Wilboare, 

Tho  :  INIatson, 

Edw:  Hutchingson, 

John  Levens, 

Walter  IMcrry, 

M'"  Tho  :  Leveritt, 

John  Cranwell, 

Eich :  Tappin, 

M""  Gyles  Ferman, 

Edw :  Mellowes, 

M'"  Atterton  Hough, 

Edmond  Quinsey, 

James  Browne, 

Wiiim  Andrewes, 

Wiiim  Collishawe, 

JSP  John  Wookidge, 

Eich :  Walker, 

Thomas  Minor, 

Josuah  Hewes, 

George  Euggles, 

Tho :  Howlett, 

Rofete  Turner, 

April  1"',  1634. 

M'  Nich :  Parker. 

INP  Dan"  Dcnnison, 

Eobte  Eoise, 

Eich :  Hull, 

George  Minott, 

John  Pemerton, 

John  Gallop, 

Rich:  Gridley, 

Bernard  Lumbert, 

Eichard  Siluester, 

Thomas  Eeade, 

Henry  Wulcott, 

AViiim  Horseford. 

George  Hutchingson, 

May  14%  1634. 

John  Hayncs,  Es^, 

Thomas  Wilson, 

George  Norton, 

Phillip  Sherman, 

Sam"  Basse, 

Thomas  Eborne, 

Danicll  Brewer, 

Tho :  Pigg, 

Dan"  AVray, 

Tho :  Galldthaite, 

Wiiim  Hill, 

Abraham  Mellowes, 

Robte  Gamlyn,  Sen'', 

Sam"  Finch, 

John  Ollyver, 

Thomas  Hale, 

George  Williams, 

Eobte  Hale, 

Edward  Eiggs, 

Edw :  Gyles, 

Tho :  Cakcbread. 

John  Walker, 

Wiiim  Dixy, 

[*112\] 

14  May. 


♦Freemen  made  att  the  Gefilall  Court,  May  14"',  1634. 


Tho :  Squire, 
Eobte  Houlton, 


John  Odlyn, 
Eogcr  Clapp, 


Josuah  Carter, 
Thomas  Talmage, 


1 

MISCELLANEOUS    REC 

!ORDS. 

369 

Richard  Falrcbancks, 

Joseph  Rcdchngs, 

Robte  Walker, 

16  3  4. 

Phillip  Tabor, 

Anthony  Colby, 

Phillipp  Randill, 

• r 

Gregoiy  Taylour, 

John  Bosworth, 

Tho  :  Holcombc, 

U  May. 

John  Chapman, 

Frauncis  Pluiner, 

Tho  :  Dewey, 

"Wiitm  Learned, 

Humfry  Pynny, 

Tho :  JefFry", 

M"'  Tho :  Hooker, 

Bray  Wilkins, 

James  Parker, 

M'  Samu"  Stone, 

James  Rawlyns, 

Walter  Filer, 

Edw :  Howe, 

Jacob  Barny, 

John  Haydon, 

Bartholomewe  Greene, 

Tho :  Lowthrop, 

Edmond  Hartc, 

Rich :  Wright, 

Steven  Hait, 

Wiiim  Hathome, 

John  Steele, 

JefFery  ]\Iassy, 

Steuen  French, 

Edm :  Stebbins, 

Rich :  Brakenbury, 

Christopher  Hussey, 

Aiidrewe  Warner, 

Tho :  Fairewcath'', 

Edw :  Bendall, 

George  Steele, 

Wiiim  Hedges, 

John  Button, 

Rich :  Butlar, 

John  Hoskins, 

Rich :  Raymond, 

Thomas  Spencer, 

Peter  Woolfe, 

Jonathan  Wade, 

Edw :  Muste, 

Wiihn  Chase, 

Tho :  Coldham, 

Rich :  Goodman, 

Wiiim  Talmidgc, 

James  Tompson, 

John  Pratt, 

M'^  Jolin  Cotton, 

Tho :  Hid^bard, 

John  Haward, 

Nath :  Gillett, 

John  Hall, 

Andrewe  Ward, 

Dan"  Howe, 

John  Baker, 

Joseph  Twitchwell, 

INIyles  Reddin, 

M--  Wiiim  Brenton, 

Tho :  Hatch, 

John  Eales, 

John  Capen, 

George  Whitehand, 

M--  Wiiim  Peirce, 

Frauncis  Dent, 

Jerad  Hadden, 

W  Tho :  Mahewe, 

Henry  Feakes. 

*Freemen  made  att  the  GeiDall  Court, 

Septemb-^  3,  1634. 

[*113^] 

3  September. 

Bcniamin  Hubbard, 

Nicholas  Willust, 

John  Bernard, 

Edmond  Hubbard, 

Alex :  Becke, 

]\Iartyn  Vnd''wood, 

John  Mousell, 

Henry  Pease, 

Sam"  Smyth, 

Wiitm  Baker, 

Sam"  Crumwell, 

John  Browne, 

Wiihn  Nashe, 

Joseph  Rednape, 

John  Edy, 

Thomas  Goble, 

Edw:  Hutchingson, 

Robte  Abbitt, 

Ollyver  Mellowes, 

John  Sibley, 

Robte  Coe, 

Robte  Gamlyne, 

Hugh  Hillyard, 

Xathanell  Foote, 

Ralfe  Hiningway, 

Moses  ^laQacke, 

Rich :  Davenport, 

Jesp  Rawlyns, 

IM"^  John  Spencer, 

M''  Tho  :  Newbeiy, 

John  Stowe, 

Robte  jNIussey, 

John  Pope, 

John  Cumpton, 

Henry  Shorte, 

John  Hawkes, 

Wilim  Ereebornc, 

PhilHp  Fowler, 

Ralfe  Fogg, 

Wiiim  Perkins, 

Biyan  Pendleton, 

Robert  RcynoUs, 

James  Everill, 

Abraham  Finch, 

Robte  Potter, 

Jonathan  Negos, 

Anthony  Peirce, 

Jolui  Hardy, 

VOL.    I. 

47 

OIV 


MISCELLANEOUS    KECORDS. 


1  G  3  4.     Thomas  Thorueton, 

' f ■'    ^Matthias  Sension, 

3  September. 

1 6  3  4-5. 


M'  Tho :  Tarker, 
M'  Nicholas  Eastoii, 

March  P^,  1634. 


M''  James  Noise, 
Josuah  Hubbai'd. 


4  March.       Cajit  John  Mason, 

John  Bernard, 

Joseph  Metcalfe, 

Hugh  ISIason, 

James  Ensigne, 

AVill :  Bartholmewe, 

George  jNIuuings, 

Sam"  Grecneliill, 

Tho  :  Dorman, 

John  Brandishe, 

Tymotliy  Stanley, 

Eich :  Kent, 

Sam"  Ilvibbert, 

Eich:  Lord, 

James  Davis, 

Edward  Dixe, 

John  Prince, 

John  Newegate, 

Thomas  Bartlett, 

Edw :  Winsliipp, 

ISP  Will :  Hutchingson, 

George  Buncar, 

Sam"  Greene, 

Tho :  Marshall, 

Eolite  Blott, 

Joseph  Gierke, 

Eich:  Cooke, 

Eich:  Kettle, 

Jolui  Wulcott, 

Wiiim  Neth-'land, 

AViiim  Joluison, 

Abraham  Newell, 

Tho :  Wardall, 

Thomas  Lynd, 

Eich :  Pepp, 

Eich :  Hutclungson, 

M"  Wiihn  Andrewes, 

Isaac  Johnson, 

Fr :  Hutchingson, 

Wiihn  Westwood, 

Christopher  Peakes, 

Gamaliell  Wate, 

Mathewe  Allen, 

Thomas  Woodford, 

Eich :  Trusedale, 

Guy  Bambridge, 

Thomas  Scott, 

Edw :  Hitchin, 

Wiiim  Pantry, 

Tho  :  Boreman, 

Eobte  Parker, 

Tho :  Fisher, 

Eoger  Lanckton, 

Joseph  Easton, 

John  Hopkins, 

John  Webster, 

John  Tylley, 

John  Bridge, 

Hugh  Sheratt, 

Tho :  Stanley. 

Wiihn  Kelsey, 

16  3  5.                        "Freemen  r 

nade  att  the  GeEall  Court, 
John  Eeynolls, 

May  6*    1635. 

1 
6  May.       Philemon  Portmorte, 

Jerymy  Adams, 

[*153.]      Heiu-y  Elkines, 

Henry  Bright, 

Joseph  INIaggott, 

Clu-ist :  Martiall, 

Tho :  Hastings, 

John  Hall, 

Edmond  Bulckley, 

John  Lethermorc, 

Sam"  Allen, 

Eward  Browne, 

John  Batchel"", 

Humfry  Bradstreete, 

Jarrett  Bourne, 

John  Tompson, 

Thomas  Pyne, 

Wiiim  Pell, 

John  Gierke, 

John  Gay, 

Beniamin  Gillom, 

Tho :  Swifte, 

George  Sti-ange, 

Tho :  Alcocke, 

Eobte  Wincall, 

Nathanaell  Duncan, 

Edmondc  Jacklinge, 

Tho  :  Hosmer, 

Thomas  IMarshall, 

John  Sebley, 

Wiiim  Butlar, 

Thomas  Hoskins, 

Tho :  Peirce, 

John  Arnoll, 

Eichard  Kemball, 

M''  Sachariah  Syms, 

George  Stockin, 

Eobte  Andrewes, 

Barnaby  Wynes, 

Nathanaell  Ely, 

Henry  Wright, 

JefFery  Ferris, 

Eolite  Day, 

Jonathan  Jellett, 

MISCELLANEOUS    RECORI 

)S. 

371 

Tho  :  Gun, 

Rich :  Bro^nlc, 

Robte  Bootofishe, 

1  G  3  .5. 

Robte  Dibell, 

Wiiim  Moody, 

Robte  Dryver, 

• T ^ 

Henry  Fowkes, 

Christ :  Osgood, 

Wiiim  Edmonds, 

6  May. 

Elias  Parkeman, 

Tho  :  Buckland, 

John  Ravensdale, 

Jolm  Blackeleach, 

Richard  Jacob, 

John  Lcgg, 

Dan"  ]\Iorse, 

Ai-on  Cooke, 

George  Farr, 

Joseph  Morse, 

George  Phelpes, 

Rotte  Cotty, 

Edward  Garfeild, 

Boniface  Burton, 

M"-  Steven  Batchel'. 

Sepf  2,  1635. 

2  September. 

Wiiim  Blumfcild, 

Rofcte  Lovell, 

M'  Townsend  Bishopp, 

Joseph  Hull, 

Wiiim  Smyth, 

Phillip  Vereing, 

WiHm  Reade, 

Richard  Woodward, 

M"^  John  Fawne, 

Richard  Adams, 

Peter  Hubbert, 

Thomas  Scruggs. 

John  Vpham, 

M^  George  Byrditt, 

March  3,  1635. 

1  6  3  5-6. 

M'  Clem'  Chaplaine, 

Nicholas  Jacob, 

Tho :  Marryott, 

^ Y ^ 

3  March. 

Wiilm  Mosse, 

David  Phippin, 

M''  Sam"  Shepheard, 

Wiiim  Dyer, 

Edmond  Batter, 

AViiim  French, 

Joseph  Wells, 

Philemon  Dolton, 

Simon  Crosby, 

John  Cogeswell, 

John  Whitney, 

Tho :  Cheeseholme, 

Richard  Tuttle, 

Wiiim  Swayne, 

John  Russell, 

Rofctc  Lord, 

Heniy  Kingman, 

Passevell  Greene, 

Wiihn  Walton, 

Thomas  Wliite, 

M-'  Hugh  Peters, 

Tho :  Loreing, 

Angell  Hollard, 

Thomas  Bloyett, 

Clem'  Bates, 

John  Kingsbuiy, 

Edmond  Frost, 

John  Astwood, 

John  Levett, 

M''  Tho :  Shepheard, 

Tho :  Wakely, 

Tho :  Rawlyns, 

Heniy  Vane,  Es^, 

Wiihn  Norton, 

Roger  Harlakeudine,  Es^, 

Tho :  Ewer, 

George  Ludkin, 

M"'  Joseph  Cooke, 

Tho :  Brigdeu, 

George  ilarshe. 

M"^  George  Cooke, 

Michacll  Bastowe, 

John  Ottis, 

M'  Nich :  Danforth, 

Joseph  Andrewes. 

Nicholas  Baker, 

•Psons  made  free  the  25">  3'^  A,  called  May,  @  1636. 


16  3  6. 


Jasp  Gun, 

William  Webbe, 

Rob't  Longc, 

2-5  May. 

Thorn :  Bell, 

Edwai-d  Woodman, 

Rob''t  Hawkins, 

[*194.] 

^NP  Samuell  Apleton, 

Thomas  Judd, 

Edward  Carington, 

•       226- 

Isaack  Heathe, 

John  Knight, 

Bernard  Capon, 

Philip  Elhot, 

Rich'd  Knight, 

Will :  Hamond, 

Adam  TMott, 

Anthony  Mosse, 

John  Saunders, 

372 


MISCELLANEOUS    RECORDS. 


1  G  3  6.     M'^  Robert  Kalne, 

1 ■    W  Dauiell  Maude, 

25  May.       Rjph  Hudson, 
Thomas  Hassord, 
James  Johnson, 
John  Davy,  , 

George  Bate, 
Nathaniell  Heaten, 
Will :  Benseley, 
Will :  Townsend, 
Rich'^d  Bracket, 
Thom :  Savage, 
W  Henry  Fllnte, 
Will :  Courser, 
James  Browne, 
Zachevs  Bosworth, 
IMatliias  lues, 


Will :  Wilson, 
Will :  Salter, 
Anthony  Harker, 
Edward  GofFe,    • 
Rich''d  Champnyes, 
Edmoud  Lewis, 
John  Stowers, 
John  Smythe, 
John  Eaton, 
Edmond  Sherman, 
John  Coolidge, 
Gregory  Stone, 
Symon  Stone, 
George  Hepbiuiie, 
Wm :  Kinge, 
Augustine  Clement, 
Rich''d  Karder, 


John  Higgenson, 
John  INIylam, 
Thom :  Diiiiocke, 
John  Loverin, 
Willi :  Wilcocks, 
Edward  Beiuiet, 
Thom :  Mekyn,  Junior, 
Hugh  Gunnison, 
Edmond  Jackson, 
Beruaby  Deryfall, 
M'^  Rich''d  Bellingham, 
M''  John  ^Viuthrope,  Seni :, 
M'  Jolm  Humfrey, 
M>-  Thom :  Dudley, 
W  Will :  Coddington, 
Increase  Nowell, 
Symon  Bradstrecte. 


7  December. 


Psons  made  free  the  7"^  of  the  10""  Month,  @  1636. 


James  Bate, 
Edward  Clapp, 
John  Smythe, 
Edward  White, 
David  Price, 
George  Aldridge, 
Oliver  Purchase, 


John  Webbe, 
Alexand"'  Winchester, 
Robert  Scotte, 
Steven  Wintluope, 
Will :  Goodhewe, 
Gilbert  Crackborne, 
Samuell  Whiteing, 


Thomas  Brooke, 
Willi:  Wilcockson, 
AViU :  Beadseley, 
Alexand'"  Knolls, 
Thom :  Atkinson, 
John  Holland, 
Walter  Nicoles. 


8  December. 


Psons  made  free  the  8"^  of  the  10">  m,  @  1636. 


]\I''  Thom :  Jenner, 
Francis  Lightfoote, 


Edward  Howe, 
John  Cooper, 


John  More, 
Thom :  Beale. 


1G3G-7. 


Psons  made  free  the  9*  of  the  First  Month,  @  1636-1637. 


9  March.      Edward  Ketcham, 
Rich''d  Roots, 
Joseph  Isaack, 
John  Hassell, 


Rich''d  Betsham, 
Anthony  Fames, 
Samuell  Warde, 


Thomas  Hamond, 
Thomas  Vnderwood, 
Nicolas  Hudson. 


9  M.-irch. 


Psons  made  free  the  9""  of  the  first  &,  @  1636  or  1637. 


John  Winchester, 
Abraham  Shawe, 
Rob''t  Lockwood, 


Will :  Barsham, 
Rich''d  Beares, 
Edward  Bates, 


Jenkin  Da%'ies, 
Mathewe  West, 
Gerret  Spencer, 


MISCELLANEOUS    RECORDS. 


Thomas  Tylestoue, 
Henry  Collins, 
Eobert  Sedgwick, 
James  Hoyden, 
Thomas  Samfoard, 


John  Stronge, 
Thomas  Carter, 
Joseph  Armitagc, 
Kich'd  Waytc, 


Robert  Hull, 
Rich :  "Wayde, 
Will :  Dinny, 

Thomas  Meakins. 


*Psons  made  free  the  18'"  of  the  2'^  ifi,  @  163" 


Thomas  Parish, 
Thomas  Briggam, 
William  Cutter, 
Willi :  Towne, 


C'liristoi^her  Foster, 
Thorn :  Bro^vninge, 
Symon  Eyre, 
William  Dodge, 
Francis  Smythe, 


John  Gore, 
Robert  Sever, 
Jolin  Ruggles, 
Laurence  Whitamore, 


John  Graves, 
Gyles  Pason, 
George  Kinge. 


Made  free  the  17">  2^'  i?i,  @  1637. 


Nathani :  Porter, 
Edward  Diuny, 
Willi :  Dineley, 
Franc  East, 
Nathani :  Woodward, 


John  Smythe, 
Edward  Rainsfoard, 
Thomas  Wheeler, 
John  Laurence. 


Psons  made  fi-ee  the  IT'"  of  the  3'i  A,  @  1637. 


Thom :  Olney, 
Thom :  Gardner, 
Joseph  Pope, 
Willi :  Bounde, 
Henry  Bartholomewe, 
Joseph  Grafton, 
Francis  Skerry, 
Edmond  ^Marshall, 
Henry  Seawall,  lunior, 
Hemy  Bull, 
Thomas  Smythe, 
Nicolas  Holt, 
Nicolas  Noise, 
Archelaus  Woodman, 
James  Bro'mie, 


John  Bartlet, 
Robert  Pike, 
Thomas  Coleman, 
Mathewe  Chafe, 
George  Biuden, 
George  Hunn, 
Willi:  Sumner, 
George  Procto'', 
Thomas  ]\Iillet, 
Thomas  Dible, 
Philip  Drinker, 
Jolm  Cheney, 
John  Norton, 
John  Syverens, 
Thom  :  Wells, 


John  Perkins, 
Willi :  Lampson, 
Thom :  Bircher, 
Edward  Porter, 
James  Howe, 
Thom :  Rogers, 
John  Sharman, 
John  Rogers, 
IMyles  Nutte, 
James  Osmer, 
Rich''d  Johnson, 
Thomas  Parker, 
John  Hauchet, 
John  Gibson. 


7  7'"  n°i,  1637. 
M'  George  Moxam,  M'  Tymo :  Dalton. 


Nathaniell  Wales, 
Edw>i  Sale, 


The  2*  of  the  Q"-  ni,  1637,  made  free. 

Willi :  Casely,  &  M"'  John  Harvard. 

M"'  John  Fiske, 


16  3  7. 

18  AprU. 
[*195.] 


17  AprU. 


17  May. 


7  September. 


2  November. 


374 


MISCELLANEOUS    RECORDS. 


16  37-8. 


March. 


The  first  ifi,  @  1637-1638,  made  free. 


Thom :  Spooner, 
Thomas  Veniier, 
James  Moulton, 
James  Haynes,  * 
Hemy  Skerry, 
Joseph  Bacliiler, 
John  Symonds, 
John  Gediiey, 
Micha :  Spencer, 


John  Pearce, 
Nico :  Bushcy, 
Ealph  Woodward, 
Samu :  Symonds, 
M^  Thom :  Flint, 
Eich'^d  Griffine, 
John  Evart, 
George  Hay^^'ood, 
Thom :  Foxe, 


George  Hochens, 
Edward  Eawson, 
Henry  Eust, 
David  Fiske, 
Willi:  Harsye, 
Willi :  Ludkin, 
Thom :  Linkorne, 
Henry  Tuttle. 


16  38. 


9  June. 


♦Persons  made  free  the  2'^  Day  of  the  S*  A,  1638. 


2  May.        Samuell  Eich'dson, 

Humfrey  Atherton, 

Marke  Symonds, 

[*196..]      Eobn  Cutler, 

Gabriell  Meade, 

Thomas  Eawlinson, 

Thomas  Eich''dson, 

Ealph  Tomkins, 

Thomas  Carter, 

Edward  Johnson, 

Eicli''d  Hawes, 

Willi :  I^ight, 

John  Brinsmeade, 

Alexander  Miller, 

George  Taylo"", 

Isaack  Mixer, 

Joseph  AVilson, 

John  Gould, 

Henry  Kemball, 

ISIichaell  AVilles, 

Thomas  Cobbet, 

Willi :  Nickerson, 

Jolui  Sill, 

Daniell  Peiixe,   • 

Henry  Dow, 

George  Willis, 

William  Ballard, 

Nicho :  Byram, 

Thomas  Swetman, 

Willi :  Thorne, 

Samu:  Hackburne, 

Edward  Hall, 

Abraham  Tappin, 

Abraham  Howe, 

M^  William  Hubberd, 

Hemy  Lunt, 

John  Tatman, 

Eicli'd  Lumkin, 

Jolui  Browne, 

Eoba  Williams, 

Willi :  Warrcner, 

Henry  Burdsall. 

The  9*  4'-''  &,  1638,  M'  Natha :  Eaton  was  made  free. 


6 September.    6*  T"'  &  the  Magistrates  of  Ipswich  had  order  to  give  M'  Natha:  Eogers  the 

Oath  of  Freedome. 


7  September. 


Persons  made  fi-ec  the  7*  Day  7"^  A,  1638. 


Thomas  Hale, 
Eich''d  Singlctery, 
Steven  Fosditch, 


Nicholas  Browne, 
Zachary  Fitch, 


Thomas  Tredwell, 
Geo :  Giddings. 


16  3  8-9.   These  tooke  the  Oath  of  Freemen,  &  so  were  made  free  the  13"»  P-""  First 

Month,  1638. 


13    March. 


ISI'"  John  Allen,  M'  Ealph  Wheelocke,       Jolin  Leuson, 

M"'  Edward  AUeyne,  M'  Willi  a  :  Tynge,  John  Frayrye, 


MISCELLANEOUS    REC 

0RD3. 

375 

Eleazer  Lussher, 

John  Palmer, 

Edmond  GreenlifFe, 

l(>38-9. 

John  IIuntinsT, 

John  Tower, 

Thomas  Bulkcley, 

• r— ' 

Eob't  Hinsdall, 

Henry  "Webbe, 

Luke  Potter, 

13  March. 

Edward  Kempc, 

James  ISIattucke, 

Ephraim  Wheeler, 

John  Dwite, 

John  Tuttle, 

Robert  Merriam, 

Henry  Phillips, 

Theoplii :  "Wilson, 

James  Bennct, 

^i'  Joseph  Peck, 

Jeremy  Belcher, 

John  Whitcman, 

Henry  Smythe, 

Willi :  Cockerom, 

William  Palmer, 

Edward  Oilman, 

Edward  Bates, 

William  Eastowe, 

^  Thomas  Cooper, 

John  Rogers, 

Thom :  !Moulton, 

Jolm  Beale, 

Clu-istopher  Batte, 

Rich''d  Swayne, 

Henry  Chamberlin, 

Samuell  Neweman, 

Willi :  Wakefield, 

Thomas  C'lapp, 

jM'-  Robert  Peck, 

Thom :  Joancs. 

Made  ffree  the  U"'  P-"",  1638. 


14  March. 


Nicho :  Butler, 
W  Thom :  Wills, 
M'  Edward  Holliock, 
M"  Rirh'-d  Sadler, 
M'  Edward  Howell, 
Thomas  Towncseud, 
Edward  Baker, 
Henry  Gaynes, 
Nicholas  Batter, 
James  Boutwell, 
Rich^d  AVells, 
Willi :  Langley, 
Robert  Parsons, 
Godfirey  Armitage, 


Arthur  Geerec, 
Joseph  Pell, 
Thomas  Layton, 
Willi :  Partridge, 
Roger  Shawe, 
Robert  Dannell, 
Hezechi :  Ypher, 
Christopher  Cayne, 
Rob''t  Steedman, 
George  Keezar, 
Edward  Burcham, 
Joseph  Merriam, 
Thomas  Browne, 
George  Foule, 


AVilli :  Busse, 
Henry  Brooke, 
Henry  Farewell, 
Roger  Draper, 
Jolm  Miles, 
Sethe  Switzer, 
Isaack  Cole, 
John  Wisewall, 
Jolm  Maudsley, 
Joseph  Farnworth, 
William  Reed, 
William  Blake, 
Thomas  Dickerman, 
Thomas  Clarke. 


M''  Endicot  &  M'  John  Wintlii-ope,  lu :,  had  order  to  give  M""  Emanuell 
Downemg  the  Oathe  of  Freedome. 


♦Persons  made  free  the  3'"  &,  1639,  the  22^\ 


16  3  9. 


M--  Willi :  Sergent, 

John  GofFe, 

Thomas  Ruggles, 

22  May. 

M"^  Thom :  Hawkins, 

John  Mussellwhit, 

Joseph  Shawe, 

[*254.] 

M'  Sam :  Freeman, 

Steven  Kent, 

Francis  More, 

Thomas  Marten, 

John  Riiiiington, 

Walter  Edmonds, 

Nichol:  Guye, 

Thomas  Browne, 

AVilli :  Bowstreete, 

JI"'  Samu :  Winsley, 

John  ]\Ioulton, 

Hopestill  Fostcrc, 

Steven  Duiiier, 

^     Hulling, 

Thomas  Scotto, 

John  Osgood, 

Rich''d  Waters, 

Willi :  Adams, 

37G 


MISCELLANEOUS    KEC0RD3. 


1639. 


22  May. 


23  May. 


Thomas  Say, 
Johii  Alderman, 
Griffin  Bowen, 
John  Spooer, 
Eich'^d  HoUidge, 
Jolui  Clarke, 
Giles  Firman, 
Josua  Tedd, 
Beniamln  Felton, 
Jarvas  Garfoard, 
Edward  Brack, 


M"'  Ezechi :  Rogers, 
M"'  Natha :  Rogers, 


William  Clarke, 
Edmond  Bloise, 
Willi :  Osborne, 
John  INIiller, 
George  Holmes, 
Mathewe  Boyse, 
James  Astwood, 
Jolui  Rob''t, 
Rich''d  Pecocke, 
Edward  Bridge, 

The  23'"  3'"  A. 


Walter  Blackborne, 
Joseph  Jewet, 
Roger  Porter, 
Thomas  Fu-man, 
Natha :  Chappell, 
John  Skot, 
James  Buck, 
Hugh  Laskin, 
John  Smythe, 
Henrv  Swan. 


Robert  Saunders,  M"'  Thom :  Nelson. 

M"'  Nathani :  Sparhauke, 


6  June. 


The  6*  4"'  A,  1639,  made  free.    ' 
Steven  Paine,  James  Garret. 


6  September. 


M"'  Thomas  Ginner, 
M''  Benia :  Keayne, 
Job  Swinnerton, 
WilUara  Lord, 


The  6*  Day  of  the  T'"  A,  1639. 


Laurence  Southick, 
John  Crosse, 
John  Roffe, 
John  Ellsley, 


Luke  Hearde, 
Anthony  Sadler, 
Thomas  Masie. 


7  September. 


16  40. 


Edmond  Bridge, 
Rich-'d  Mellen, 


7'"  [T"'  A,  1639.] 
Robert  Tucks,  Robert  Saunderson. 


*Psons  made  free  the  13'^  Id,  of  the  3'^  A,  1640. 


13  May. 

M^  Willi :  Worcester, 

John  Haseldene, 

Edward  Larkin, 

[*281.] 

Homy  JNIunday, 

Franc  :  Lambert, 

Tham :  Caule, 

John  Saunders, 

Willi :  Scales, 

John  Penticus, 

Thom :  Bradberiy, 

John  Bmbanke, 

John  Martin, 

Thom :  Duiiier, 

Willi :  Bointon, 

Willi :  Fillips, 

Thonia:  Barker, 

John  Jarrat, 

Abrah :  Hill, 

Thoma :  ISlighill, 

Micha:  Hopkinson, 

Edward  Woode, 

Maximl:  Jewet, 

Geo :  Kilborne, 

M'^  Willi :  Paine, 

Franc  :  Parrat, 

SP  Thoma :  Coytemore, 

John  Oliver,  (NewV) 

RicVd  Swan, 

INI"'  Thoma :  Graves, 

James  Standige, 

Rob''t  Hascldine, 

M'  Franc :  Wllloughby, 

Jolin  Whipple, 

MISCELLANEOUS    REC 

ORDS. 

377 

M'  Edwa''  Norrice, 

Jeremy  Howchenes, 

Gouin  Anderson, 

1G4  0. 

M--  Thorn  :  Ruck, 

Jonas  Humphreys, 

John  Bowelis, 

- — ^ — . 

M'  Willi :  Stevens, 

Thom :  Toleman, 

Ed\v'"d  Passon, 

13  May. 

John  Fairefeild, 

George  Weekes, 

Willi :  Chanler, 

John  Bachilo'', 

John  Farnum, 

John  Hall, 

Robert  Elwell, 

Rich''d  Lipincote, 

John  Trumbell, 

Thorn:  Watson, 

Rich^d  Withington, 

Edw*  Bumstod, 

Mark  Formais, 

Ricli'd  Syckes, 

Joseph  Wheeler, 

Thorn :  Waterhouse, 

Clement  Tapley, 

Tymo :  Wheeler. 

John  Chaundler, 
Symon  Rogers, 
Michaell  Wood, 
John  Merrill, 
George  Browne, 
Jolin  Norwick, 
Edmo :  Pitts, 
Franc :  Smyth, 
John  Harding, 
Willi :  Carpenter, 
John  Holbrokc, 
Nicho :  Fillipes, 
Thom :  Bayly, 
Samu :  Butterworth, 
Rob''t  ilarten, 
Mathewe  Prat, 
Rob't  Tytus, 
Thom :  Rich'"ds, 
Ileniy  Greene, 
Willi:  Godfiree, 


The  13'S  t5,  3  A,  1640. 

Thom :  Ai-noU, 
Willi :  Howard, 
Abra :  Perkins, 
Jeffry  Mingy, 
Arthur  Clarke, 
James  Davis, 
M""  Edmond  Browne, 
Peter  Noyse, 
Walter  Hayue, 
Edmond  Rice, 
Thom  :  White, 
John  Parmenter, 
John  Bent, 
Edmond  Goodnor, 
Thom  :  Islin, 
John  Wood, 
John  Ruddyk, 
John  Howe, 
M'^  Willi :  Hibbens, 
Arthur  Periy, 


13  May. 


Valentine  Hill, 
Franc  :  Seyle, 
John  Hurd, 
Natha :  Williams, 
John  Leveritt, 
Peter  Oliver, 
John  Kenerick, 
Antho  :  Stodard, 
Samu:  Sherman, 
George  Curtis, 
Gotten  Flack, 
M''  Willi :  Tompson, 
George  Rowes, 
Steven  Kinseleye, 
John  Dassette, 
Willi :  Potter, 
Gregory  Belchar, 
Thom:  Place, 
James  Copie. 


The  IS'"  3'"  ifi,  1640. 


13  May. 


Thomas  Flackman, 
Edward  Spolden, 
Willi :  Allise, 
Martin  Saund", 
John  Reade, 
^\^illi :  Androws, 
John  Stidman, 
Edmond  Anger, 


Rich''d  Frances, 
John  Thrumball, 
Willi :  ^Manning, 
Edwa''d  Collins, 
Rich''d  Hogg, 
Nathan  Aldishe, 
IMychall  IMedcalfe, 
Fardinando  Adams, 


Franc :  Chickering, 
WiUi :  Bullard, 
John  Bullard, 
Henry  Smythe, 
John  Mose, 
Daniell  Fisher, 
Josua  Fisher, 
Rich^l  Barbere. 


vol..  I. 


9,  Jn" :  Scarbrow. 


48 


9  May. 


378 


MISCELLANEOUS    RECORDS. 


1G4  0. 


8  October. 


The  7"^  Day  of  the  8"^  A,  1640. 


V  October.     M''  Samu  :  Dudley,  James  Barcker, 

Josias  Cobbitt,  Heniy  Sands, 

Edmond  Gardner, 


John  Page, 


8  [8""  &,  1640.] 
Samu :  Morse, 


Rob't  Hunter, 
Willi:  Stickney. 


Thomas  Weight. 


9  October. 


Eob''t  Ring, 


09,  [8*  A,  1640. 


Isaack  Buswell. 


12  October. 


Willi:  Hudson, 
James  Oliver, 


12  [8*  ifi,  16-10.] 

Thomas  Painter, 
Edward  Fletcher, 


M''  WilH :  Bellingham, 
W  WilH :  Hooke. 


1641. 


♦Made  free  the  2«'  4"^  &,  1641. 


2  June. 

M'^  Henry  Dunster, 

RoVt  Holmes, 

Willi:  Browne, 

[♦312.] 

M'  Eich--d  RusseU,     " 

Goulden  More, 

Samu :  Chapun, 

M'  Jolin  Allen, 

'RichS'^  Cutter, 

Christo :  Stanley, 

John  Males, 

John  Fossenden, 

John  Harrison, 

Eich'-d  North, 

WilH :  Woodberry, 

Thom  :  Davenish, 

John  Seir, 

Willi :  Geares, 

Walter  Harris, 

John  Stevens, 

Philemon  Dickenson, 

Ellis  Barrone, 

M"'  Adam  Winthrope, 

Esdras  Reade, 

Willi :  Parker, 

William  Barnes, 

Jolin  Robinson, 

Philip  Veren, 

John  Harrison, 

Thom  :  Gardner, 

John  Palmer, 

John  Lowell, 

Thorn :  Mai-ston, 

RiclAl  Parker, 

Thom :  Davies, 

Rich''d  Bartelmew, 

Edw''d  Tinge, 

Jolrn  Emery, 

Thom:  Gould, 

Nehcmi :  Bourne, 

Samu:  Plumer, 

Thom:  Wildar, 

Franc :  Lawes, 

]\loscs  Papie, 

Rich''d  Robinson, 

Rob'-t  Bridges, 

Daniell  Weld, 

John  jNIarston, 

Jolm  Baker, 

Samu :  Bidfeild, 

Roba  Fuller, 

Rob't  Cooke, 

Francis  Eliot, 

"\\'illi :  Blanchard, 

Heniy  Dauson, 

Abell  Kelly, 

Bozoun  Allen, 

WilH :  Tiff, 

Jacob  Wilson, 

Miles  Ward, 

Willi:  Brisco, 

Nicho :  Woode, 

Samu:  Corning, 

Rich'-d  Sanford, 

John  Hurbert, 

Jonathan  Porter, 

Augustine  Walker, 

Thomas  Lake, 

Eich'd  Pattinggell, 

Henry  Archer, 

Andrew  Pitcher, 

John  Goodnow, 

Charles  Glover, 

MISCELLANEOUS    RECORDS. 


379 


Rob't  Paine, 
John  Baker, 
Micha :  Kathericke, 
John  Jackson, 
John  Deane, 
Edward  Browne, 
Dani :  Warner, 
John  Knoulton, 
SjTnon  Tompson, 
RoVt  Dave, 
Ancb-ewe  Hodges, 
Jacob  Leager, 
George  Bullard, 
Henry  Chick'^y, 
Michaell  Powell, 
Joseph  Kingsberry, 
John  Reaper, 
Nathani:  Coalborne, 


John  Elis, 
Edward  Rich''ds, 
Beniamin  Smyth, 
Austen  Kilham, 
Thorn :  Payne, 
Tyino :  Dwight, 
Heiuy  Wilson, 
Samu  :  BuUen, 
WilU :  Fuller, 
Willi :  F     , 

Evan  Thomas, 
Abell  Parr, 
Benia:  Ward, 
Willi:  Hunt, 
Willi :  Bateman, 
Josias  Firman, 
Willi :  Cop, 


Natha :  Halsteed, 
Natha:  Billing, 
Benia:  Turncy, 
Rich''d  Rice, 
James  Blood, 
Thom  :  Clarke, 
John  Viall, 
Thom :  Buttolph, 
Franc :  Douse, 
John  Sweete, 
Arthur  Gill, 
Thom  :  Clipton, 
George  Merriam, 
John  Heald, 
George  Wheeler, 
Obedi :  Wheeler, 
Franc :  Bloyce, 
4  :  Thom  :  Marshall. 


1G41. 


2  June. 


APPENDIX. 


APPENDIX. 


16  February. 


LETTERS   FROM   THE   GOVERNOR   AND   COMPANY   OF   THE 
MASSACHUSETTS   BAY   IN   NEW   ENGLAND. 

Letter  from  Matthew  Cradock,  Governor  of  the  Company. 

[The  following  letter,  in  a  very  worn  condition,  is  preserved  loose  in  the  first  volume  of  the  Colony 
Records  ;  and  although  it  bears  no  superscription,  was  evidently  intended  for  Mr.  John  Endicott,  who, 
at  the  date  thereof,  was  in  New  England.  The  lost  portions  are  restored  chieiiy  from  Prince's  Annals, 
and  the  printed  collections  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society.] 

WORTHY  S'',  &  my  louiuge  FreyncI :  All  dew  comendacons  premised  162  8-9. 
to  yo''  self  &  second  self,  with  harty  well  wishes  from  my  self  & 
many  others,  well  willers  &  adventurers  in  this  ovL  plantacon,  to  yo""  self  & 
the  rest  of  yo"'  good  company,  of  whose  safe  arryvall  beinge  now  throughlie 
informed  by  yo'  ires  bearinge  date  the  13  Septemb'  last,  w''  came  to  my 
hands  the  13  this  instant  February,  we  doe  not  a  little  reioyce  ;  &  to  heare 
[that]  my  good  cozen,  yo''  wyfe,  were  pfectly  recouered  of  her  healthe  would 
be  [acjceptable  newes  to  vs  all ;  w*  God  graunt  in  his  good  tyme  that  woe 
may.  ]Mea[nwh]ile,  I  am,  in  the  behalf  of  oQ  whole  company,  (w'^''  are  much 
inlarged  sence  yo'  depture  out  of  England,)  to  give  yo"  harty  thankes  ffor 
yo'  lai'dge  advixe  [contained  in  thi]s  yo'  letter,  w*  I  haue  fidly  imparted  vnto 
them,  and,  fiirther,  to  [giue  proof  tha]t  thei  intende  not  to  bee  wantinge  by  all 
good  meanes  to  furd[cr  the]  plantacon ;  to  w*^*"  pm-pose  (God  wilHnge)  yo"  shall 
heare  more  at  [another  time],  &  that  speedily ;  there  beeinge  one  shipp  bought 
for  the  co[mpany  of]  xxO  tonnes,  &  2  others  hyred  of  about  200  tunns  each 
of  them,  1  of  19  [and  1  of]  xO  pceces  of  ^rdnance,  besides  not  vnHke  but  one 
other  vessell  shall  [come  in]  companie  w"'  theise  ;  in  all  w'^''  shipps,  for  the  geE- 
all  stocke  and  propty  [of  the  ad]ventures,  there  is  likelye  to  be  sent  thether 
twixt  2  &  300  psons,  wee  ho[pe  to  rcsjide  there,  and  about  100  head  of  cattell ; 
wherefore,  as  I  wrote  y"  in  [full,  and  senjt  by  M'  Allerton  of  New  Phmoth 
in  November  last,  soc  y'  desire  of  them  [is,  that]  yo"  would  endcuour  to  gctt 

(383) 


384  APPENDIX. 

162  8-9.  convenient  ho'wsinge,  fitt  to  lodge  as  manye  as  yo"  can,  against  they  doe 
^  '^  '  come ;  and  w*all  w'  bever,  or  other  comoditieSj  or  fEshe,  if  t[he  meanjes  to 
f  serve  it,  can  be  gotten  readie,  to  returne  in  the  foresaid  shipps  ;  [and  likejwise 
•wood,  if  noe  better  ladinge  be  to  be  had  ;  that  yo"  would  endevor  to  get  in 
[a  rea]  dines  w'  yo"  can,  whereby  our  shipps,  whereof  twoe  are  to  retm-ne  backe 
[direcjtlye  heather,  maye  not  come  wholye  emptye.  There  hath  not  bine  a 
better  tyme  [for  sa]le  of  tymber  theise  twoe  seaven  yeres  then  at  present ;  & 
therefore  pittye  [these]  shipps  should  come  backe  emptye,  if  it  might  be  made 
readie  y'  they  neede  [not  stope  1  daye]  for  it ;  otherwise  mens  wages  &  vict- 
iialls,  together  w""  the  shipps,  will  quicklie  rise  too  high,  if  to  be  reladen  w"^ 
wood,  &  y'  the  same  be  not  readie  to  [put]  aboord  as  soone  as  the  shipps  are 
discharged  of  theire  outward  ladinge.  [I]  wishe  alsoe  y'  there  be  some  sassa- 
ffras  and  sarsaparilla  sent  vs,  as  a[lsoe  good  st]ore  of  shoomacke,  if  there  to  be 
had,  as  wee  are  informed  there  is.  The  l[lke  do]e  I  wishe  for  a  tun  waight  at 
least  of  silke  grasse,  &  of  ought  elce  y'  maye  be  vsefull  for  dyinge  or  in 
phisicke ;  to  have  some  of  ech  sent,  &  advise  given  w"'all  w*  store  of  each  to 
be  had  there,  if  vent  maye  be  found  here  for  it.  Alsoe,  I  hope  yo"  will  have 
some  good  sturgion  in  a  readines  to  send  vs  ;  &  if  it  be  well  cured,  2  or  300 
fErkins  thereof  would  helpe  well  towards  our  charge.  Wee  are  very  confident 
of  yo""  best  endevors  for  the  geEall  good  ;  &  wee  doubt  not  but  God  will  in 
iSlcj-e  give  a  blessiuge  vpo  our  laboures  ;  &  wee  trust  yo"  will  not  be  ^^lmInd- 
full  of  the  mayne  end  of  our  plantacon,  by  indevoringe  to  bringe  y''  Indians  to 
the  knowledge  of  the  gospell ;  w''"',  y'  it  maye  be  speedier  &  better  effected, 
y^  earnest  desire  of  our  whole  comp"  is,  y'  yo"  have  dilligent  &  watchfuU 
eye  oQ  our  owne  peojile,  that  they  live  vnblameable  &  w"'out  reproofe,  & 
demeane  themselves  iustlye  &  curteous  towards  [y'=  Indians],  thereby  to  di'awe 
them  to  affect  oiu-  psons,  &  consequcntlye  oui-  religion ;  as  alsoe  to  endevour  to 
gett  some  of  theire  children  to  trayne  up  to  readinge,  &  consequcntlye  to 
religion,  wliilest  they  are  yonge ;  herein  to  yonge  or  olde  to  omitt  noe  good 
opportuni[tye]  y'  maye  tend  to  bringe  them  out  of  y'  woefull  state  and  condicou 
they  now  are  in ;  in  ■n-'^'^  case  o''  predecessors  in  this  our  land  sometymes  were, 
and  but  for  y"  nJcye  and  goodnes  of  our  good  God  might  have  continued  to 
this  daye  ;  but  God,  whoe  out  of  [the]  boundles  ocean  of  his  iSlcye  hath 
shewed  pittie  and  compassion  to  our  land,  he  is  alsuffitient,  &  can  bringe  this 
to  passe  w'^''  wee  now  desire  in  y'  countrye  likewise.  Oulie  let  vs  not  be 
wantinge  on  o''  ptes,  n[ow]e  wee  arc  c[alled]  to  [tliis]  worke  of  tlic  Lords  ;  nei- 
ther, having  put  our  handes  to  the  [plowe,  let  us  look  back,  but  goe  on 
cheerfullye,  and  depend  upon  God  for  a  blessing  upon  our  labours]  ;  whoe  by 
weake  instruments  is  able  (if  he  see  it  good)  to  bringe  glori[ous  thinges  to 
passe]. 


APPENDIX.  385 


16  February. 


Be  of  good  courage,  goe  on,  and  doe  woorthilye,  &  the  Lord  psp  yo'    16  2  8-9. 
[endeavor]. 

It  is  fullle  resolued,  by  Gods  assistance,  to  send  over  twoe  ministers,  [at 
the  least,  with  the]  shippes  now  intended  to  be  sent  thether  ;  but  for  M'' 
Peters,  he  is  now  [in  Holland,  from]  whence  his  rcturne  hether  I  hold  to  be 
vncertaine.  Those  wee  send  sh[all  be  by  the  approjbacon  of  M"^  White,  of 
Dorchester,  and  M"^  Davenport.  For  w'soe.u[er  else  you  have  given]  advise, 
care  shall  be  taken,  God  willinge,  to  pfornie  the  necdefuU,  as  [neere  as  wee 
can],  and  the  tymes  will  pniitt ;  whereof  alsoe  yo"  niaye  expect  more  amp[le 
advertisement,  in]  theire  geEall  letter,  when  God  shall  send  our  shipps  thether. 
The  c[ourse  you  have  taken],  in  givinge  our  countrymen  theire  content  in  the 
point  of  pl[antinge  tobacco]  there  for  the  present,  (theire  necessitie  considered,) 
is  not  disallowed  ;  [but,  wcc  trust  in]  God,  other  meanes  will  be  found  to 
imploye  theire  tyme  more  comfor [table,  and  profitable]  alsoe  in  the  end  ;  and 
wee  cannot  but  geiiallie  approve  and  coinend  th[eir  good  resolution]  to  desist 
fro  the  plantinge  thereof,  when  as  they  shall  discerne  howe  [to  imploye  their] 
laboures  otherwise,  w'^''  wee  hope  they  will  be  speedilye  induced  vnto  [by 
such  precepts]  &  examples  as  wee  shall  give  them.  And  now,  mindinge  to 
conclude  [this,  I  maye  not]  omitt  to  put  yo"  in  mynde,  how  cii  yo"  seeme  to 
feare  noe  enimies  the[re,  yet  that  you  have]  a  watchfull  eye  for  yo''  owne 
saftye,  and  the  saftye  of  all  those  of  [our  nation  with  you],  and  not  to  bee  too 
confident  of  the  ffidellitie  of  the  salvages.  It  [is  an  old  proverb,  yet]  as  true, 
The  burnt  childe  dreades  the  fyre.  Our  countrymen  [have  suffered  by] 
theire  too  much  confidence  in  Virginea.  Let  vs  by  theire  harmes  [learne  to 
beware]  ;  and  as  wee  are  coiiianded  to  be  innocent  as  doves,  soe  w^'all  wee 
[are  enjoined  to  be]  wise  as  serpents.  The  God  of  heaven  &  earth  f>serve  & 
keepe  [you  from  all  forayne]  and  inland  enimies,  &  blesse  &  psp  this  plantacon, 
to  the  enl[argement  of  the  kingdom]  of  Jesus  Christ,  to  whose  iBcifuU  pteccon 
I  recoiiiend  yo"  [and  all  your  assotiates]  there,  knowne  or  vnknowne.  And 
soe,  tyll  my  next,  w''*'  shall  [be,  God  willinge,  by  our]  shipps,  whoe  I  make 
account  will  be  readie  to  set  sayle  fro[m  hence  about  the  20"^  of]  this  next 
moneth  of  Marche,  I  end,  and  rest 

Yo''  [assured  loving  friende]  and  cussen, 

MATHEWE  CRADOCK. 

[From]  my  howse  in  S^vithens  Lane,  neere  Lon- 
don Stone,   this    16*   Februarye,    1628, 
stilo  A[ngl]is. 
vol,.  I.  49 


386 


APPENDIX. 


16  2  9. 

17  April. 
To  Cap'  John 
Endecott. 


Charter 
p'cured. 


Sending  of 
ministers. 


L' 


First  General  Letter  of  the  Governor  and  Deputy  of  the  JYew  Eng- 
land Company  for  a  Plantation  in  Massachusetts  Bay,  to  the  Gov- 
ernor and  Council  for  London's  Plantation  in  the  Massachusetts 
Bay  in  JVew  England. 

[This  and  the  foUomng  letters,  in  the  handwriting  of  Secretary  Burgis,  are  eridently  intended  to  be 
a  portion  of  the  records  of  the  Governor  and  Company,  and  arc  preserved  in  the  oldest  volume  of  records 
in  the  Suffolk  Registry  of  Deeds.  The  volume  in  which  they  are  found  is  undoubtedly  the  "  book  of 
copies  of  letters  "  alluded  to  on  page  57,  and  was  converted  to  its  present  purpose  soon  after  the  re- 
moval of  the  Company  to  America.] 

[LAUS   DEO! 
Ill  Gravesend,  the  IT"'  of  April,  1629.] 

OVING  Frelnds  :  Wee  hartylle  salute  yo'''.  Wee  liaue  r[ecelued  yom-] 
ire  of  tlie  13*  of  Septemfe,  by  vf'^  wee  take  notice  [of  your  safe]  ar- 
riveall,  blessing  God  for  it.  Wee  baue  formerly  [requested]  M"'  Cradock,  o' 
GoQno'',  to  wryte  yo*"  of  the  receipt  ther[eof,  and  to]  giue  advice  how  wee  pur- 
posed to  pceed  in  seting  forward  o''  plantacon,  whose  ires,  if  they  bee  come 
to  yo"'  hande,  (as  wee  hope  they  are,)  will  putt  lyfe  into  yo'  affaires,  and  en- 
courage yo"'  to  j)vyde  for  the  entertainm'  of  such  as  are  now  cominge./ 

Since  yo'^  depture,  wee  haue,  for  the  further  strengthening  of  o'  graunt 
from  the  councell  at  Plymoth,  obtayned  a  confirmacon  of  it  from  his  ma'''  by 
his  ires  pattents,  vnd'^  the  broad  scale  of  England  ;  by  w"''  said  ires  pattents 
wee  are  incorporated  into  a  body  pollitique,  w"'  ample  power  to  goQne  &  rule 
all  his  ma*'  subiects  that  reside  w"'in  the  Hmitts  of  o"'  plantacon,  as  by  the 
duphcate  thereof  vnder  the  broad  scale,  w*  wee  haue  deliQed  to  M""  Sharpe 
to  bee  deliiled  to  yo"',  doth  fully  appeare./ 

And  for  that  the  ppagating  of  the  gosple  is  the  thing  [wee]  doe  pfess 
aboue  all  to  bee  o'  ayme  in  setling  this  plantacon,  wee  haue  bin  carefull  to 
make  plentyfull  pvision  of  godly  ministers,  by  whose  faithfull  preachinge, 
godly  conversacon,  and  exemplary  lyfe,  wee  trust,  not  only  those  of  o"^  owne 
nation  wilbe  built  vp  in  the  knowledge  of  God,  but  also  the  Indians  may  in 
Gods  appointed  tyme  bee  reduced  to  the  obedyence  of  the  gosple  of  Christ. 
One  of  them  is  well  knowne  to  yo'^selfe,  vizj,  M''  Skclton,  whom  wee  haue  the 
rather  desired  to  beare  a  pt  in  tliis  worke,  for  that  wee  are  informed  yo''selfc 
haue  foriBly  received  much  good  by  his  ministry  ;  hee  cometh  in  the  George 
Bonaventure,  M''  Thomas  Cox.  Another  is  M"'  Higgeson,  a  graue  man,  &  of 
worthy  comendacons  ;  he  cometh  in  the  Talbott.  The  third  is  M''  Bright, 
sometymes  trained  vpp  vnder  INI"'  Davenport,  who  cometh  in  the  Lyons 
Whelp.  Wee  pray  yo"',  accoiuodate  them  all  w"'  necessaryes  as  well  as  yo'^ 
may,  and  in^convenyent  tymc  lett  there  bee  houses  built  them  according  to  the 


APPENDIX.  38^ 


17  April. 


agreem'  wee  liaue  made  w"*  them,  coppyes  wherof,  as  of  all  others  wee  haiie      1  G  2  0. 

entertained,  shalbe  sent  yo^*'  by  the  next  shipps,  tyme  not  pmitting  it  now. 

Wee  doubt  not  but  these  gent,  yo""  ministers,  will  agree  lovingly  togeather  ; 

and  for  cherishinge  of  loue  betwixt  them,  wee  pray  yo^'',  carry  yo'selfe  impar- 

tiallie  to  all.     For  the  manno""  of  the  exercising  their  ministrie,  &  teaching 

both  o'  owne  people  and  the  Indians,  wee  leave  that  to  themselues,  hoping 

they  will  make  Gods  word  the  rule  of  [their  accons],  and  mutually  agree  in  the 

discharge  of  their  duties  ;   and   because   their   doctrine  will  hardly  bee  well 

esteemed  whose  psons  are  not  reverenced,  wee  desire  that,  both  by  yo''  owne 

example  and  by  coinanding  all  others  to  doe  the  like,  o"'  ministers  may  receive 

due  bono''./ 

Wee  hauc,  in  psecucon  of  that  good  opinion  wee  haue  alway  had  of  yo",  M'  Endecott 

_  ^  y^    ^  f.  ,  ,^j  ,.  ,.  .  J.  ,        confirmed  Goii- 

confirmed  yo"  (jouno"'  oi  o""  plantacon,  and  loyned  m  comission  w'"  yo'"  the  ^^^  g.  o,i,ers 
three  ministers,  namely,  M"^  Francis  Hig^onson,  M''  Samuell  Skelton,  and  IM"'  app"'"*"! '" 

'  •"  03  5  beethecoun- 

Francis  Bright,  also  M'  John  and  M"^  Samuell  Browne,  M'  Thomas  Graues,  cell. 
and  JI"^  Samuell  Sharpe  ;  and  for  that  wee  haue  ordered  that  the  body  of  the 
gounm'  there  shall  consist  of  13  psons,  wee  are  content  the  old  planters  that 
are  now  there  w^'in  o'  plantacon  and  lymitts  therof  shall  chuse  2  of  the  dis- 
crcetest  and  juditiall  men  from  amongst  themselues  to  bee  of  the  goQnm',  that 
they  may  see  wee  are  not  wanting  to  giue  them  fitting  respect,  in  that  wee 
would  haue  their  consent  (if  it  may  bee)  in  making  wholsome  constitucons 
for  goQnni' ;  alwajes  p\-yded,  that  none  shalbe  chosen,  or  meddle  in  their 
choice,  but  such  as  will  Hue  amongst  vs,  and  conforme  themselues  to  o' 
goQnm'.  But  if  they  shall  refuse  to  pforme  tliis  o"^  direccon,  then  wee 
hereby  authorise  yo'",  &  those  nominated  to  bee  of  the  councell  aforesaid,  to 
nominate  &  elect  two  such  men  as  in  yo'  opinions  yo"  shall  hold  mccte  for 
that  place  &  office  ;  and  for  the  other  three  w'^''  wilbe  wanting  to  make  vpp 
the  full  nomber  of  13,  (w'^'»  wee  haue  styled  the  Councell  of  the  ilattachusetts 
Bay,)  wee  hereby  authorize  [you],  w"*  the  aforenamed  seaven  psons,  to  chuse 
and  nominate  them  out  of  the  whole  body  of  the  Companie,  aswell  of  those 
that  are  there  as  of  those  that  are  to  come  now,  not  doubting  but,  all  partial- 
itie  sett  apart,  yo^''  will  make  choice  of  such  men  as  may  bee  most  vsefuU  & 
carefuU  to  advance  the  geiiiall  good  of  o'  plantacon./ 

And  that  it  may  appeare,  aswell  to  all  the  world  as  to  the  old  planters  Concerning  the 
themselues,  that  wee  seeke  not  to  make  them  slaues,  (as  it  seemes  by  yo'  letter 
some  of  them  thinke  themselues  to  bee  become  by  mcanes  of  o''  pattent,)  wee 
are  content  they  shalbe  ptakers  of  such  p'^viledges  as  wee,  from  his  oia*^  espe- 
tiall  grace,  w""  great  cost,  fauo''  of  psonages  of  note,  &  much  labo',  haue 
obtained,  and  that  they  shalbe  incorporated  into  this  socyetie,  and  enioy,  not 


388 


APPENDIX. 


1G2  9. 


17  April. 


P'hibiting  the 
planting  of 
tobacco. 


M'  Oldham. 


only  those  lands  w*^*"  foruilly  they  haue  manured,  but  such  a  further  pporcbn 
as,  by  th'advice  and  judgm'  of  yo''selfe  and  the  rest  of  the  couucell,  shalbe 
thought  fitt  for  them  or  any  of  them.  And  besides,  it  is  still  o"^  purpose  that 
they  should  haue  some  bcnefitt  by  the  coiSon  stock,  as  was  by  yo''  first  coiuis- 
sion  directed  and  appointed,  w'''  this  addicon,  that  if  it  bee  held  too  much  to 
take  30  p  cent  and  the  fraight  of  the  goods  for  and  in  consideracon  of  o"^ 
adventure  &  disbursm'  of  o""  monyes,  to  bee  paid  in  bevo''  at  6^  p  ib,  that  yo" 
moderate  the  said  rate  as  yo",  w*  the  rest  of  the  [councell,]  shall  tliinke  to  bee 
agreeable  to  equitie  &  good  conscience.  And  o'  further  orders  is,  that  none 
bee  ptakers  of  any  the  afores*  p'"ulledges  and  pfitts  but  such  as  bee  peaceable 
men,  and  of  honest  lyfe  and  conversacbn,  &  desirous  to  Hue  amongst  vs,  and 
conforme  themselues  to  good  order  and  govemm*./ 

And  as  touching  the  old  planters  their  earnest  desire  for  [the]  ^sent  to 
continue  the  planting  of  tobacco,  (a  trade  by  the  Companie  genially  disavowed 
&  vtterly  disclaymed  by  some  [of  the]  greatest  adventurers  amongst  vs,  who 
absolutely  declared  themselues  vuwilling  to  haue  any  hand  in  this  plantacon 
if  wee  intend  to  cherish  or  pmitt  the  planting  therof,  or  any  other  kiude  than 
for  a  mans  private  vse  for  meere  necessitie,)  wee  are  of  opinion  the  old  plant- 
ers will  haue  small  encouragm*  to  that  employm',  for  wee  fynde  heere,  by 
late  experience,  that  it  doth  hardly  pduce  the  fraight  and  custome  ;  nether  is 
there  hope  [of]  amendm',  there  being  such  great  quantities  made  in  other  pts 
that  ere  long  it  is  hke  to  bee  little  worth.  Nevertheless,  if  the  old  planters 
(for  wee  exclude  all  others)  conceive  that  they  cannot  otherwise  p\yde  for 
their  livelyhood,  wee  leave  it  to  the  discretion  of  yo'selfe  &  the  councell  there 
to  giue  way  for  the  ^sent  to  their  planting  of  it  in  such  mann),  and  av""  such 
restriccbns,  [as]  yo"  and  the  said  councell  shall  thlnke  fittinge,  hauing  an  espe- 
tiall  care,  w""  as  much  convenyence  as  may  bee,  vtterly  [to]  supjiress  the 
planting  of  it,  except  for  meere  necessitie  ;  but,  however,  wee  absolutely  for- 
bidd  the  sale  of  it,  or  the  vse  of  [it],  by  any  of  o"'  owne  or  ]5ticuler  mens 
servants,  vnless  vpon  vrgent  occasion  for  the  benefitt  of  health,  &  taken  pri- 
vately./ 

M"^  John  Oldham  came  from  New  England  not  long  before  yo''  arrivall 
there,  by  whom  wee  haue  had  noe  small  distui'bance  in  o"'  business,  having  bin 
cast  behinde,  at  the  least,  two  months  tyme  in  o'  voyage,  through  the  varyetie 
of  his  vast  conceipts  of  extraordinary  gaine  of  3  for  one,  ppounded  to  bee 
made  &  raised  in  3  yeares,  if  hee.  might  haue  the  managlnge  of  o'  stock, 
pfcrring .  to  bee  contented  for  his  owne  employm',  soe  hee  might  haue  the 
overplus  of  the  gaines  ;  w""  whom,  after  long  tyme  spent  in  sundry  treaties, 
fynding  him  a  man  altogeather  vnfitt  for  vs  to  deale  w"*,  wee  haue  at  last  left 


APPENDIX.  389 


17  AprU. 


him  to  his  owiie  way  ;  and,  as  wee  are  informed,  hee,  w"'  some  others,  are  1  G  2  9. 
pvyding  a  vessell,  and  is  mynded,  as  soone  as  hce  can  despatch,  to  come  for 
New  England,  ]ptending  to  settle  himselfe  in  Mattachusetts  Bay,  clayming  a 
tytle  and  right  by  a  grant  from  S''  Ferdinando  Gorges  son,  w"^''  wee  are  well 
satisfyed  by  good  councell  is  voyde  in  lawe.  Hee  will  admitt  of  noe  tearmes 
of  agreem',  vnlesse  wee  leaue  him  at  libtie  to  trade  for  beavo''  w*  the 
[Indians],  w"^''  wee  deny  to  the  best  of  o''  owne  planters  ;  nether  is  hee  satis- 
fyed to  trad'e  himselfe  with  liis  owne  stock  &  meanes,  w'^''  wee  conceeve  is  so 
small  that  it  would  not  much  hinder  vs,  but  hee  doth  interest  other  men,  who, 
for  ought  wee  knowe,  are  never  likely  to  bee  benefitiall  to  the  planting  of  the 
country,  their  owne  pticuler  pfitts  (though  to  the  overthrowe  of  the  genlall 
plantacon)  being  their  cliiefe  ayme  and  intent.  Now,  as  wee  shall  ■\Tiwillingly 
doe  any  act  in  debarrlnge  such  as  were  inhabitants  before  vs  of  that  trade,  as 
in  conscience  they  ought  to  enioy,  soe  shall  wee  as  vnwillingly  pmitt  any  to 
appropriate  that  to  their  owne  private  luca'r  w'^''  wee,  in  o'"  religious  intencons, 
haue  dedicated  to  the  coiuon  charge  of  building  houses  for  Gods  worshipp 
and  fforts  to  defend  such  as  shall  come  thither  to  iuhabite.  Wee  feare  that  as 
hee  hath  bin  obstinate  &  vyolent  in  his  opinions  heere,  soe  hee  will  psist  and 
bee  ready  to  di-awe  a  partie  to  himselfe  there,  to  the  great  hinderance  of  the 
coinon  quiett.  Wee  haue  therfore  thought  fitt  to  giue  yo^*"  notice  of  his  dis- 
posicon,  to  the  end  yo"'  may  beware  how  yo*^  meddle  w"*  liim,  as  also  that  yo'^ 
may  vse  the  best  meanes  yo'^  can  to  settle  an  agreem'  w"'  the  old  planters, 
soe  as  they  may  not  harken  to  M""  Oldhams  dangerous  though  vaine  ppositions. 
Wee  fynde  him  a  man  soe  affected  to  his  owne  opinion  as  not  to  bee  removed 
from  it,  nether  by  reason  nor  any  pswasion  ;  and  vnlesse  hee  may  beare 
sway,  and  haue  all  things  carryed  to  his  good  likinge,  wee  haue  little  hope 
of  quiett  or  comfortable  subsistance  where  he  shall  make  his  aboad./ 

And  therefore,  if  yo'"  shall  see  iust  cause,  wee  hereby  require  yo'"  and  the 
councell  there  to  exercise  that  power  wee  haue,  and  o''  previledges  will  beare 
vs  out  in  it,  to  suppresse  a  mischiefe  before  it  take  too  great  a  head.  Not 
that  wee  would  wrong  him  or  any  man  that  will  Hue  peaceably  w"'in  the 
limitts  of  o"'  plantacon  ;  but  as  the  ^servacon  of  o"'  p''ulledges  will  cheifly 
depend  (vnder  God)  vpon  the  first  foundacon  of  o''  goQnm',  soe,  if  wee  suffer 
soe  great  an  affront  as  wee  fj-nde  is  intended  towards  vs  by  the  pceedings  of 
INI''  Oldham  and  his  adherents  in  o''  first  beginiugs,  wee  may  bee  sure  they  will 
take  hart,  and  bee  eniboldncd  to  doc  vs  a  farr  greater  iniurie  hereafter.  And 
therefore  wee  pray  yo™  and  the  councell  there  to  advise  seriously  togeather  ' 
for  the  maintenance  of  o''  p''uilcdges  &  peaceable  goilnm',  w''",  if  it  may  he 
done  by  a  tcmpate  course,  wee  much  desire  it,  though  ■«•"'  some  inconven- 


390  APPENDIX. 

16  2  9.  yence,  soe  as  o''  goQmn'  &  p''uiledges  bee  not  brought  in  contempt,  wishing 
^^  ■'^  '  rather  there  might  bee  such  an  vnion  as  might  drawe  the  heathen  by  o''  good 
examjile  to  tlie  embracing  of  Chi-ist  and  his  gosple,  then  that  offence  should 
bee  giucn  to  the  heatlien,  and  a  scandall  to  o"'  reUgion,  tln-ough  o""  disagreem' 
amongst  o''selues.  But  if  necessitie  require  a  more  severe  course,  when  faire 
meanes  will  not  jjvaile,  wee  pray  yo"'  to  dcale  as  in  yo"^  discrecons  yo"'  shall 
thinke  fittest  for  the  geflall  good  and  safety  of  the  plantacon  &  pservacon  of 
o''  p''uiledges.  And  because  wee  would  not  omitt  to  doe  any  thinge  w'^''  might 
strengthen  o"'  right,  wee  would  haue  yo"'  (as  soone  as  these  [shipps,  or  any] 
of  them,  arrive  [with  yo™,  whejreby  [yo"'  may  have  men  to  do  it])  send  40  or 
50  [persons]  to  Mattachusetts  [Bay  to  inhabite  there,  which  v,'c]  pray  yo™  not 
to  protract,  but  to  doe  it  with  [all]  speede  ;  and  if  [any]  of  o''  Company  in 
ptjculer  shall  desire  to  setle  themselues  there,  or  to  send  servants  tliither,  wee 
desire  all  accommodacon  and  encouragm'  may  bee  giuen  them  thervnto,  wherby 
the  better  to  strengthen  o""  possession  there  against  all  or  any  that  shall  intrude 
vpon  vs,  w"*"  wee  would  not  haue  yo™  by  any- meanes  giue  way  vnto,  w*  this 
caution,  notw"'standing,  that  for  such  of  o"'  countrymen  as  yo™  finde  there 
planted,  soe  as  they  bee  willing  to  Hue  vnder  goQum',  yo™  endeavor  to  giue 
them  all  fitting  and  due  accoiiiodacon  as  to  any  of  o''selues  ;  yea,  if  yo™ 
see  cause  for  it,  though  it  bee  w**"  more  then  ordinarie  p''uiledges  in  point  of 
trade./ 
Concerning  M'  ^I''  Raph  Smith,  a  minister,  hath  desired  passage  in  o'^  [shipps],  w'"'  was 

"ster  '  ^  "^^  graunted  him  before  wee  vnderstood  of  his  difference  of  judgm'  in  some 
things  from  o'^  ministers.  But  his  jjvisions  [for]  his  voyage  being  sliipt  before 
notice  was  taken  therof,  tlu-ough  many  occasions  wherw""  those  intrusted  w*"* 
this  business  have  bin  employed,  and  forasmuch  as  from  hence  it  is  feared 
there  may  growe  some  distraccon  amonst  yo™  if  there  should  bee  any  syding, 
though  wee  haue  a  very  good  opinion  of  his  honesty,  wee  shall  not,  hope, 
offend  in  charitie  to  feare  the  worst  that  may  grow  from  their  different 
judgm".  Wee  haue  therfore  thought  fitt  to  giue  yo™  this  order,  that  vnless 
hce  wilbe  conformable  to  o'^  goilnm',  yo™  suffer  liini  not  to  remaine  w"'in  the 
limitts  of  [o'']  graunt./ 
Frenchmen  to  Wee  take  notice  that  yo™  desire  to  haue  Frenchmen  sent  yo™  that  might 

makTsaU  &c°  ^^^  experienced  in  making  of  salt  &  plantinge  of  vynes.  Wee  haue  enquu-ed 
Tho :  Graues.  diligently  for  such,  but  ca[nnot]  meete  w"*  any  of  that  nation.  Nevertheless, 
God  hath  not  left  vs  altogeather  vnpro^yded  of  a  man  able  to  vndertake  that 
worke,  for  that  wee  haue  entertained  W  Thomas  Groves,  a  man  coiiieuded  to 
vs  as  well  for  his  honestie  as  skill  in  many  things  very  vscfull.  First,  hee 
pfesseth  great  skill  in  the  making  of  salt,  both  in  ponds  and  panns,  as  also 


APPENDIX.  391 

to  fyncle  out  salt  springs  &  myncs  ;  secondly,  hee  is  well  scene  in  myncs  &     16  2  9. 

mineralls,  espetlally  about  iron  ore  &  iron  workcs  ;   tliircUy,  hee  is  able  to  ''       ' 

make  any  sort  of  fortyficacons  ;  fourthly,  hee  is  well  able  to  surveigh  and  sett 

forth  lands.     Hee  hath  bin  a  travillo''  [in]  divers  forraigne  pts  to  gaiue  his 

experience.      Therfore  wee   pray  yo"'  take  his  advice  touching  the  pmiscs, 

and  where  j-o™  intend  to  sett  downe  in  to  fortyfie  &  build  a  towne,  that  it  may 

bee  qualified  for  good  ayre  &  water,  according  to  yo''  first  instruccons,  and 

may  haue  as  much  naturall  helpe  as  may  bee,  wherby  it  may  w"^  the  less 

labor  and  cost  bee  made  fitt  to  resist  an  enemie.     Soe  soone  as  yo""  haue  made 

tryall  of  his  sufficiencie,  wryte  vs  yo"^  opinion  how  long  yo'^  [conceive]  it  [will 

be  fitt  for  us]  to  continue  him  in  our  service ;  [for]  that  he  is  tyed  to  [serve] 

us  one  whole  yeare  absolutely,  and  two  yeares  more  if  wee  should  giue  him 

order  to  stay  soe  long.     Soe  wee  hope  to  receve  yo''  advice  tyme  enough  [to] 

give  him  order  to  stay  out  full  3  yeares,  or  to  come  home  at  [the  end]  of  one 

yeare.     His  salarie  costs  this  Companie  a  great  soine  of  mony,  besides  w"=''  (if 

hee  remain  w""  vs)  the  transporting  of  his  wyfe,  and  building  him  a  house, 

wilbe  very  chargable,  w''''  Avee  pray  yo^''  take  into  yo""  consideracon,  that  soe 

wee  may  continue  or  surcease  this  charge  as  occasion  shall  recj^uire./ 

In  o'  next  wee  intend  to  send  yo^^  a  pticuler  of  such  as  are  to  haue  land 
allotted  &  sett  out  vnto  them,  that  soe  yo^^  may  appoint  vnto  each  man  an 
equall  pporcon  by  lott,  according  to  what  is  to  bee  allowed  in  the  first  devi- 
dent,  toucliing  w'^''  wee  shall  then  giue  yo^^  more  large  instruccons.  Meane 
while,  for  such  as  haue  sent  over  servants  and  cattle  in  these  shipps,  and  for 
such  as  haue  more  to  come  in  two  other  shipps,  w'^''  wee  hope  wilbe  ready  to 
sett  saile  w^'in  ten  dayes,  o"'  desire  is,  they  should  ether  bee  accoiiiodated  at 
Nahimikeeke  or  in  the  Mattachusetts  Bay,  or  in  both  places  if  they  desire  it, 
w"^  all  the  convenyence  that  may  bee  ;  and  for  such  grounds  as  shalbe  allotted 
vnto  them,  that  the  same  bee  conveyed  vnto  them,  if  they  desire  it,  at  any 
tyme  w"'in  one  yeare  after  their  entring  vpon  it,  and  to  bee  accompted  as  pt 
of  their  first  devident.  But  if  they  shall  dislike  it  at  any  tyme  before  a 
geEall  distribucbn  bee  made  by  lott  to  all  the  adventurers,  theu  they  may 
have  libtie  to  doe  it,  and  take  in  lieu  therof  as  by  lott  shall  fall  out  amongst 
other  private  adventurers./ 

"Wee  recoiuend  vnto  yo"  S"^  Richard  Saltonstall  and  M'^  Isack  Johnson,  s-  R :  Saitou- 
who  send  over  servants  and  cattle  iu  these  shipps,  desiring  yo"  will  take  care  j^i^u^on 
for  their  ^sent  accoinodacon  as  aforesaid  ;  and  as  for  them,  soe  wee  may  not 
omitt  to  pray  yo"  likewise  to  giue  all  good  accoinodacon  to  o''  l^sent  Gov- 
erno',  ^I"'  Matthew  Cradock,  who,  w"'  some  pticuler  brethren  of  o'  Company, 
have  deepely  engaged  themselues  in  their  private  adventures  in  these  shipps 


392 


APPENDIX. 


Comon  scale. 

Swyne  sent 
OTer. 


Qunns,  pow- 
der, shott,  &c. 


Apparell  for 
servants. 


That  none  sell 
any  artillary  to 
tlie  natives. 


To  exercise 
armes. 


&  those  to  come  ;  and  as  ■\vee  hold  these  men  that  thus  deepely  adventure  in 
their  private  to  bee  (vnder  God)  spetiall  instrum*'  for  the  advancing  & 
strengthning  of  o''  plantacon,  w'^  is  done  by  them  w"'out  any  charge  to  the 
Companyes  genlall  stock,  wherin,  notw"'standing,  they  are  as  deepe  or  deeper 
engaged  then  any  other,  soe  being  contented  to  bee  debarred  from  all  private 
trading  in  furrs  for  3  yeares,  wee  doe  hold  it  very  requisite  in  all  other  their 
desires  to  giue  them  all  accoiuodacon  &  furtherance  that  reasonably  may  be 
ppounded  by  them,  or  any  for  them  ;  their  good  beginings  in  the  infancie  of 
o''  plantacon  worthylie  deserving  of  vs  all  favor  and  furtherance./ 

Wee  haue  caused  a  coiiion  scale  to  bee  made,  w''''  wee  send  by  INI"'  Sharjjc./ 

If  yo"'  want  any  swyne,  wee  haue  agreed  w"'  those  of  New  Plymouth 
that  they  deHQ  yo*^  six  sowes  w""  pigg,  for  w"''  they  are  to  bee  allowed  9* 
in  accompt  of  what  they  owe  vnto  M'  Goffe,  Deputie  ;  and  for  goats,  wee  haue 
bought  42  for  the  genlall  &  pticuler  mens  accompts,  w'='^  shalbe  sent  yo"'  by 
these  and  the  next  shipps,  or  at  least  wise  soe  many  of  them  as  they  can 
convenyently  carrie./ 

Wee  haue  followed  yo"^  advice,  and  sent  most  of  o'  guns  snaphance,  bas- 
tard muskett  bore  ;  and  wee  haue  also  sent  store  of  powder  &  shott,  grayne 
for  seede,  both  wheat,  barley,  &  rye,  in  the  chaff,  ^c!.  As  for  fruit  stones  and 
kernells,  the  tjTne  of  the  yeare  fitts  not  to  send  them  now  ;  soe  wee  purpose 
to  do  it  p  o"^  next.  Tame  turkyes  shalbe  now  sent  yo^^  (if  may  bee)  ;  if  not,  p 
other  shipps.  Wee  are  disappointed  of  the  pvisions  ordered  to  haue  bin  sent 
yo"  for  yo'"selfe  and  M''^  Endecote  ;  but,  God  willing,  they  shall  come  by  the 
next./ 

Wee  haue  made  o'  servants  appaxell  of  cloth  &  lether,  w"^''  lether  is  not 
of  oyle  skins,  for  wee  found  them  over  deere  ;  yett  if  this  pve  not  pfittable, 
vpon  yo'  second  advice  wee  will  send  yo™  oyle  skinns./ 

For  such  of  o'  nation  as  sell  munition,  gunns,  or  other  furniture,  to  arme 
the  Indians  against  vs,  or  teach  them  the  vse  of  armes,  wee  would  haue  yo^*' 
to  apphend  them  and  send  them  prisofis  for  England,  where  they  will  not 
escape  severe  punishm',  being  expressly  against  the  proclamaoon./ 

Yo'^  haue  had  form!  caution  giuen  yo^"  to  take  heede  of  beeing  too  secui-e 
in  trusting  the  Indians,  w*  wee  againe  comend  to  yo''  care  ;  and  that  yo"'  may 
bee  the  better  able  to  resist  both  forraigne  enemies  &  the  natives,  if  ether 
should  assaile  yo'^,  wee  pray  yo"  lett  all  such  as  line  vnder  o'  goQnment,  both 
o"'  servants  and  other  planters  &  their  servants,  bee  exercised  in  the  vse  of 
armes,  and  certaine  tjines  appointed  to  muster  them,  in  w'^'^  business  M' 
Sharpe  and  M"'  Graues  wilbe  assistant  to  yo"*.  M''  Sharpe  is  by  vs  entertained 
to  bee  m'  gunfi)  of  o'  ordnance,  in  v/"^  service  hee  is  to  employ  soe  much  of ' 


Al'PExNDIX.  393 

his  tyrac  as  tlic  chai'ge  of  that  office  doth  require,  and  in  the  rest  hee  is  to     1  G  2  {), 
follow  other  implopn"  of  o"'  goQno"  &  others,  for  whose  employni'  hee  is  ^       ^ 

~  ■      ,      1  17  April. 

pticulai-ly  sent  over./ 

Inclosed  yo"  shall  receive  a  factory  of  such  pvision  of  victuall  and  other  Factory  of 

n  ,  „   ,,  .  p  victuall,  &c. 

necessaryes  as  wee  haue  sent  tor  the  genall  accompt,  to  w""*  wee  relcrr  yo"', 
nothing  doubting  but  yo"  wilbe  a  pvident  steward  to  husband  o'  jivisions  to 
the  best  advantage.     Wee  also  send  yo'^  the  pticviler  names  of  such  as  are  Names  of  those 
entertained  for  the  Companyes  service,  amongst  w"""  wee  hope  j^o"'  will  fynde  tj^g  comnanv 
many  religious,  discreete,  &  well  ordered  psons,  w*  yo"'  must  sett  over  the  rest 
de-\yding  them  into  famylies,  placing  some  w""  the  ministers,  and  others  vnder 
such  as,  beeing  honest  men,  (and  of  their  oMiie  calling  as  neere  as  may  bee,) 
may  haue  care  to  see  them  well  educated  in  their  geflall  callings  as  Christians, 
and  pticuler  according  to  their  seSall  trades  or  fitness  in  disposicon  to  Icanie 
a  trade.      And   whcras   amongst   such   a  nombcr    (notw^'standing   o'  care   to  To  inflict  pun- 
purge  them)  there  may  still  remaine  some  libertines,  wee  desire  yo"  to  bee  ^^'40,3'"'"  ° 
carefull  that  such  (if  any  bee)  may  bee  forced,  by  inflicting  such  punishm'  as 
their  offences  shall  deserve,  w*  is  to  bee  (as  neere  as  may  bee)  according  to 
the  lawes  of  this  kingdome,  to  conforme  themselues  to  good  order ;  w"^  whom, 
after  admonition  giuen,  if  they  amend  not,  wee  pray  yo"  pceedc  w'^out  par- 
tiallitie  to  punish  them  as  the  nature  of  their  fault  shall  deserve  ;  and  the  like 
course  }'o"  are  to  hold  both  w"*  planters  &  their  servants,  for  all  must  line 
vnder  goQnm'  &  a  like  lawe.     And  to  the  end  yo"  may  not  doe  any  thing  Bupiicate  of 
contrarie  to  lawe  nor  the  power  graunted  vs  by  his  ma"  ires  patents,  wee     ^^^'^ 
haue,  as  aforesaid,  sent  yo"  the  duplicate  of  the  ires  patents,  vnder  the  great 
scale  of  England,  ordering  and  requiring  yo"  and  the  rest  of  the  councell 
there  not  to  doe  any  thinge,  ether  in  inflicting  punishm'  on  malcfacto"  or 
otherwise,  contrarie  to  or  in  derogacttn  of  the  said  ires  pattents  ;  but  if  occa- 
sion require,  wee  authorise  yo"  and  them  to  pceede  according  to  the  power 
yo"  haue.     Nevertheless,  wee  desire  (if  it  may  bee)  that  errors  may  bee  re- 
formed w"'  lenitie  or  mylde  correccon  ;  and  if  any  pve  incorrigablc,  &  will  not 
bee  reclaimed  by  gentle  correccon,  ship  such  psons  home  by  the  Lyons  Whelpc, 
rather   then  keep  them   there  to   infect  or  to   bee   an  occasion   of   scandall 
vnto  others  ;  wee  being  fully  pswaded  that  if  one  or  two  bee  soe  reshipped 
back,  and  certificate  sent  home  of  their  misdemeano'',  it  wilbe  a  terror  to  the 
rest,  and  a  meanes  to  reduce  them  to  good  conformitie.     And,  aboue  all,  wee  That  noc  iniu- 
pray  yo"  bee  carefull  that  there  bee  none  in  o''  jPcincts  pmittcd  to  doe  any  ^^^  heathens, 
iniurie  (in  the  least  kinde)  to  the  heathen  people  ;  and  if  any  offend  in  that' 
way,  lett  them  receive  due  correccon.     And  wee  hold  it  fitting  yo"  publish  a 
proclamacSn  to  that  effect  by  leaving  it  fixed  vnder  the  Companyes  scale  in 
vol..  1.  50 


394 


APPENDIX. 


To  compound 
w"*  thenatiucs. 


The  ministers. 


Suppress  yaine 
disputes. 


Lawrence 
Leecli. 


Shipwrights. 


Cattle. 


To  make  re- 
tumcs. 


some  eminent  place,  for  all  to  take  notice,  at  such  tyme  as  both  the  heathen 
themselues,  as  well  as  o""  jieople,  may  take  notice  of  it.  And  for  the  avoyding 
of  the  hurt  that  may  follow  through  o'  much  familiaritie  w">  the  Indians,  wee 
conceive  it  fitt  that  they  bee  not  pmitted  to  come  to  yo'  j)lantacon  but  at  cer- 
taine  tymes  and  places  to  bee  appointed  them.  If  any  of  the  saluages  ^tend 
right  of  inheritance  to  all  or  any  pt  of  the  lands  granted  graunted  in  o"' 
pattent,  wee  pray  yo'^  endeavo''  to  p'chase  their  tytle,  that  wee  may  avoyde 
the  least  scruple  of  intrusion./ 

Wee  haue,  in  the  foriii!  pt  of  o"'  ire,  certyfyed  yo''  of  the  good  hope  wee 
haue  of  the  loue  and  vnanimus  agrcem'  of  o"^  ministers,  they  having  declared 
themselues  to  vs  to  bee  of  one  judgment,  &  to  bee  fully  agreed  on  the  manfl 
how  to  exercise  their  ministry,  w'^''  wee  hope  wilbe  by  them  accordingly 
pformed.  Yett,  because  it  is  often  found  that  some  busie  psons  (led  more  I)y 
their  will  then  any  good  warrant  out  of  Gods  wordj  take  opportunitie  [of] 
moving  needless  questions  to  stirr  vp  strife,  and  by  that  [meanes]  to  begett  a 
question,  and  bring  men  to  declare  some  different  judgm',  (most  coiiionly  in 
things  indifferent,)  from  w''''  small  begiiiings  great  mischeifs  haue  followed, 
wee  pray  yo"'  and  the  rest  of  the  councell,  that  if  any  such  disputes  shall  hap- 
pen among  yo",  that  yo"  suppress  them,  and  bee  carefull  to  maintaine  peace 
and  vnitie./ 

Wee  desire  yo"'  to  take  notice  of  one  Lawrence  Leech,  whom  we  haue 
found  a  carefull  &  painfull  man,  and  wee  doubt  not  but  hee  will  continue  his 
dilligence  j  lett  him  haue  deserving  respect.  The  like  wee  say  of  Eichard 
Waterman,  whose  cheife  employm'  wilbe  to  get  yo"  good  venison./ 

Wee  haue  sent  six  shipwrights,  of  whom  Robert  Molton  is  cheif.  These 
mens  entertainm'  is  veiy  chargable  to  vs  ;  and  by  agreem*  it  is  to  bee  borne 
two  thirds  at  the  charge  of  the  geiilall  Companie,  and  the  other  third  is  to  bee 
borne  by  M''  Cradock,  o''  GoQno'',  and  his  assotiatts  interessed  in  a  private 
stock.  Wee  hope  yo"'  wilbe  carefull  to  see  them  soe  employed  as  may  coun- 
tervaile  the  charge,  desiring  yo^^  to  agree  w"*  M'^  Sharpe  that  their  labo''  may 
bee  employed  f  for  the  geiilall  Companie,  and  4  for  M""  Cradock  and  his  asso- 
tiats  ;  praying  yo^^  to  accoiiiodate  the  s*  M'  Cradocks  people  in  all  fitting 
manni,  as  hee  doth  well  deserve./ 

Such  cattle,  both  horss,  mares,  cowes,  bulls,  and  goatcs,  as  arc  shipped 
by  M"'  Cradock,  are  to  bee  devyded  in  cquall  halfes  twixt  him  &  the  Companie, 
w"^*"  was  omitted  to  bee  done  hcere  for  avoj'diug  partiallitie  ;  soe  j'o"'  must  doe 
it  equally  there./ 

Wee  pray  j'o"'  to  bee  carefull  to  make  vs  what  returnes  yo"'  possibly  may, 
the  better  to  enable  vs  to  send  out  a  fresh  supply.     Wee  hope  yo*''  haue  con- 


APPENDIX.  395 

verted  the  comodlties  yo™  cariyed  w""  yo"  for  truck  into  bcavo'',  otter,  or     1  G  2  9. 
other  ffurrs,  w''*'  -wee  pray  yo"'  send  vs  by  y*  Talbot,  as  also  any  other  coiiiod-  ^'     "' 

.  .  .  ...  .  .  17  April. 

ities  yo'"  haue  pvyded  in  readyness  against  the  shijjps  coming  thither ;  but 
pray  doe  not  detaine  her  any  longer  tyme  to  cutt  tyraber  or  any  other  gross 
ladinge,  for  shee  is  at  150*  a  month  charges,  w'^''  wiU  soone  eat  out  more  then 
the  goods  shee  should  stay  for  is  worth.  ^Vherfore,  pray  make  what  expe- 
dicon  yo'"  can  to  vnlade  her  goods,  and  to  put  such  tilings  aboard  her  as  yo^'' 
haue  ready,  and  send  her  hetherward  againe  as  sooue  as  yo"  may./ 

Wee  haue  sent  fiue  weigh  of  salt  in  the  Whelpe,  and  ten  weigh  in  the  Salt  sent. 
Talbot.  If  there  bee  any  shallopps  to  bee  had  to  fish  w^'-'all,  and  the  season 
of  the  yeare  fitt,  pray  lett  the  ffishermeu,  (of  w'^''  wee  send  6  fi'om  Dort- 
chester,)  togeatlier  w'"  some  of  the  shipps  company,  endeavo'  to  take  ffish, 
and  lett  it  bee  well  saued  with  the  said  salt,  and  packed  vpp  in  hogsheads  or 
otherwise,  as  shalbe  thought  fitt,  and  send  it  home  by  the  Talbott  or  Lyons 
Whelpe.  Now,  forasmuch  as  the  Lyons  ^Vhelpe  belongeth  to  the  Companie, 
yo"'  may  (if  there  bee  hope  to  doe  gdod  by  it)  keepe  her  there  some  tyme  after 
the  Talbott ;  but  vnless  it  bee  to  very  good  purpose,  doe  not  detaine  her,  but 
lett  her  come  home  in  companie  of  the  Talbott.  The  Georg  Bonaventure  is  Geo :  Bona- 
to  land  her  passingers  &  other  things  belonging  to  the  geflall  Companie  or  to 
pticuler  men,  and  soe  sett  sayle  for  New  Found  Laud  ;  and  wee  pray  yo^^  lett 
it  be  yo'  care  to  dispatch  her  as  soone  as  may  bee./ 

William  Ryall  and  Thomas  Brude,  coops  and  cleavors  of  tymber,  are  Coopers,  N  B. 
entertained  by  vs  in  halfes  w"'  M"'  Cradock,  o"^  Go''.  Pray  ioyne  others  that 
can  assist  them  vnto  them,  and  lett  them  pvide  vs  some  staves  and  other  tym- 
ber of  all  sorts,  to  bee  sent  vs  by  the  Talbott,  Whelpe,  or  the  other  2  shipps 
that  come  after.  But  wee  pray  yo"  consider  the  charge  of  these  shipps,  & 
detaine  them  not  for  small  matters.  Rather  vse  all  dllligence  to  send  them 
away./ 

If,  at  the  arivall  of  this  slupp,  JI'^  Endecott  should  bee  depted  this  lyfe,  Authoritie  to 
(w"""  God  forbidd,)  or  should  happen  to  dye  before  the  other  shipps  arrive,  wee  ^^  M''Ende- 
authorise  yo"',  M'  Skelton  and  M'  Samuell  Sharpe,  to  take  care  of  o'  affaires,  <^°"s  ^eath. 
and  to  goQne  the  people  according  to  order,  vntill  further  order.     And  to  the  CelebraCon  of 
end  the  Sabotli  may  bee  celebrated  in  a  religious  niaiin),  we  appoint,  that  all 
that  inhabite  the  plantacon,  both  for  the  gcnall  and  pticuler  imploj-m'%  may 
surcease  their  labo""  eveiy  Satterday  tlu-oughout  the  yeare  at  3  of  the  clock  in 
the  afternoone,  and  that  they  spend  the  rest  of  that  day  in  caticliising  and 
Pparacon  for  the  Saboth,  as  the  ministers  shall  direct./  others  to  bee 

If  it  shall  please  God  to  take  away  by  death  any  of  the  13  that  shalbe  of  the  councell 

in  case  of 

chosen  and  appointed  for  the  councell,  (of  w'^''  yo'selfc  or  yo""  successo'  is  to  death,  Ac. 


39G  APPExNDIX. 

bee  onCj)  in  such  case  the  then  being  Goflno''  &  the  sui-\yving  counccll  shall 
from  tyme  to  tyme  make  choice  of  one  or  more  to  supply  the  place  of  such  as 
shalbe  wanting  ;  and  that  there  may  noe  difference  arise  about  the  appointing 
of  one  to  bee  minister  w*'^  those  yo^"  send  to  iuhabite  at  Mattachusetts  Bay, 
wee  will  haue  yo""  (in  case  the  ministers  cannot  agree  amongst  themselucs 
who  shall  vndertake  that  place)  to  make  choice  of  one  of  the  three  by  lott ; 
and  on  whom  the  lott  shall  fall  hee  to  goe  with  his  famylie  to  pforme  that 
work-e./ 

Coop's.  Wee  haue  advised  yo™  of  the   sending  of  Wiiim  Eyall  and  Thomas 

Brude,  cleavers  of  tymber  ;  but,  indeed,  the  said  Thomas  his  name  is  Brand, 
&  not  Norton.  But  there  is  one  Norton,  a  carpenter,  whom  wee  pray  yo" 
respect  as  hee  shall  deserve./ 

R :  Ewstead  a  There  is  one  Richard  Ewstead,  a  wheelewright,  who  was  comended  to  vs 

by  ^M'  Davenport  for  a  very  able  man,  though  not  w^'out  his  impfeccons. 
Wee  pray  yo'''  take  notice  of  him,  and  regard  him  as  hee  shall  well  deserve. 
The  benefitt  of  his  labo'  is  to  bee  [§]  for  the  geflall  Companie,  and  J-  for  M"' 
Cradock,  o""  GoQno'',  being  his  charges  is  to  bee  borne  according  to  that  ppor- 
tion  ;  and  w'^'all  wee  pray  yo"  take  care  that  their  charges  who  are  for  pai't- 
able  employm',  whether  in  halfes  or  tliirds,  may  bee  equally  defrayed  by  such 
as  are  to  haue  benefitt  of  their  labo",  according  to  each  ptj^es  pporcon.  Their 
seiiall  agreem'%  or  the  coppyes  therof,  shalbe  (if  God  pmitt)  sent  yo^^  by  the 
next  shipps./ 

A  chirurgion  Wee  haue  entertained  Lambert  Wilson,  chirurgion,  to  remaine  [w"']  yo" 

in  the  service  of  the  plantacon ;  w"*  whom  wee  are  agreed,  that  hee  shall  serve 
this  Companie  and  the  other  planters  that  Hue  in  the  plantacon  for  3  yeares, 
and  in  that  time  apply  himselfe  to  cure  not  only  of  such  as  came  from  hence 
for  the  geiJall  and  pticuler  accompts,  but  also  for  the  Indians  as  from  tyme  to 
tyme  hee  shalbe  dhected  by  yo''selfe  or  yo''  successo''  &  the  rest  of  the  coun- 
cell.  And,  moreover,  hee  is  to  educate  &  instruct  in  his  art  one  or  more 
youths,  such  as  yo*^  and  the  said  councell  shall  appoint,  that  may  bee  helpfull 
to  him,  and,  if  occasion  serve,  succeed  him  in  the  plantacon  ;  w"^*"  youth  or 
youths  fitt  to  learne  that  pfession  lett  bee  placed  w*"^  him  ;  of  w*^''  jNI""  Huges- 
sons  Sonne,  if  his  father  approue  therof,  may  bee  one,  the  rather  becaiise  hee 
hath  bin  trayned  vp  in  litterature ;  but  if  not  hee,  then  such  other  as  yo'^  shall 
iudg  most  fittest,  {d./ 

21  April.  The  21  of  Apr,  in  Grauesend. 

The  afoi-eM'ritten  is,  for  the  most  pt,  the  coppie  of  o'  genall  ire  sent  you 
togeather  w""  o''  pattcnt,  vnder  the  broad  scale  and  the  Companyes  seale  in 


APPENDIX.  307 

siluer,  by  M'^  Samuell  Sharpe,  passinger  iu  the  George,  who  wee  thinke  is      1  G  2  9. 

yett  ryding  in  the  Hope  ;  but,  by  meanes  of  stormy  weather,  the  Talbot  &    "~     '*       ' 

Lyons  Whelpe  arc  yctt  att  Black  Wall.     By  these  shipps  that  are  to  follow 

wee  intend,  God  willing,  to  supply  both  in  o''  advice  and  in  o''  pvisions  what 

is  wanting  now.     In  the  meane  whyle  wee  pray  yo'^  accommodate  business 

■^yth  yQi  true  endeavo'''  for  the  geflall  good  in  the  best  and  discreetest  manfi) 

that  yo'"  may.     For  the  better  accoiiiodacon  of  businesses,  v,^ee  haue  devyded  Servants  de- 

the  servants  belonging  to  the  Company  into  scllall  famylies,  as  wee  desire  and  geuaUfamy- 

intend  they  should  line  togeather  ;  a  coppy  wherof  wee  send  yo*"  heere  in-  'y^^- 

closed,   that  yo'^   may  accordingly  appoint  each  man   his  charge  and   dutie. 

Yett  it  is  not  o'  intent  to  tye  yo"  soe  strictly  to  tliis  direccon  but  that  in  yo"^ 

discrecon,  as  yo^''  shall  see  cause  from  tyme  to  tyme,  yo'^  may  alter  or  displace 

any  as  yo"  shall  thinke  fitt./ 

0'  earnest  desire  is,  that  yo^^  take  spetiall  care,  in  setlinge  these  fFamilies,  Ordering  y 
that  the  chelfe  in  the  fiimilie  (at  least  some  of  them)  bee  grounded  in  religion ; 
wherby  morning  and  evening  famylie  dutyes  may  bee  duely  pformed,  and  a 
watchfull  eye  held  over  all  in  each  familie  by  one  or  more  in  each  famylie 
to  bee  appointed  thereto,  that  soe  disorders  may  bee  ^vented,  and  ill  weeds 
nipt  before  they  take  too  great  a  head.  It  wilbe  a  business  worthy  yo'^  best 
endeavo"  to  looke  vnto  this  in  the  begiiiinge,  and,  if  ncede  bee,  to  make  some 
exemplary  to  all  the  rest ;  otherwise  yo''  governm'  wilbe  esteemed  as  a  scar 
crowe.  O'  desire  is  to  vse  lenitie  all  that  may  bee,  but,  in  case  of  necessitie,  Correccon  to 
not  to  neglect  the  other,  knowing  that  correccon  is  ordained  for  the  ffooles  icnytie. 
back  ;  and  as  wee  intend  not  to  bee  wanting  on  o''  parts  to  jjvyde  all  things 
neefull  for  the  maintenance  and  sustenance  of  o''  servants,  soe  may  wee 
iustly,  by  the  lawes  of  God  &  man,  reqmre  obedyence  and  honest  carriage 
from  them,  w*  fitting  labo''  in  their  sciiall  employni" ;  wherin  if  they  shalbe 
wanting,  and  much  more  if  refractory,  care  must  bee  taken  to  punish  the 
obstinate  and  disobedyent,  being  as  necessary  as  food  and  raym'.  And  wee 
hartely  pray  yo*^,  that  all  bee  kept  to  labo'',  as  the  only  meanes  to  reduce  them 
to  civill,  yea,  a  godly  lyfe,  and  to  keejje  youth  from  falling  into  many  enormi- 
ties w''''  by  nature  wee  are  all  too  much  enclpied  vnto.  God,  who  alone  is 
able  and  powcrfull,  enable  yo"  to  this  great  worke,  and  graunt  that  o'  cheifest 
a}Tiie  may  bee  his  hono''  and  glory.  And  thus,  M'isliing  yo"'  all  happy  and 
pspous  success,  wee  end,  &  rest 

Yo''  assured  lo  :  freinds, 

The  Goiino''  &  Deputie  of  the  New  Engl :  Company 
for  a  riantacon  in  Mattacliusetts  Bay. 


398 


APPENDIX. 


1G2  9. 

21  April. 
W  Jo  :  &  M' 
Sam ;  Browne. 


M'  Oldh.ims 
graunt. 


Through  many  businesses  woe  had  ahnost  forgotten  to  recomcnd  vnto 
yo"'  3  brethren  of  o''  Comp :,  IM"  John  &  JNI''  Sam  :  Browne,  who,  though  they 
bee  noe  adventurers  in  the  gefiall  stock,  yett  are  they  men  wee  doe  much 
respect,  being  fully  pswaded  of  their  sincere  afFeccons  to  the  good  of  o""  plan- 
tacbn.  The  one,  'M'  John  Browne,  is  sworne  an  Assistant  heere,  &  by'vs 
chosen  one  of  the  councell  there  —  a  man  experienced  in  the  lawes  of  o' 
kingdome,  &  such  an  one  as  wee  are  pswaded  will  worthylie  deserve  yo''  fauo"^ 
and  furtherance,  w'^''  wee  desire  bee  may  haue,  and  that  in  the  first  devision 
of  lands  there  may  bee  allotted  to  ether  of  them  200  acres./ 

I  finde  M"^  Oldhams  graunt  from  INI"^  Gorge  is  to  him  &  John  Dorrell  for 
all  the  lands  w^'in  Mattachusetts  Bay  bet/o'eeue  Charles  Eiver  and  Aboiisett 
River,  cont  in  lengt,  by  a  streigth  Ipie,  5  myles  vp  the  said  Charles  Eiver, 
into  the  maine  land  north  west  from  the  border  of  the  s*^  bay,  including  all 
creekes  and  j)oints  by  the  way,  and  3  myles  in  leugth  from  the  mouth  of  the 
foresaid  river  of  Abousett  vp  into  the  maine  land,  vpon  a  streight  lyne  s  :  w  ;, 
including  all  creeks  and  points,  and  all  the  land  in  bredth  and  length  be- 
tweene  the  foresaid  rivers,  w^'all  pirogatives,  ryall  mynes  excepted.  The 
rent  reserved  is  IS''  on  every  100  acres  of  land  that  shalbe  vsed  ;  "VV™  Blax- 
ton,  clef,  and  W"  Jeffryes,  gent,  authorised  to  putt  John  Oldham  in  posses- 
sion. Having  a  sight  of  his  graunt,  this  I  found,  though  I  hold  it  voyde 
in  lawe,  yett,  his  clayme  being  to  this,  yo"'  may  in  yo'  discrecon  |)>vent  hira 
by  causing  some  to  take  possession  of  the  cheife  pt  tlierof./ 


28  May. 


Second  General  Letter  of  the  Governor  and  Deputy  of  the  JVeiw  Eng- 
land Company  for  a  Plantation  in  Massachusetts  Bay,  to  the  Gov- 
ernor and  Council  for  London's  Plantation  in  the  Massachusetts 
Bay  in  JVew  England. 


ire  to  Cap'  A      FTER  O' 

Jo:Endycott         /-\        . 

&  the  councell    -^  -*-    Apriil, 


in  Xcw  Eng- 
Und  sent  by   . 


London,  28  May,  1629. 
'  harty  coiuendacons  :  O'  last  vnto  yo'^  was  of  the  IT"'  and  21* 
sent  by  the  last  shipps,  vizj,  the  Geo :  Bonaventure,  Thomas 
Cox  m',  who  sett  saile  from  th'Isle  of  Wight  the  4""  of  this  month,  and  sec- 
onded by  the  Talbott,  Thomas  Beecher  master,  &  the  Lyons  Whelpe,  John  Gibbs 
m',  M'ho  sett  saile  also  from  th'Isle  of  Wight  about  the  11"'  of  this  month  ; 
Av'''  ire,  being   large  and   consisting  of  many  pticulers,  hath  bin   confirmed 
A  coppy  of  the  heere  ;   and  herew"'  yo^"  shall  receive  a  coppy  therof,  desiring  yo™  to  take 

lust  letter  sent.  .  e     ■,  r  t  ■         •  z'     ii     i  •  ■   n 

cspetiall  care  oi  the  pformance  and  putting  in  execucon  of  all  things  matenall 


APPENDIX.  399 

therein  menconed,  and  pticulerly,  amongst  others,  that  point  conccrninge  pub-     1  G  2  9. 
licacbn  to  bee  made  that  noe  wrong  or  iniurie  bee  offred  by  any  of  o''  people  "^ 

28  May. 

to  the  natiues  there.     To  w''''  purpose  wee  desire  yo"',  the  Goilno'',  to  aduise  .^^  injury  to 
■w""  the  councell  iu  peiiing  of  an  efFectuall  edict,  vpon  poenalty  to  bee  inflicted  '"''=  °''''^'' '° 

the  natiues 

vpon  such  as  shall  transgress  the  same  ;  w"*^  being  done,  o''  desire  is  the  same  vpon  poenaltie. 
may  bee  published,  to  the  end  that  all  men  may  take  notice  therof,  as  also  that 
yo"  send  a  coppy  therof  vnto  vs  by  the  next  returne  of  the  shipps./ 

Wee  haue,  sithencc  o''  last,  and  according  as  wee  then  advised,  at  a  full  Cap>  Emiccott 
and  ample  Court  assembled,  ellected  &  established  yo^'^,  Captaine  John  Endi- 
cott,  to  the  place  of  psent  GaQno""  in  o"'  plantacbn  there,  as  also  some  others  to 
bee  of  the  councell  w""  yo'^,  as  more  pticulerly  yo"  will  pceive  by  an  act  of  Coppy  of  an 
Court  herew"*  sent,  confirmed  by  vs  at  a  Gefiall  Court,  and  sealed  w"'  o'  ^gnt, 
coiiion  scale  ;  to  w'^''  act  wee  referr  yo"',  desiring  yo"'  all  punctually  to  observe 
the  same,  and  that  the  oathes  wee  herew"'  send  yo"',   (w'^''  haue  bin  heere 
penned  by  learned  councell,)  to  bee  administred  to  each  of  yo"'  in  yo"^  seflall 
places,  may  bee  administred  in  such  manfi)  &  forme  as  in  &  by  o''  said  order 
is  pticulerly  expressed,  and  that  yo'"selues  do  frame  such  other  oathes  as  in  yo'' 
•wisdomes  yo*^  shall  thinke  fitt  to  bee  administred  to  yo"'  Secretary  or  other 
officers,  according  to  their  seQall  j^laces  respectively./ 

Wee  haue  further  taken  into  o'  consideracbn   the  fittness  and  conven-  Order  for  aliot- 

.  .  «  .  .  -I       .  ^  of  land. 

yencie,  or  rather  a  necessitie,  of  making  a  devident  of  land,  and  allotting  a 
pporcbn  to  each  adventurer,  &  otherwise,  and  to  this  purpose  haue  made  and 
confirmed  an  act,  and  sealed  the  same  w""  o'  coinon  seale,  to  the  pticulers 
wherof  wee  referr  yo",  desiring  yo>^  w*  all  convenyent  expedicon  to  put  the 
same  in  execucon  ;  and  for  yo""  better  direccon  in  the  allottmcnt,  wee  haue 
herew"'  sent  yo"  (as  by  o"'  last  wee  pmised)  a  list  of  all  the  seiiall  adventurers, 
and  of  the  some  by  each  of  them  adventured,  desiring  that  vpon  the  devydent 
each  adventurer  may  haue  his  allotm'  of  land,  as  also  such  others  as  are  noe 
adventurers,  coming  in  pson  at  their  owne  charge,  and  the  servants  of  aduen- 
turers  sent  over  to  reside  vpon  the  ])lautacon,  may  haue  such  a  pporcon  of 
land  allotted  vnto  &  for  them  as  by  o''  said  order  is  aj)poiutcd./ 

And  w'heras  divers  of  the  Companie  are  desirous  to  haue  the  lands  lye  Some  to  iiauc 
together,  wee,  holding  it  fitt  herein  to  giue  them  all  accoiiiodacon,  as  tending  t(,„'(,a[ii"r 
to  the  furtherance  of  the  plantacon,  doe  pray  yo"  to  giue  way  thervnto  for 
such  as  shall  desire  the  same,  whether  it  bee  before  a  devident  bee  made 
according  to  o'  direccon  or  at  the  tyme  of  the  allotm'  to  observe   the  same 
course./ 

Yo"  shall  also  receive  herew""  the  coppys  of  all  the  seQall  agreem'^  made  Coppys  of 
w*''  the  servants  and  others  sent  over  in  the  3  last  sliipps  for  accompt  of  the  "S'^'"''" 


400 


ArPENDIX. 


Note  of  all  the 
goods  &  cattle 
sent. 


To  compound 
v,-^  the  natiues, 
&c. 


To  send  a  p'- 
ticuler  from 
thence  of  all 
the  people  & 
cattle,  &c. 


Overseer  to 
each  famylie. 


A  register  to 
bee  kept. 


Companie,  togeather  w"'  their  sciiall  names,  for  yo''  better  dIreccSn  in  employ- 
ing them  in  their  seQall  places  according  to  those  agreem**,  as  also  the  names 
of  the  servants  of  such  pticuler  members  of  the  Company  as  went  over  in  the 
said  shipps  ;  desuing  yo"'  that  a  due  register  bee  taken  and  kept  from  tyme  to 
tyme  of  all  the  psons  fondly  sent  over,  or  that  shall  hereafter  come  to  the 
plantacon,  both  of  the  names,  &  qualitie,  and  age,  of  each  pticuler  pson,  &  for 
or  by  whom  they  are  sent  over./ 

Wee  send  yo'''  also  herew"*  a  pticuler  of  all  the  goods  and  cattle  sent  in 
those  forenamed  shipps,  as  also  of  what  goods,  cattle,  or  other  pvislons,  wee 
now  send  vpon  these  3  shipps,  vizj,  the  Alayfiower,  of  Yarmouth,  Willm 
Peirse  m'',  the  Fower  Sisters,  of  London,  Roger  Harman  m'',  the  Pilgrim,  of 
London,  Wiiim  Woolrlge  m'^,  amongst  w"^  wee  haue  remembred  yo"",  the 
Goflno"^  there,  w""  certalne  necessaries  pmised  by  o'  last ;  and  if  in  ought 
wee  haue  bin  now  wantinge,  wee  shall,  vpon  notice  from  yo'",  see  the  same 
supplyed  by  o""  next./ 

Wheras  in  o""  last  wee  advised  yo"'  to  make  composicon  w""  such  of  the 
saluages  as  did  ptend  any  tytle  or  lay  clayme  to  any  pf  the  land  w'l'in  the 
teretoryes  graunted  to  vs  by  his  ma'^  charter,  wee  pray  yo^''  noAv  bee  carefuU 
to  discover  &  iinde  out  all  such  ;p>tendo''s,  and  by  advice  of  the  councell  there 
to  make  such  reasonable  composicon  w""  them  as  may  free  vs  and  yo''selues 
from  any  scruple  of  intrusion,  and  to  this  purpose,  if  it  might  bee  conven- 
yently  done,  to  compound  &  conclude  w"'  them  all,  or  as  many  as  yo'''  can  at 
one  tyme,  not  doubting  but,  by  yo"^  discreet  ordering  of  this  business,  the  na- 
tiues wilbe  willing  to  treat  &  compound  w"'  yo'^  vpon  very  easie  conditions./ 

Wee  pray  yo",  as  soone  as  these  shipps  are  discharged,  to  cause  a  ptic- 
uler to  bee  taken,  and  sent  vs  at  theu*  returne  for  England,  of  the  names  of  all 
such  psons  as  come  vpon  them  to  remalne  in  the  country,  as  also  a  note  of  the 
cattle  and  all  manfi  of  goods  of  what  kinde  soever  landed  out  of  them,  w"* 
the  seQall  marks  and  names  of  the  owners  therof ;  the  like  wherof  wee  desire 
to  receive  from  yo^*'  of  the  foriiil  3  shipps,  vizj,  the  George,  Talbott,  &  Lyons 
T\'helpe,  to  the  end  wee  may  compare  the  same  w""  the  invoyces  heerc,  and 
receive  fraight,  if  any  bee  omitted./ 

The  charge  wee  are  at  in  sending  over  servants  for  the  Company  is  very 
great,  the  recomjjense  wherof  (imder  God)  depends  vpon  their  labo''  and  en- 
deavo'"s  ;  and  therefore  o""  desire  is,  that  yo"'  appoint  a  carefuU  and  dilligcnt 
overseer  to  each  familie,  who  is  to  see  each  pson  employed  in  the  business  hee 
or  they  are  appointed  for.  And  to  the  end  both  yo''selucs  there  and  wee 
heere  may  from  tyme  to  tyme  haue  notice  how  they  employ  their  tyme,  wee 
haue  sent  yo™  diuers  pap  bookes,  w'^''  wee  pray  yo*^  to  distribute  to  the  said 


APPENDIX.  401 


28  May. 


overseers,  who  are  to  keepe  a  pfect  register  of  the  dayly  worke  done  by  each     1  G  2  9. 

pson  in  each  familie,  a  coppy  wherof  wee  pray  yo"  send  vnto  vs  ouce  every 

halfe  yeare,  or  as  often  as  convenyently  yo**'  may.     But  if  yo^^  conceive  that 

the  said  register  may  bee  too  much  to  wrytc  pticulerly  every  day,  wee  desire 

that  a  suiiiary  may  bee  taken  therof  at  the  least  evry  weeke,  registred  in  the 

booke  kept  for  that  familie,  and  at  each  weeks  end  the  same  to  bee  examined 

&  subscribed  by  two,  thi'ee,  or  fower  such  discreet  psons  as  yo*"  shall  thinke 

fitt  to  appoint  for  that  pui'pose./ 

And  for  the  better  goGning  and  ordering  of  o'  people,  espetiallie  such  as  To  erect  a 
shalbe  negligent  and  remiss  in  pformance  of  their  dutyes,  or  otherwise  exor-  recCon. 
bitant,  o''  desire  is,  that  a  house  of  correccbn  bee  erected  and  set  vpp,  both  for 
the  punishm'  of  such  ofFendo''s,  and  to  deterr  others  by  their  example  fl'om 
such  irregular  courses./ 

Kichard  Claydon,  a  wheelwright,  recouiended  vnto  vs  by  D''  Wells  to  RiCiayclon, 
bee  both  a  good  and  painfull  workman,  and  of  an  orderly  lyfe  and  conversa- 
con,  o""  desire  is,  that  vpon  all  occasions  hee  may  haue  yo"^  furtherance  and 
good  accoiiiodacon,  as  yo"'  shall  finde  him  by  his  endeavo''s  to  deserve  ;  to 
whom,  as  to  all  others  of  fitness  &  judgm*,  lett  some  of  o'^  servants  bee 
coiiiitted,  to  bee  instructed  by  him  or  them  in  their  seflall  arts,  ^./ 

There  is  also  one  Kichard  Haward  and  Richard  Inkersall,  both  Bedford-  r  :  Haward  & 
shire  men,  hyred  for  the  Company,  w"*  their  famylies,  who  wee  pray  yo"  may     "  "  '^'^^*  ' 
bee  well  accoiliodated,  not  doubting  but  they  will  well  &  orderly  demeane 
themselues./ 

C  Goiino',  M''  Cradock,  hath  entertained  2  gardno""^,  one  of  w'=''  hee  is  Two  gaidno's. 
content  the  Company  shall  haue  vse  of  if  neede  bee  ;   and  wee  desire  that 
Barnabie  Claydon,  a  wheelwright,  may  serve  M'  Sharpe  for  o''  said  GoQno'' 
lieere,  or  some  other  pson  in  lieu  of  him,  that  may  giue  him  content./ 

Some  things  wee  are  desired  by  M""  Whyte,  the  minister,  to  recomend  P'ticuiers  rec- 
vnto  yo'  care,  vizj  :  that  yo^^  would  shew  all  lawfuU  fauo''  and  respect  vnto  ^^vtc^  ^ 
the  planters  that  came  over  in  the  Lyons  Whelpe  out  of  the  county es  of 
Dorset  and  Soi2sett ;  that  yo™  would  appoint  vnto  William  Dodg,  a  skilfull 
and  painfull  husbandman,  the  charge  of  a  teame  of  horses  ;  to  appoint  Hugh 
Tillie  and  William  Eedes  for  servants  to  S'^  Eichard  Saltonstall ;  to  giue  ap- 
probacon  and  furtherance  to  Francis  Webb  in  setting  vpp  his  saw  mill ;  and 
to  take  notice  that  all  other  psons  sent  over  by  M''  Whyte  are  servants  to  the 
Company,  whatsoever  hee  hath  written  to  the  contrary,  this  being  now  his  How  the 

1      •       ,  charge  of  the 

owne  desu-e./  ,  .  t  ^• 

'  fraightmg 

The  charge  of  these  3  shipps  now  sent,  though  every  man  that  hath  any  f°'''h  "'* 

shipps  is  to  bee 

private  adventure  in  them  is  to  pay  for  his  pticuler,  yett  the  hazaid  of  jifitt  borne. 
vol..  I.  51 


402 


APPENDIX. 


16  2  9. 

28  May. 


Provisions  for 
building  of 
shipps  sent 
OTer. 


Inventory  to 
bee  kept. 


What  pTior- 
cons  to  bee  al- 
lotted to  the 
Company  &  M' 
Cradock. 


and  loss  by  the  fraiglitlng  of  them  all,  and  mens  wages  and  victuallj  w"" 
victuall  for  the  passengers,  is  to  bee  borne  ^  by  the  Companyes  geiiall  stock,  »& 
i  by  the  GoQno"'  and  his  ptners  their  private  stock  ;  soe  is  also  the  ffishing  to 
bee  returned  by  them,  as  the  salt  sent  in  them  is.  AYherfore  wee  pray  yo™, 
when  yo''  sliipps  are  discharged,  if  any  surplus  shalbe  in  victualls  that  they 
can  spare,  as  also  of  other  pvisions  that  was  pvided  for  the  passingers  accomo- 
dacSn,  lett  the  same  bee  equally  devyded,  |  to  the  Goiino'^  there  for  the 
Company,  th'other  halfe  to  M""  Samuell  Sharpe  for  the  vse  of  M''  Cradock,  o' 
GoQno'',  and  his  ptners.  All  pvisions  for  the  fisliing  at  sea  is  heere  equallie 
borne  in  halfes  ;  soe  ai'e  all  the  j)visions  for  shipping  of  all  the  cattle  in  these 
3  shipps  ;  and  accordingly  wee  desire  the  deales  &  cask  may  be  devyded 
there./ 

The  pvisions  for  building  of  shij)ps,  as  pitch,  tarr,  rozen,  okum,  old 
ropes  for  okum,  cordage,  &  saylcloth,  in  all  these  shipps,  w*  9  fferkins  and  5 
halfe  barrells  of  nayles  in  the  4  Sisters,  are  §  for  the  Company  in  genial],  and  ^ 
for  the  Gofino'',  M'^  Cradock,  and  liis  ptners,  as  is  also  the  charge  of  one  Georg 
Farr,  now  sent  over  to  the  six  shipwrights  foriiJly  sent.  O'  desire  is,  a  store- 
house may  bee  made  apt  for  the  pvisions  of  the  shipwrights  and  their  tooles, 
wherof  Robert  Moulton  to  haue  the  cheife  charge,  and  an  inventory  to  bee 
sent  vs  of  all  the  tooles,  the  new  by  themselues  and  the  old  by  themselues, 
that  are  sent  over  for  the  vse  of  the  s'^  shipwrights,  or  any  of  them,  in  these 
and  the  form!  shipps,  in  like  manfi)  of  all  p^dsions  any  way  concerning  ship- 
ping, to  the  end  Avee  may  heere  examine  &  fjTide  that  the  Company  may  bee 
duly  charged  w"'  their  §  pts  of  the  charge,  &  noe  more,  and  the  Goiino''  like- 
wise and  his  ptners  w*  ^  pt,  and  noe  more  ;  and  o''  desire  is,  that  these  men 
bee  kept  at  worke  togeather,  adding  to  their  helpe  such  of  the  Companyes 
servants  as  yo"  shall  fjTide  needfull,  &  pportionably  ^  as  many  of  INI'^  Crad- 
ocks,  vf"^  course  wee  hold  most  equall,  and  that  accordingly  as  any  vessells 
bee  built,  first  that  both  ptyes  may  bee  accomodated  for  the  psent  occasion, 
but  soe  soone  as  3  shallops  shalbe  finished,  two  of  them  to  bee  sett  out  for  the 
Companie  by  lott,  or  as  yo'^  shall  agree  there  to  make  an  equall  de^-ision,  and 
one  for  o'  poQno'  &  his  ptners,  w""  whose  agent,  M''  Sharpe,  if  yo"  shall 
thinke  fitt  to  agree  vpon  equall  tearmes,  ether  in  thirds  or  halfes,  to  fish 
togeather  when  yo"  shall  haue  vessells  fitting,  or  for  setting  any  other  designe 
forward  that  may  conduce  to  the  good  of  all  ptyes,  the  charge  to  bee  borne 
indifferently  by  each  partye  pportionably,  wee  leave  to  yo''  care  and  good  dis- 
crecons,  desiring  and  hartcly  praying  that  loue  and  vnitie  may  bee  continued 
w^'out  any  hartbiu'niuge.  And  as  ortr  GoQno'  hath  engaged  himselfe  beyond 
all  expectacon  in  this  business,  not  only  in  his  pticuler,  but  by  great  soiues 


APPENDIX.  403 

disbursed  for  the  gefJall,  to  sujiply  tlie  wants  therof,  see  o""  desire  is,  that  yo'"     16  2  9. 
endeavo"'  to  giue  all  furtherance  &  freindly  accoinodacon  to  his  agents  &  ser-  '' 

.  .  .  _  28  May. 

vants  there,  not  doubting  butt  yo"'  shall  fpide  them  likewise  ready  to  accomo- 
date the  Company  in  what  they  may,  the  Comp  :  standing  in  neede  of  y''  helpe./ 

The  cattle  now  and  foruJly  sent  haue  bin  all  pvyded  by  the  GoQuo"",  Cattle  sent 
excepting  3  mares  that  came  out  of  Lecestersliire  ;  but  aswell  those  as  all  the  ,viio^  p-vyded. 
rest  are  agreed  vpon  to  bee  shipt,  the  one  halfe  at  the  charge  and  vpon  the 
adventure  of  the  geiiall  Company,  the  other  J  for  the  Goflno"^  and  his  ptners. 
And  because  all  occasions  shalbe  avoyded  of  iust  excepcons  in  their  devision, 
it  is  agreed,  the  devision  shalbe  made  after  the  arrivall  there,  that  soe  whatso- 
ever it  shall  please  God  to  send  thither  in  safety,  a  devision  may  bee  then 
made  therof  by  lott,  or  in  such  equall  mann)  as  yo''^,  the  GoQno'  there,  and 
]\I''  Sharpe,  shall  hold  to  bee  indifferent ;  and  in  case  M"^  SamueU  Sharps 
should  bee  sick  or  absent,  the  Go{ino''s  desire  is,  that  Henry  Haughton  supply 
his  place  herein,  &  in  other  his  occasions  there./ 

And  as  in  o'  form),  soe  now  againe  wee  espetially  desire  yo'''  to  take  care  Prohibiting  y 
that  noe  tobacco  bee  planted  by  any  of  the  new  planters  vnder  yo'  goQnm',  F^„„_  ° 
vnless  it  bee  some  small  quantitie  for  meere  necessitie,  and  for  phisick,  for 
^servacon  of  their  healths,  and  that  the  same  bee  taken  privately  by  auntient 
men  and  none  oth"",  and  to  make  a  gcEall  restraint  therof,  as  much  as  in  yo^^ 
is,  by  pswading  the  old  planters  to  employ  themselues  in  other  business, 
according  to  o''  example,  and  not  to  pmitt  that  any  tobacco  bee  laden  there 
vpon  our  shijips./ 

Since  th'aboue  written,  wee  haue,  vpon  fui'ther  consideracon,  resolued,  Fishermen, 
that  the  charge  of  the  six  fishermen  sent  over  in  the  Lyons  Whelpe,  and  3 
more  now  sent  by  o''  GoQno',  should  bee  borne,  f  by  the  geiiall  Company,  and 
A  by  INI''  Cradock  &  ptners  ;  the  like  for  salt  &  other  necessaryes  for  ffishing. 
In  considerac6n  wherof,  and  for  that  they  will  haue  a  like  interest  in  the 
shallojjs,  o'  desu'e  is,  that  the  benefitt  of  their  labo"'*,  both  in  ffishinge  &  oth- 
erwise, (the  trade  of  beavo'^  excepted,  in  w"^'',  if  yo^^  vse  any  of  these  fishermen 
as  seamen,  yo^^  must  recompence  their  labo''s  by  other  men  to  supply  their 
place,)  bee  equally  devyded,  §  for  th'use  of  the  genlall  Companj^,  and  J  for  o"^ 
GoQno'',  jM'  Cradock,  &  ptn's,  pportionably  ;  and  for  such  others  as  are  to 
bee  assisting  to  these  men  in  the  ffishing,  yo"  are  to  appoint  §  of  them  to  bee 
of  the  geiiall  Companyes  servants,  &  ^  of  the  servants  of  M'  Cradock  and  his 
ptners,  accordingly./ 

The  charge  of  the  fraight  of  these  3  shipps,  their  men,  victualls,  ^6,  will  To  send  re- 

turn  PS  tor  pqS" 

stand  vs  in  about  2-tOO',  and  their  fraight  outward  will  nothing  neere  counter-  j^g  ^Yic  charge, 
vaile  that  charge.     "Wlierfore  wee  pray  yo^^  to  ease  it  what  yo'''  may  by  send- 


404 


APPENDIX. 


Salt  sont. 


Fkhinge. 


Inventory  to 
bee  kept  of  the 
inipleni**  for 
ffisiuge. 


Tho :  Board  & 
Isaek  Rick- 
man. 


ing  vs  retumes  in  ffish  or  other  lading  ;  and  wee  desire  you  to  giue  them  all 
expedicbn,  for  otherwise  their  monthly  pay,  being  about  400*  p  month  for 
these  3  shipps,  will  soone  swallow  vp  the  gaines  wee  shall  make  of  any  things 
they  may  bring  home  from  thence./ 

Wee  haue  now  sent  by  these  3  shipps  29  waigh  of  salt,  vizj,  11  weigh 
in  the  May  Flower,  15  in  the  Fewer  Sisters,  and  3  waigh  in  the  Pilgrim, 
togeather  w*  lynes,  hookes,  knives,  bootes,  &  barvells,  necessary  for  ffishinge  ; 
desiring  o"'  men  may  bee  employed,  ether  in  harbor  or  vpon  the  banke,  to 
make  vse  therof  for  lading  o"^  shipps  ;  wherin  wee  desire  yo™  to  conferr  and 
advise  w*  M"^  Peirce,  who  hath  forifflly  fished  there.  And  if  yo"'  send  the 
shipps  to  fish  at  the  banck,  &  expect  them  not  to  returne  againe  to  the  planta- 
con,  that  then  yo*''  send  o''  barke,  that  is  already  built  in  the  country,  to  bring 
back  o'  ifishermen  and  such  pvisions  as  they  had  for  fishing,  vizj,  of  salt,  if 
any  remainder  bee,  as  also  of  hookes,  lynes,  knives,  bootes,  and  barvells,  w"''' 
to  them  wilbe  of  noe  vse,  their  fishing  being  ended,  but  may  bee  of  vse  to  yo"' 
vpon  all  occasions./ 

And  as  wee  haue  hereby  desired  that  a  storehouse  bee  built  for  the  ship- 
wrights &  their  pvisions,  &  an  inventory  kept  therof,  soe  wee  desire  likewise 
that  the  same  course  bee  observed  for  the  ffishermen,  and  an  inventory  bee 
duly  kept  of  all  the  pvisions  &  iniplem'^  for  fishinge,  and  a  coppy  therof  to 
bee  sent  vnto  us,  and  that  such  a  careful!  person  bee  appointed  to  take  care  & 
charge  therof,  to  ^serve  the  same  from  loss  &  spoyle,  as  yo"'  in  yo'  discrecbns 
shall  thinke  fitt,  w"*"  wee  pray  yo*^  take  into  yo"^  espetiall  care  and  considera- 
cSn,  and  soe  to  order  this  &  other  business,  by  distiibuting  the  care  thereof  to 
seQall  psons,  that  the  buithen  bee  not  too  heavy  to  any  pticuler,  and  soe  the 
business  itselfe  suffer.  And  this  care  wee  desire  may  bee  taken,  for  that  wee 
know  not  how  soone  wee  may  resolue  of  some  other  devision./ 

Thomas  Beard,  a  shoemaker,  and  Isack  Rickman,  being  both  recoinended 
to  vs  by  jNI''  Sympn  Whetcombe  to  receive  their  dyett  &  houseroome  at  the 
charge  of  the  Companie,  wee  haue  agreed  they  shalbe  w""  yo™,  the  GoQno% 
or  placed  elsewhere,  as  yo^^  shall  thinke  good,  and  receive  from  yo"',  or  by  yo^ 
appointm*,  their  dyett  &  lodging,  for  w'^''  they  are  to  jjay,  each  of  them,  after 
the  rate  of  10'  p  anii.  And  wee  desire  to  receive  a  certificate,  vndcr  th'e  hand 
of  whomsoever  they  shalbe  soe  dyetted  &  lodged  w"',  how  long  tyme  they 
haue  remained  w"^  them,  in  case  they  shall  otherwise  dispose  of  themselues 
before  the  yeare  bee  expired,  or  at  least  wise  at  the  end  of  each  yeare,  to  the 
end  wee  may  heere  receive  paym*  according  to  the  s''  agreem'.  The  said 
Tho :  Beard  hath  in  the  shipp  the  May  Flower  divers  hydes,  both  for  soles 
and  vpp  leathers,  w''"'  hee  intends  to  make  vpp  in  bootes  and  shoes  there  in 


28  May. 


APPENDIX.  40^ 

the  country.     Wee  pray  yo'^  let  M"'  Pcirco,  the  m'  of  the  said  shipp,  viewe     16  2  9. 
the  said  leather,  &  estimate  what  tonnage  the  same  may  import,  that  see  the 
said  Beard  may  ether  pay  vnto  yo™  there  after  the  rate  of  4*  p  tonn  for  fraight 
of  the  same,  the  like  for  his  dyett  if  there  bee  occasion  to  vse  any  of  his 
coinoditics,  or  otherwise,  vpon  yo"'  advice,  wee  may  receive  it  of  M"^  Whet- 
combe,  who  hath  pmised  to  see  the  same  discharged.     Wee  desire  also  the 
said  Tho :  Beard  may  haue  50  acres  of  land  allotted  to  him  as  one  that  trans-  50  acres  of 
ports  himselfe  at  his  oAvne  charge.     But  as  well  for  him  as  all  others  that  lotted  to  Tho  ■ 
shall  haue  land  allotted  to  them  in  that  kinde,  and  are  noe  adventurers  in  the  ^'^'^'^■ 
coiiion  stock,  w"^"^  is  to  support  the  charge  of  ffortyficacons,  as  also  for  the  Some  suite  or 

service  to  bfiG 

ministrie  &  clivers  other  affaires,  wee  holde  it  fitt  that  these  kinde  of  men,  as  (jg^g  j,   those 
also  such  as  shall  come  to  inheritt  lands  by  their  service,  should,  by  way  of  '"  "^om  land 

■^  .is  allotted,  be- 

acknowledgm'  to  such  from  whom  they  receive  these  lands,  become  lyable  to  ing  noe  adven- 
the  pformance  of  some  service  certalne  dayes  in  the  yeare,  and  by  that  service 
they  and  their  jjosteritie  after  them  to  hold  and  inherite  these  lands,  w""*"  wilbe 
a  good  meanes  to  cnioy  their  lands  from  being  held  in  capite,  and  to  support 
the  plantacon  in  gefiall  and  pticuler./ 

Wee  may  not  omitt,  out  of  o''  zeale  for  the  gcnlall  good,  once  more  [to]  Settling  of 
putt  yo^^  in  mynde  to  bee  very  circumspect,  in  the  iniiuicie  of  the  plantacon,  there. 
to  settle  some  good  orders  wherby  all  psons  resident  vpon  o""  plantacSn  may 
apply  themselues  to  one  calling  or  other,  and  noe  idle  drone  bee  pmitted  to 
Hue  amongst  vs,  w"^*",  if  yo^  take  care  now  at  the  first  to  establish,  wilbe  an 
vndoubted  meanes,  through  Gods  assistance,  to  ^vent  a  world  of  disorders  and 
many  greuious  sinns  &  sin[ners]./ 

The  course  we  haue  ^scribed  for  keeping  a  dayly  register  in  each  famiUe  Register, 
of  what  is  done  by  all  and  every  pson  in  the  famylie  -svilbe  a  great  helpe  & 
remembrance  to  yo"',  and  to  future  posteritie,  for  the  vpholding  and  continu- 
ance of  this  good  act,  if  once  well  begun  and  setled,  w"^*"  wee  hartely  wish  & 
desire  as  aforesaid./ 

And  as  wee  desire  all  should  liue  in  some  honest  calling  and  pfession.  To  admitt  of 
soe  wee  pray  yo^"  to  bee  vnpartiall  in  the  administracon  of  justice,  and  endeavo'  ishTffendo's'^" 
that  noe  man  whatsoever,  freeman,  or  servant  to  any,  may  haue  iust  cause  of 
complaint  herein.  And  for  that  it  cannot  be  avoyded  but  offences  wilbe  given, 
wee  hartely  pray  yo"'  to  admitt  of  all  complaints  that  shalbe  made  to  yo"',  or 
any  of  yo"  that  are  of  the  councell,  bee  the  comp"  never  soe  meane,  and  pass 
it  not  sleightly  over,  but  seriously  examine  the  truth  of  the  business,  and  if 
yo"'  fynde  there  was  iust  cause  for  the  complaint,  endeavo"^  to  right  the  op- 
pressed in  the  best  mannl  yo"  can.  But,  howsoever,  take  some  strict  course 
to  puent  the  like  ;  and  such  as  are  by  vs  put  in  authoritic  as  subordinate 


406 


APPENDIX. 


Punishing  of 
swearers,  &c. 


Servants  dis- 
charged heer. 


Invoices  of  the 
cattle  sent. 


To  bee  carefull 
noe  excess  bee 
vsed  in  drink- 
ing strong 
waters. 


goQno''s  of  fFamylies,  if  they  shall  abuse  any  vnder  their  goflnm',  and  after  a 
gentle  admonicon  doe  not  reforme  it,  faile  not  speedylie  to  remove  them,  as 
men  more  fitt  to  bee  goQned  then  to  goQne  others,  and  place  more  fitt  and 
sufficient  men  in  their  steed.  But  if  yo"'  fynde  any  comp"  to  bee  made  with- 
out iust  cause  giuen,  lett  not  such  a  faiilt  escape  w'^'out  severe  punishm',  and 
that  forthw"',  and  in  publique,  wherby  to  teryfie  all  others  from  daring  to 
complaine  against  any  that  shalbe  sett  over  them  w"'out  a  iust  cause.  Wee 
pray  yo''  take  this  earnestly  to  hart,  and  neglect  not  the  due  execucon 
therof  vpon  plaintiff  or  defendant,  according  to  the  nature  of  the  offence.  It 
wilbe  a  nieanes,  through  Gods  mercy,  of  ^venting  many  inconvenyencies  and 
disorders  that  otherwise  will  vndoubtedly  befall  yo""  and  the  whole  goQmn' 
there./ 

And  amongst  other  sinns,-wee  pray  yo'^  make  some  good  lawes  for  the 
punishing  of  swearers,  whervnto  it  is  to  bee  feared  too  many  are  adicted  that 
are  servants  sent  over  foriSlly  and  now.  These  and  other  abuses  wee  pray  yo'" 
who  are  in  authoritie  to  endeavo'  seriously  to  reforme,  if  ever  you  expect 
comfort  or  a  blessing  from  God  vpon  o''  plantacon./ 

We  haue  discharged  divers  servants  heere  that  wee  had  entertained,  and 
bin  at  great  charges  w""  some  of  them,  yett,  fearing  their  ill  lyfe  might  bee 
piudiciall  to  the  plantacon,  wee  rather  thought  fitt  to  dismiss  them,  and  loose 
o""  charges,  then  to  burthen  the  plantacon  w"'  them.  Amongst  others  in  like 
manfi)  dismissed  by  the  GoQno'^,  2  of  the  3  ffishermen  of  his,  foriBly  mencSned, 
are  gone.  Wee  doubt  not  but  God  will  in  due  tyme  pvyde  vs  sufficiently 
w"'  honest  and  able  servants  ;  and  wee  hope  these  sent  wilbe  conformable  to 
good  goQnm',  w'^''  if  they  doe  willingly  and  cheerefully  wilbe  the  greater  com- 
fort to  yo"'  and  vs  ;  if  otherwise,  we  doubt  not  but  yo"',  in  yo''  good  discrecons, 
will  know  how  to  pceede  w"'  such.  Wherin,  and  in  all  things  els  yo"  goe 
about,  wee  beseech  the  Almighty  soe  to  direct  yo"'  as  that  God  alone  may 
haue  the  glory,  and  yo^^  and  wee  comfort  heere  tempally  and  hereafter  ppetu- 
ally./ 

Wee  pray  yo™  to  take  notice  that  in  these  and  the  foriS  shipps  ther  is 
shipped  in  cattle  and  other  pvisions  according  to  pticuler  invoyces  heere 
inclosed  ;  but  whether  all  things  bee  incerted  in  the  same  invoyces  wee  make 
doubt,  and  therfore  pray  yo™  to  bee  carefull  a  due  register  bee  kept  of  all  putt 
ashore./ 

Wee  pray  yo™  endeavo"^,  though  there  bee  much  strong  waters  sent  for 
sale,  yett  soe  to  order  it  as  that  the  saluages  may  not  for  o""  lucre  sake  bee 
induced  to  the  excessive  vse,  or  rather  abuse  of  it,  and  at  any  hand  take  care 
o''  people  giue  noe  ill  example  ;  and  if  any  shall  exceede  in  that  inordinate 


APPENDIX.  40'; 

kinde  of  drinking  as  to  become  drunck,  wee  hope  yo^^  -will  take  care  liis  pun-     16  2  9. 
ishm'  bee  made  exemplary  for  all  others.     Lett  the  lawes  bee  fii-st  published    ^       '^       ' 

28  May. 

to  forbidd  these  disorders,  and  all  others  yo"  feare  may  growe  vp,  wherby  „        "  .  ' 
they  may  not  ftend  ignorance  of  the  one  nor  p'uiledg  to  offend,  and  then  "ffendo's  in 

that  kind,  &C. 

feare  not  to  putt  good  lawes,  made  vpon  good  ground  and  warrant,  in  due 
execucon.  And  soe,  recoinending  yo'"'  and  all  yo''  affaires  to  the  pteccon  of 
the  Almighty,  wee  conclude,  and  rest 


Yo',  id. 


Grauesend,  3  June,  1629. 

To  the  Worp"  o''  very  loving  freinds,  Cap?  Jo  : 
Endecott,  Es^,  GoQno"',  Fr :  Higgenson, 
Samuell  Skelton,  Fr  :  Bright,  Jo  :  &  Saiji : 
Browne,  Sam :  Sharpe,  Tho :  Graues,  &  the 
rest  of  the  Councell  for  Londons  Plantacon 
in  the  Mattachusetts  Bay,  in  New  England./ 


Letter  from  the  Governor  and  Company  to  the  Ministers.  ^^  October. 

REVEREND  Freinds  :  There  are  lately  arrived  heere  (being  sent  from 
the  GoQ.no'^,  INI''  Endecott,  as  men  ffactious  and  e[vil]  conditioned)  John 
and  Samuell  Browne,  being  bretkren,  who,  since  their  arriuall,  haue  raised 
rumo''s  (as  wee  heare)  of  divers  scandalous  &  intempate  speeches  passed 
from  one  or  both  of  yo"'  in  yo'  publique  sermons  or  prayers  in  N :  England, 
as  also  of  some  iiiovacons  attemjjted  by  yo'^.  Wee  haue  reason  to  hope  that 
their  reports  are  but  slanders,  ply  for  that  yo'  godly  and  quiett  conditions 
are  well  knowne  to  some  of  vs,  and  also  for  that  these  men,  yo'  accusers,  seeme 
to  bee  imbittered  against  yo'^  &  Cap?  Endecott  for  iniuries  w'^''  they  con- 
ceive they  haue  received  from  some  of  yo'^  there.  Yett,  for  that  wee  all 
knowe  that  the  best  ad\'ysed  may  overshoote  themselues,  wee  haue  thought  good 
to  informe  yo™  of  what  wee  heare,  that  if  yo"'  bee  iiiocent  yo''  may  cleare  yo'- 
selues,  or,  if  otherwise,  yo"  may  heereby  bee  entreated  to  looke  back  vpon  yo' 
miscarriage  w"'  repentance,  or  at  least  to  take  notice  that  wee  vtterly  disallowe 
any  such  passages,  and  must  and  will  take  order  for  the  redress  therof,  as  shall 
become  vs.  But  hoping,  as  wee  said,  of  yo'  vnblameableness  heerein,  wee 
desire  only  that  this  may  testyfy  to  yo"  &  others  that  wee  are  tender  of  the 
least  aspsion  w**",  either  directly  or   obliquely,  may  bee  cast  vpon  the  state 


16  October. 


408  APPENDIX. 

1  G  2  9.  heere,  to  whom  wee  owe  soe  much  duty,  and  from  whom  wee  haue  received 
soe  much  favo''  in  this  plantacon  where  yo'^  now  reside.  Soe,  w""  o'"  loue  and 
due  respect  to  yo"^  callings,  wee  rest 

Yo'  loving  freinds, 
London,  16  Octo  :  1629. 

R:  SALTONSTALL,  MATT:  CRADOCK,  Go', 

ISA:  JOHNSON,  THO:  GOFF,  Dep', 

GEO:  HARWOOD,  Trer, 
JOHN  WINTHROP, 
THO:  ADAMS, 
SYM:  WHETCOMBE, 
WILL"  VASSALL, 
W*»  PINCHON, 
JOHN  REVELL, 
FRANCIS  WEBB. 
M'  Skelton  &  M''  Higgison./ 


Letter  from  the  Governor  mid  Compamj  to  Governor  Endecott. 

S^  :  As  wee  haue  written  at  this  tyme  to  M""  Skelton  &  M'  Higgison 
touching  the  rumo's  of  Jo :  and  Sam :  Browne,  spread  by  them  vpon 
their  arrivall  heere,  concerning  some  vnadvysed  and  scandalous  speeches 
vttered  by  them  in  their  publique  sermons  or  prayers,  soe  haue  wee  thought 
meete  to  advertise  yo^^  of  what  they  haue  reported  against  yo"'  and  them  con- 
cerninge  some  rash  iiiovacbns  begun  &  practized  in  the  civill  and  ecclesias- 
ticall  gotbim*.  Wee  doe  well  consider  that  the  Brownes  are  likely  to  make 
the  worst  of  any  thing  they  haue  observed  in  N :  England  by  reason  of  yo'' 
sending  them  back  against  their  wills  for  their  offcncive  behavio'',  expressed  in 
a  geflall  ire  from  the  Company  there.  Yett,  for  that  wee  likewise  doe  con- 
sider that  yo"'  are  in  a  goQnm*  newly  founded,  &  want  that  assistance  w"^** 
the  waight  of  such  a  business  doth  require,  wee  may  haue  leave  to  think  that 
it  is  possible  some  vndigested  councells  haue  too  sodainely  bin  put  in  execu- 
cbn,  w*  may  haue  ill  construccon  w'''  the  state  heere,  and  make  vs  obnoxious 
to  any  adversary.  Lett  it,  therfore,  seeme  good  vnto  yo''^  to  bee  very  sparing 
in  introduceing  any  lawes  or  comands  w*  may  render  yo''selfe  or  vs  distaste- 
full  to  the  state  heere,  to  w*^''  (as  wee  ought)  wee  must  and  will  haue  an  obse- 
quious eye.  And  as  wee  make  it  o'  mayn  care  to  haue  the  plantacon  soe 
ordered  as  may  bee  most  for  the  bono""  of  God  &  of  o"^  gratious  soQalgne, 
who  hath  bestowed  many  large  p'uiledges  and  royall  fauo's  vpon  this  Com- 
panie,  soe  wee  desire  that  all  such  as  shall,  by  word  or  deede,  doe  any  thinge 


Ari'ENDIX.  409 

to  detract  from  Gods  glory  or  liis  ma''  hono"',  may  bee  duly  corrected,  for  1  G  2  9. 
their  amendm'  aud  the  terror  of  others.  And  to  that  end,  if  yo™  knowe  any  "  '  ' 
thinge  ^y'^^  hath  bin  spoken  or  done,  either  by  the  ministers  (whom  the 
Brownes  doe  seeme  tacetly  to  blame  for  some  things  vttered  in  their  sermons 
or  prayers)  or  any  others,  wee  require  yo'^,  if  any  such  tliinge  bee,  that  yo* 
forme  due  pcess  against  the  offendo''s,  and  send  it  to  vs  by  the  first,  that 
wee  may,  as  our  duty  bindes  vs,  vse  meanes  to  haue  them  duly  punished. 
Soe,  not  doubting  but  wee  haue  said  enough,  wee  shall,  repose  o'selues  vpon 
yo"'  wisdome,  and  doe  rest 

Yo'  loving  frelnds. 

Dated  and  signed  as  the  forinl  ire  to  M''  Skelton  &  M""  HIggison./ 
To  the  GoQno'^,  Capt  Endecott./ 

VOL.  I.  53 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


Abbot,  Daniel, 87,  243 

departed  to  New  Providence,      ....  267 

Abbot,  John, 198,  203 

Abell,  Robert,  discharged, 247 

affairs  of,  referred  to  Mr.  Stoughton,  .     .     .  297 

Abousett  River, 398 

Accounts,  against  the  company,  committee  ap- 
pointed to  audit, 47 

with  the  colony  to  be  settled, 1 65 

of  colony,  committee  to  examine,     .     .     .179 

report  of  committee  on, 184 

due  from  the  commonwealth  to  be  paid 

by  the  constables, 261 

Actions  at  law,  order  concerning  commence- 
ment of,       .     .         74 

fee  for  entry,       129,  215 

to  be  tried  where  the  defendant  belongs,  169 
under  20s.  to  be  tried  by  magistrates,  .  .  239 
appeals  to  be  asked  for  on  rendition  of 

judgment,         239 

judgments  and  evidence  in,  to  be  recorded,  275 
under  £20  to  be  tried  by  the  governor  and 

magistrates, 276 

clerks  of  writs  authorized  to  grant  sum- 
mons, &c.,  in, 344 

Acts  and  orders  for  settling  the  government  in 
Massachusetts  Bay,  to  be  engrossed 
and  sent,  under  seal,  to  New  England,     38 

Adams,  Edward, 316 

Ferdinando, 267 

Richard, 203,  225 

chosen  commissioner  at  Weymouth,      .  239 

deputy, 205,  220 

Thomas,  41,  42,  44-47,  52,  54,  58,  61,63,  67,  408 
chosen  Assistant,      ....  .     .  40,  60 

Mr.;    .     27,  30,  34,  39.  40,  47-49,  53,  54,  56,  57 


Administration  of  estates,  record  of,      .     .        .  306 
Adultery,  with  Indians,  mode  of  punishment 

considered,       91 

with   another   man's   wife,    punished   by 

death, 92 

law  of  1631  on,  confirmed  and  promulgated,  225 
law  of  1631  abrogated;  of  1638  confirmed,  301 
Adventurers,  (joint-stock  holders,)  names  of,  to 

be  sent  over, 42 

orders  concerning  allotment  of  land  to,     13,  44 
written  to,  desiring  payment  of  their  sub- 
scriptions,    49,  54,  61 

desired  to  increase  subscriptions,  ...  62 
and  planters,  agreement  between,    .     .     59,  62 

further  allotment  of  land  to, 64 

to  be  allowed  £25  per  cent,  on  commodi- 
ties furnished  the  planters,       ...      66 
granted  200  acres  for  each  £50  subscribed,      68 
Agawam,  message  sent  to  the  settlers  of,  to 

come  away, 7fi 

no  person  to  plant  at  without  permission,  103 
names  of  first  settlers  of,  ....  103,  105 
to  aid  in  building  Boston  Fort,      .     .     .     .110 

to  be  called  Ipswich,        123 

taxes  of, 110 

sagamore  of,  forbidden  to  enter  an  English- 
man's house  for  a  year, 89 

being  injured  in  bis  corn  by  swine,  a 
commissioner  is  appointed  to  assess 

damages, 133 

allowed  to  have  his  gun  mended,  .     .     .  252 
allowed  to  have  gunpowder,      ....  252 
acknowledges  payment  from  John  Win- 
throp,  Jun.,  for  his  land  in  Ipswich,       252 
upon  Connecticut  River,  afterwards  called 

Springfield  320 

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GENERAL    INDEX. 


Agreement  between  planters  and  adventurers,  39,  40 
Alfock,  Aloocke,  George,  .      95,  113,. 208,  231,  295 

will  of,  presented,       313 

deputy, 116,156,164,173,205 

Mr., 101,  261 

Aleott,  Mr., 180 

Alden,  John,  of  Plymouth,  detained,    ....   119 

Aldersey,   Samuel,  chosen  Assistant,       .     .    40,  60 

nominated  treasurer  for  the  company  by 

the  shareholders, 65 

Mr.,     .     .      39,  41,  46-48,  50,  53,  54,  58,  59,  69 

Alewife  River, 228 

Alevvives,  price  of, 114 

Aleworth,  Mr.,  sent  to  England, 82 

Francis,  chosen  lieutenant, 90 

Lieutenant,  permitted  to  return  to   Eng- 
land,         100 

Alfoot,  Mr.,        212 

Allen,  AUeyn,  Edward,      .     .       231,  261,  278,  330 

consignee  of  goods,  &c., 289 

commissioner  for  small  causes,    .     .     263,  328 

clerk  of  writs, 345 

iron  ore  ordered  for, 333 

deputy, 250,  256,  270,  288,  319 

Henry, 297 

Allen,  Joane,  unlawfully  married, 83 

Matthew,  deputy, 164 

sent  for, 339 

Ralph, 267 

Robert,       106,  198,  202,  225 

Thomas, 303 

granted  500  acres  land, 262 

his  land  located, 278 

discharged, 284 

William, 97,  289 

Mr.,  the  deacons  of  Dorchester  to  dispose 

of  his  strong  water, 99 

Mr., 180,  208,  209 

AUerton,  Isaac,  ordered  to  pay  William  Den- 

nison  costs, 122 

desired  to  remove  from  Marble  Harbor,     .  140 
grants  his  property  at  Marblehead  to  Moses 

Maverick, 147 

Mr.,  [Isaac,] 383 

Almy,  William, 88,  244 

enjoined  to  bring  in  an  inventory  of  the 

estate  of  Edward  Johnson,     .     .     .     .122 
William,  and  David  Johnson,  suit  between,   164 

Robert  Way,  servant  to, 163,164 

Ames,  Dr.,  "  of  famous  memory,"  £40  granted 

to  the  widow  of, 208 

Ancient  and  Hon.  Artillery,  see  Military  Com- 
pany of  the  Massachusetts. 

Anderson,  Robert, 198,  245 

See  IMaverick,  S. 


Andover,  see  Cochichewicke. 

Andrew,  Andrews,  Andrews,  Joseph,  180,  201,  265 

constable  of  Hingham, 149 

commissioner  on  Plymouth  line,       .     .     .196 
deputy,       ...      174,  178,  192,  194,  204,  227 

Andrewes,  Richard, 128 

Robert,       154 

licensed  to  keep  an  ordinary,    .     .     .     .159 
Andros,  Robert,  licensed  to  draw  wine  at  Ips- 
wich,        292 

Andrewe,  Andrewes,  Thomas,    ...     46,  92,  128 

Andrewes,  Mr., 47,  52,  219 

Andrews,  William, 182,  246,  269 

Androwes,  Goodman, 254 

Androscoggin  River, 272 

Anisquam  Channel,  see  Cape  Ann. 
Appeal,  see  Actions  at  law. 

Aplegate, 246 

Applegate,  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Thomas,    .     .     .177 

Thomas,  licensed  to  keep  ferry,  ....  156 

discharged  of  keeping  ferry,      ....  165 

summoned,  &e., 246 

discharged,  and  to  be  paid  for  his  canoe,  249 
See  Blanton,  William. 
Apleton,  Mr.,  [Samuel,]      ....     184,  193,  201 
Appleton,  Samuel,  justice,  Ipswich  Court,  .     .196 

Appleton,  Mr.,  meadow  of, 308 

Samuel,  deputy, 194 

Aquidnet,   letters  written   concerning  the   is- 
landers of, 337 

Arbella,  meeting  of  the  Governor  and  Company 

on  board  of, 70 

Archer,  Henry,  referred  to  Ipswich,     ....  266 
John,  invited  to  the  meetings  of  the  com- 
pany in  London, 63 

Armory,  public,  in  the  Boston  meeting  house,     344 
Arms  and  ammunition:  ordnance  provided,  .     .     26 
and  guns,  swords,  &c.,  &c.,       .     .     .     .   26,  31 
agreement  concerning  ordnance  with  Sam- 
uel Sharpe, 29 

sent  to  New  England, 392 

to  be  accounted  in  the  joint  stock  at  cost,  55,  66 
not  to  be  discharged  after  the  setting  of 

watch, 85 

to  be  provided  by  the  several  towns  for  their 

inhabitant.?, 84 

men  having  to  provide  themselves  with 

powder,  &c., 85 

to  be  provided  by  every  single  man,  under 

penalty, 93,  120 

muskets   and   bandoleers    to   be   divided 

among  the  towns, 125 

every  soldier  to  be  provided  with,     .     .     .125 
each  town  ordered  to  provide  safe  places 

for  keeping  powder, 138 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


415 


Arras  to  be  eaniod  by  all  persons  going  more 
than  a  mile  from  home,  also  to  all 
public  assemblies, 190 

in  Boston  to  be  removed  to  Roxbury  and 

Newtown, 209 

council  authorized  to  supply  towns  with  a 
limited  quantity  of  powder,   ....  231 

in  attending  meeting  houses,  law  concern- 
ing, repealed, 210 

and  coats,  a  committee  appointed  to  ascer- 
tain prices  of, 225 

powder  sold  to  several  towns, 255 

powder  ordered   to  be    brought  back   to 

Boston  from  Roxbury  or  Cambridge,     264 

taken  from  followers  of  Mr.  Wheelright 
and  others.     See  Wheel  wi'ight,  Mr. 

public,  to  be  gathered  and  kept  by  John 

Johnson, 329 

See  Military  affairs ;  see  Indians. 
Arnoll,  Richard,  deceased,  William  Stitson  ap- 
pointed administrator  on  estate  of,      .  108 
Aspinwall,  William,  77,  113,  119,  159,  189,200,201, 

211 

and  Sir  William  Brewerton,  commissioners 
appointed  to  take  depositions  in  a  case 
between, 123 

appointed  commissioner  upon  the  boun- 
daries of  Watertown   and  Newtown,  180 

commissioner  on  Plymouth  line,        .     .     .196 

deputy, 200, 204 

deposed  from  membership  in  General 
Court  for  sending  a  petition  or  re- 
monstrance to  England, 205 

disfranchised  and  banished  for  the  same,  207 

allowed  safe  conduct  to  be  heard  before 

General  Court, 338 

Assignment  of  bills,  &c., 90 

Assistants,  chosen  in  New  England,  see  Elec- 
tion of  Governor. 

time  for  meeting  of, 40 

to  be  chosen  by  the  people  ;  Governor  and 
Deputy  Governor  chosen  from  and  by 
the  Assistants, 79,  95 

qualifications  for  office  of, 87 

to  be  chosen  by  a  majority  of  the  freemen,     87 

granted  exclusive  power  to  issue  summons, 

attachment,  &c 89 

fined  if  absent  without  leave, 120 

to  aid  in  small  cases  appointed  in  several 

towns, 328 

See  Court  of  Assistants,  Magistrates. 
Atherton,  Humphrey, 260,  295 

deputy, 235,  255,  319 

Attachment,  see  Summons. 

Attawan,  sale  by,  to  Concord, 196 


Auditors  of  accounts  appointed, 47 

Audley,  Edrhund,  referred  to  Salem,  ....  266 
administrator  on  estate  of  Francis  Dent,    .  249 
Avery,   Joseph,    deceased,    Anthony   Thacher 

administrator  on  estate  of       ....  154 
Ayres,  see  Eyres. 

Backhouse,  Mr., 40,  45,  46,  61 

Bacon,  Daniel,  granted  costs  against  Richard 

Neve, 311 

Mighill,  discharged, 316 

Nicholas,  attachment  for, 315 

Baggerly,  Mrs., 232 

Bagnall,  Walter,   Governor  directed   to  arrest 

the  murderers  of, 98 

Baguley,  Thomas,      ........    299,315 

Baker,  John, 75,  78,  82,  269 

Nathaniel, 309 

Nicholas,  deputy, 174,  227 

Robert,  killed  by  Richard  HoUingworth,      314 
William,  name  erased  from  the  remon- 
strance,     209 

Bakers  prohibited  baking  wheat  meal  for  sale,  337 
Baldwin,  Sylvester,  deceased,  Sarah  and  Rich- 
ard, executors, 235 

Ballard,  Mr., 40,  54,  58 

Daniel,       46,  48,  50 

Mr.,  to  hold  court  at  Salem, 232 

William,  discharged, 247,  253 

Mr.,  [William,] 240,  242,  263 

Ballast  not  to   be  taken  from   the   sea-shore 

without  leave, 185 

Balshe,  John, 81 

Bandoleers,  see  Arms,  &c. 

Banns  of  marriage,  see  Marriage. 

Barber  and  surgeon,  Robert  Morley,  engaged,     30 

Barcroft,  John,  bound  for  Jane,  his  wife,  .     .     .  108 

Barecove,  taxes  of, 129,138 

boundaries;  constable  chosen,     .     .     .     .149 

hereafter  to  be  called  Hingham,  .     .     .     .156 

Bark  for  tanning  to  be  taken  in  April,      .     .     .  238 

Barker,  Thomas, 162,  308 

William, 172 

Barkley,  William, 36 

Barlow,  George, 203 

Barnard,  Mr., 297 

Barnes,  John, 298,  316,  318 

Joshua,  bound   as  an   apprentice  to  Mr. 

Paine, 90 

Barney,  Jacob,  deputy,       156,  236 

Barsham,  William, 78,  203 

Barstow,  William, 176 

Bartholmew,  William,  deputy,   145,  156,   164,  205, 

220,  227,  250,  336 

Bartholmewe,  Mr.,  142,  149,  154,  203,  212,  258,  346 

his  servant,  Blary, 154 


416 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


Bartholmewe,  William,  messenger  to  Piscata- 


qua, 


254 


paid  for  his  journey, 261 

Bartlett,  Robert, 233 

Thomas, 86 

William, 265,  310 

Bass,  Basse,  Samuel, 246,  286 

deputy, 31^ 

commissioner  at  Braintree, 329 

Batchelor,  Bachiler,  Stephen,  forbid  to  preach 

publicly, 100 

sentence  reversed, 103 

and  others,  allowed  to  settle  Winnaoun- 

nett, 236 

Bachiler,  Mr.,  farm  of, 303 

William, 266 

Bateman,  Serjeant, 98 

William,  inquest  upon  the  death  of,      .     .     78 
Mr., 52,  54 

Bates,  Baytes,  Bate,  Edward,     .    .     211,  260,  313 
commissioner  for  Weymouth,   .     .    .    263,  329 

deputy, 255,288,301,336 

Edmund, 271 

deputy, -  .     .  271 

James,  deputy, 288 

Mr., 294 

Goodman, 343 

Batt,  Batte,  Christopher,  drill  ofRfler  at  Col- 
chester,    291 


commissioner, 


294 


referred  to  Ipswich  Court, 311 

deputy, 288,  301,  336,  277,  292 

Mr.,  [Christopher,]       294,  303 

commissioner  at  Salisbury, 329 

Batter,  Edmund,  deputy,    ....      194,  220,  227 

Mr.,  [Edmund,]       237 

Battye,  Mr., 237 

Baulston,  Balston,William,  81, 199,208,  212,  228,  245 

chosen  sergeant, 120 

licensed  to  sell  wine  as  innholder,  &c.,      .  199 
disfranchised    for  setting   his   hand   to  a 

seditious  libel, 207 

licensed  to  depart, 223 

discharged  of  keeping  inn, 238 

Bayley, , 199 

John, 266 

Bayrstow,  see  Barstow. 

Beacher,  Mr., 180,181,254 

Beacon  to  be  set  on   Sentry  Hill,  upon  any 

danger, 137 

Beadle,  Humphry  Seale  chosen, 40 

house  to  be  built  for,  at  Boston,    .    .    .    .100 
the,  James  Penn,  made  marshal,      .    .    .  128 

oath  of, 351 

Beard,  Richard,  granted  freedom, 331 


Beard,  Tliomas, 404,  405 

Beaver  skins  ordered  to  be  sold, 53 

tax  imposed  upon  them, 53 

restriction  on  the  price  of,  taken  off,      .     .     81 
not  to  be  sent  to  England  without  permis- 
sion,     93 

tax  of  12d  per  lb.  weight  imposed  upon,    .     96 
or  money  not  to  be  transported  to  England,     93 

to  pass  at  10s  per  lb., 140 

tax  on,  repealed, 140 

See  Furs. 

Beck,  Ale.xander, 104 

granted  corn  for  Mary  Joanes,  .  .  .  .312 
Bedding,  memorandums  of,  for  New  England,  23 
Beecher,  Thomas,  master  of  ship  Talbot,     61,  122, 

125,  398 

appointed  justice, 175 

appointed    to    oversee    the    Charlestovrn 

Fort, 124 

commissioner  of  military  alTairs,  .    .    .    .146 

captain  of  Castle  Island, 147 

Mr.,  [Thomas,]   .     .     .    120,  139,  149,  158,  160 
deputy,  .     .     .      117,  145,  156,  164,  173,  178 

Beer,  regulation  of  price  of, 213,  258 

See  Inns,  Brewers,  &c. 

Beers,  Richard, 316 

Bell,  Thomas, 297 

William, 314 

Bellingham,  Richard,  137,  138,  141,  147,  150—153, 
155,  156,  158,  159,  162,  164,  167,  171,  173 
176,  177,  184,  188,  191,  193,  194,  197,  200, 
202,  205,  217—220,  222—224,  227,  232,  234, 
235,  237,  240,  255,  258,  265,  268,  270,  279, 
282,  283,  285,  287,  290,  296—298,  301 
309—311,  313—316,  318, 329, 331, 332—334 
336,  341,  360. 

deputy,       135 

Deputy  Governor, 145,288 

commissioner  of  military  affairs,  ....  146 

Assistant, 174,  195,  228,  256 

Treasurer,       195,  264 

Justice, 175,  328 

Governor,   .     .     .  • 319 

allowed  to  entertain  an  Indian,     ....  158 

absent  from  Court,       181 

granted  700  acres  of  land, 240 

commissioner  appointed  to  locate,     .     .     .  263 

located  near  Salem, 277 

Samuel, 218 

William,  clerk  of  writs, 307 

Bendall,  Edward, 176,  181,  212 

allowed  £20  for  loss  of  a  lighter,  ....  165 
authorized  to  clear  the  harbor  of  a  sunken 

wreck, 339 

Benevolences,  see  Gratuities. 


GENEKAL    INDEX. 


417 


Benjamin,  John, 182,  203  219,  268 

constable  of  Nowtown, 105 

excused  from  training,  on  account  of  age,  133 

Bennet,  Elizabeth, 297 

John, 106,  220,  233 

Betscombe,  Richard, 203 

Belts,  John, 247 

ofl'ers  to  communicate  information,   ...     48 
Bewet,  see  Buot. 

Bickerstafi;  John, 246 

Bicknell,    Zachary,    confirmation   of    title    to 

William  Read, 189 

Biggs,  John, 103,211 

Bills,  Robert,  inventory  of  estate  taken,    .     .     .  182 
John  Knowles,  husband  of  sister  of,  ap- 
pointed administrator, 235 

Bilson,  Mr., 44 

Bilye,  Henry, 237 

Bincks,  Bryan, 98 

Binnfield,  John,  deceased,  care  of  children  of,  198 

Bird,  Simon, 162 

Births,  see  Registration. 

Bishop,    Richard,   appointed   administrator   of 

Richard  King,  deceased,      ....  151 
Mr.,  [Townsend,]  appointed  justice,  .     175,180 

deputy, 164,  174,  178,  205,  288 

Blacke,  John, 280 

Blackleaoh,  Mr.,  deputy, 174 

payment  of  excise  duties  on  wine  by,   .     .  224 
Blackstoue,  Mr.,  V/illiam,  to  have  50  acres  of 

land  in  Boston, 104 

paid  by  Nahanton  for  damage  done  his 

swine, 143 

See  Blaxton. 
Blanton,  William,  summoned  to  answer  for  the 

drowning  of  three  men  from  a  canoe,  246 

di.scharged,  with  admonition, 249 

Blaxton,  [Blackstone,]  William, 398 

Block  Island  expedition,  commissioners  ap- 
pointed to  hear  complaints  of  sol- 
diers,   1R8 

Block  islandens, 323 

Bloros,  (or  Blowers,)  Mrs., 273 

Blue  Hills, 162 

commissioners  appointed  to  view  meadow 

near, 167 

meadows,  east  of  Neponset  River,  given 

to  Boston ;  west  side  to  Dorchester,  173,  254 

Blumfcild,  John,  deceased, 286 

Thomas,  administrator  on  the  estate  of  his 

father, 286 

Board.s,  price  for  sawing,  regulated,     ....     91 

Sec  Laborers'  wages. 
Boat  or  canoe  not  to  be  taken  without  leave,    .     74 
Boggust,  John, 77 


Boggust,  John,  creditors  of,  desired  to  present 

their  claims  at  Court, 88 

Boie.s,  see  Boyse. 

Bone  lace  not  to  be  worn  under  a  penalty,  .     .183 
See  Sumptuary  laws. 

Bonito,  Captain, 265 

Book  of  Mr.  Stoughton  burnt, 135 

Boreman,  Felix,  swords  bought  of,      ....     36 

Mr.,  deputy, 178 

See  Bowman. 

Boston,    77,  82,  89,  93,  95,  103,  114,  125,  140,  162, 

180,  183,  186,  187,  208,  221,  241,  264,  279, 

281,  287,  290,  295,  296,  318,  322,  335,  339 

340,  344,  345. 

name  changed  from  Trimountain,     ...     75 

General  Court  established  at, 79 

watch  for, 90 

land  granted  to, 101 

considered  most  fit  for  public  meetings,  .  101 
wood  on  Dorchester  Neck  granted  to,  .  .101 
wood  from  Noddle's  Island  granted  to,  .  104 
fort  at,  to  be  finished,  .     .     .     .      105,  108,  11 0 

market, 112 

house  of  correction,  &c.,  built,      ....  100 
enlarged  towards  Mount  Wolla.ston,      .     .119 
land  near  Muddy  River  ceded  to  New- 
town,   129 

granted  wood  on  Muddy  River,  &c.,  .  .  129 
enlargement    at    Mount    Wollaston    and 

Ruraney  Marsh, 130 

constable  of,  fined, 134 

granted  islands  in  harbor,  on  rent,     .     .     .115 

rent  lowered, 139 

dispute  with  Charlestown  concerning  Rum- 

ney  Marsh, 139 

to  aid  Muddy  River  bridge, 141 

fort  to  have  a  ward  while  ships  are  in  liar- 

bor, 120 

Captain  Underhill  to  impress  men  to  finish 

fort  at, 158 

granted  aid  for  fort, 165 

boumlaries  with  Roxbury,  .  .  103,113,341 
with  Dorchester,  ....  139,  180,  260 
near  Mystic  River,  ....      148,  150,  162 

with  Saugus, 149 

with  Charlestown  and  Lynn,     ....  263 

with  Weymouth, 181,  189 

with  Lynn, 254 

officers  chosen, 191,231 

deputies,  election  annulled, 195 

deputies  deposed, 205 

granted  Winnisimmet,     .     .     .     .     .     119,  125 

granted  Noddle's  Island, 189 

claim  in  Neponset  meadows, 173 

General  Court  held  at, 166 


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53 


418 


GENERAL   INDEX. 


Boston,  Quarter  Court 169,  175 

courts  transferred  back  to, 232 

ferry  to  Cliarlestown,  &c.,  see  Ferry. 

registry  of  deeds,  &c., 276,  307 

and  Cambridge  line, 342 

church, 251,  332 

constable  of,  fined 220,  234 

agreement  with  Mount  Wollaston  concern- 
ing lands, 291 

fines,  presentments,  &c.,       .  233,  247,  266,  285 
enjoined  to  make  or  mend  roads,  310,  317,  338 

Indian  titles  in, 254 

disarming  of  citizens  of,  see  Mrs.  Hutch- 
inson, 
taxes  of,  77,  82,  89,  93,  103,  110,  129,  138,  149, 
158,  166,  192,  201,  209,  225,  243,  260,  294 

IJosworth,  Benjamin, 152 

Edward, 152 

Jonathan, 152 

Nathaniel, 152 

widow, 123 

Zaccheus, 211 

Boundary  line,  north,  committee  appointed  to 
lay  out  three  miles  north  of  jSIerrimack 

River,    . 237 

See  Nathaniel  Woodward, 
south,  committee  appointed  to  survey,  237,  323 
report, 333 

Bourne,  Mr., 341 

Bowen,  George,  juryman, 334 

Grilhn, 283 

Bowler,  Mary, 194 

Bowman's  house,       .     .     .     ., 112 

See  Boreraan. 

Bowry,  Richard, 40 

Bowtle,  Leonard, 296 

Boys  returned  from  New  England,  punishment 

of,  considered, 52,  54 

runaway, 115 

Boyse,  Matthew, 319,  339 

deputy, 318,  336 

Thomas, 249 

Brackenborow,  William,  constable  of  Charles- 
town,  230 

Bracket,  Richard,  appointed  prison  keeper,     .  217 
granted  salary  and  a  house,      .     .     .     217,260 

Bradbury, ,  clerk  of  writs  at  Salisbury,      .  345 

Bradshaw,  Job, 58 

Jos., 48 

Mr., 61 

Bradstreet,  Humphrey, 145 

deputy, 156 

Simon,  70,  73,  75,  76,  79, 81 — 86,  88—93,  96—99, 
101—104,  107,  108,  110,  111,  114,  116,  121, 
122,  132—135,  138,  143,  144,  150—152.  155, 


156,  162,  164,  171,  173,  177,  184,  193,  194, 
205,  220,  222,  223,  227,  232,  234—236,  245, 
250,  255,  265,  268,  270,  285,  287,  289,  298, 
301,  304,  314,  316,  318,  334,  336,  360. 
chosen  Assistant,  69,  95,  105,  118,  145, 174,  195, 
228;  256,  288,  319 

chosen  Secretary, 118 

land  granted  to, 100,  120,  262 

located, 140 

proposes  settling  ISIerrimack, 237 

his  farm  located, 278 

allowed  120  trees, 339 

appointed  justice, 175,  343 

Bradwick,  Joyce, 104 

Braintree, 295,  306,  307,  329,  345 

originally  Mount  Wollaston,  established 
as  a  town,  and  ordered  to  fulfil  a  cov- 
enant with  Boston, 291 

bounds, 217 

enjoined   to  make   a  pound,   stocks,  and 

watch  house, 310 

committee  appointed  to  lay  out  highway 

in, 319 

committee  appointed  to  view  the  way  at,  .  343 

taxes, 294 

Brand,  Thomas, 396 

Bratcher,  Austin, 77,  78,  81 

Bread,  weight  of,       296,  337 

Brecke,  Edward, 313 

Brenton,  Mr., 145,  179,  198 

[\Villiam,]    overseer   of    the   building   of 

house  of  correction, 129 

overseer  for  iinishing  the  prison,  .     .     .     .158 

account  of,  examined, 182 

Mr.,  William, 188 

William,  deputy,      156,  164,  174,  178,  185,  191 
Brewar,  Daniel,  administrator  of  estate  of  John 

Green, 248,312 

Brewers  not  to  sell  beer  above  8s  a  barrel,  .     .214 

must  procure  license, 214 

Brewerton,   [Brereton.]    Sir  William,  land  al- 
lotted to, 29, 68 

his  claim  in  the  territory  disallowed,     .     .     68 
his  suit,  &c.,  with  William  Aspinwall,       .   123 

Brickhed,  Thomas, 37 

Bricklayers'  wages,  see  Laborers'  wages. 

Bridge,  Goodman, 219,311,340 

John,     .     198,  228,  238,  271,  277,  302,  330,  342 
deputy,       .     .       205,  227,  236,  271,  318,  336 

Matthew,       198,  203 

Briggs,  Clement, 83,  132,  244,  247 

his  wife, 219,233 

Brigham,  Thomas, 283 

Briglit,  Francis,  member  of  council,    361,  386.  387, 

407 


GENERAL   INDEX. 


419 


Bright,  Henry, .      133,  219,  295 

surveyor  of  arms  at  Watertown,    ....  298 

Briscoe,  Naza., 275 

Brittane,  James, 254 

Brittain,  James, 296 

Brooke,  Lord,  Edward  Holyoke  agent  for  the 

estate  of, 254 

Thomas, 295 

Brooks,  Thomas,  constable  for  Concord,  .     .     .  248 

Brown,  James, 199,  244,  245 

Browne,  Abraham, 340 

Browne,  James, 78,  154,  212,  312 

Browne,  John, 34,  40,  387,  398 

member  of  council, 361 

and  Samuel,  dispute  with  Mr.  Endicott,  51 — 54, 

60,  69 

Samuel, 34,  387,  398 

letter  concerning  ill  behavior  of,   .     .     .  407 

letter  concerning, 408,  409 

member  of  council, 361 

Nicholas, 295 

deputy,        336 

Richard,  77,  78,  85,  86,  132,  200,  201,  240,  238 

deputy,  117,  135,  1-56,  191, 194,  204,  205,  220, 

227,  236,  250,  256 

allowed  to  keep  a  ferry  in  Charlestown,     110 

Assistant,  Newtown  Court, 197 

trustee  in  suit, 218 

granted  200  acres  land, 240 

lined  for  going  to  Connecticut  without 

leave, 259 

commissioner  for  Watertown,      239,  263,  328 

200  acres  land  located  to, 278 

Thomas, 238 

granted  200  acres,  stock  of  Mrs.  Anne 

Harvey, 307 

William, 315 

remitted  his  rates  for  loss  by  fire,  .     .     .  189 
appointed  surveyor  of  arms  at  Sudbury,  343 

Mr., 37,  209,  238,  269,  273,  282 

Browning,  Mr., 296 

Brude,  Thomas, 395,  396 

Brumfeild,  William, 203 

Bucklaud,  William, 92,  152 

Buckmaster,  Thomas,  aided  in  distress,  .     .     .  287 

Buet,  Hugh,      . 312 

See  Burt. 

Bulgar,  Richard, 153,  212 

forfeit  partly  remitted, 244 

Bulkley,  Peter,  granted  300  acres  of  land,    .     .  262 

land  located  to, 278 

granted  the  corn  of  Alexander  Thwayt,  to 

hold,  &c., 296 

Bulkeley,  Peter, 360 

Bulkley,  Mr.,  [Peter,] 222,  223 


Bull,  Henry,     .     .     . 
licensed  to  depart,  , 


taking  of, 

Bullets,  not  to  be  fired  without  permission,  .     . 

to  pass  for  farthings  under  12d,     .     .     .     . 

Bunell,  William, 

Bunker,  George, 

constable  of  Charlestown, 

,  granted  50  acres  land, 

Bunnell,  William,  Watertown,  desired  to  grant 

a  lot  to,    

Bunting,  Ann,  will  of,  presented, 

Burden,  George, 

Burgis,  William, 42,  69, 

chosen  Secretary, 

sworn,  and  salary  fi.ved, 

Burkbee,  Thomas, 

Burnell,  JMr., 

Burning  over  of  new  lands,  see  Lands,  new. 

Burr,  Jehu, 107, 

Burrows,  John, 241,  271, 

Burseley,  John,  deputy, 

Mr., ■ 

Bursley,  Mr., 

Burslin,  Mr., 

Burslyn,  John, 

See  Buslin. 
Burt,  Henry,  allowed  £8  for  loss  sustained  by 
fire, 

Hugh, 

wife  of, 

Burton,  Edward, 100,  123, 

John, 

Goodman, 

Burwood,  Alice,  maintained  by  William  Gut- 

rige, 246, 

Busbey,  Nicholas, 

William, 

Bushaker.  Peter, 177,  244, 

Bushrode,  Thomas, 262,  265, 

Buslin,  [Burslin,]  John, 

Butterworth,  Mary, •  .     . 

Button,  John, 211, 

Goodman, 

allowed  pay  for  care  of  Thomas  Evans, 

Buttry,  Martha, 

Byram,  Nicholas, 

Cable,  John, 

Cakebread,  Thomas, 

Ensign, 

Cakes  or  buns,  sale  prohibited,  e.vcept  at  wed- 
dings and  burials, 

Calves  not  to  be  killed  between  November  30 
and  May  I, 


212 
223 

298 
106 
125 
137 
77 
212 
229 
240 


307 

313 

212 

361 

40 

41 

270 

48 

164 
300 
174 
175 
179 
211 
121 


278 
269 
266 
243 
211 
295 

270 
219 
233 
248 
269 
232 
313 
283 
300 
312 
179 
309 
85 
203 
224 


214 
322 


420 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


Cambridge,  238,  204,  292,  295,  296,  306,  307,  321, 

328,  345 

lirst  so  called, 180 

name  fixed  by  General  Court, 228 

constable  of, 234 

committee  appointed  to  agree  with  Indians 

concerning  lands  in, 254 

fined.for  bad  roads,  want  of  pound,  stocks, 

&c., 233,  247,  268,  284 

discharged  of  a  fine  for  bad  roads,     .    .     .310 

enjoined  to  mend  roads, 317 

ordered  to  give  Squaw  Sachem  35  bushels 

.    of  corn  and  4  coats, 317 

granted  Sliawshin,  on  conditions,  .  .  .  330 
and  Watertown  line  to  be  run,  ....  330 
order  concerning  wood  on  its  lands  cut  by 

inhabitants  of  Boston, 330 

and  Boston  lines  run, 342 

taxes  of, 243,  260,  294 

See  Newtown. 
Canal  at  Newtown,  by  John  JMaisters,      ...    88 
Cane,  see  Keayne. 
Canoes  not  to  be  made  till  next  Court ;  not  to 

be  used  at  ferries, 246 

Cape  Ann,  Mr.  Eudicott  desired  to  send  tliree 

men  to  view, 253 

fishing  plantation  established  for  Morris 

Thompson,       256 

committee  appointed  to  dispose  of  lands 

at, 339 

and  Anisquam,  those  who  cut  the  beach 
TWtween  allowed  to  take  toll,     .     .    .  345 

and  Ipswich  boundaries, 339 

Caping,  Goodman, 153 

Captains,  maintenance  of,  see  Military  affairs. 

Canler,  Richard, 212,  223 

Cards  and  dice  prohibited, 84 

Caron,  Joseph,       46 

Carpenter,  William,  constable  of  Weymouth,  .313 

deputy, 319 

Cai'penters'  wages,  see  Laborers'  wages. 
Carrington,  Edward,  Robert  Bills  died  at  house 

of, 182 

name  erased  from  the  remonstrance,     .     .  209 

Carter,  Richard,  wife  of, 317 

Thomas,  granted  a  lot, 255 

Sen., 334 

constable  of  Charlestown, 315 

Casson,  Edward, 36 

Castle  Island  Fort,  subscriptions  towards,    .     .113 
committee  appointed  to  contract  for  build- 
ing,           •     ...  120 

platform  and  house  for,  to  be  commenced,  123 
committee  appciiiited  to  locate,  ....  124 
ordered  to  be  fiuished  and  mounted,      .     .  136 


Castle  Island,  Fort,  men  impressed  to  work  on,  139, 

158,  105,  166 

list  of  officers  of, 197 

committee   appointed   to  bring  awa)'  and 

dispose  of  ammunition  of,      ....  220 
charge  of  completing  and  manning  of,  as- 
sumed by  individuals, 228 

£100  per  annum  granted  to, 231 

X250  granted  for  repairs  of, 260 

inhabitants  of,  to  take,  wood  from  the  is- 
lands in  the  boy, 262 

Sedgwick,  commander   of,  authorized   to 

employ  a  gunner, 332 

Catechism,  the  elders  are  desired  to  make,  .     .  328 

Cattle  provided, 36 

shipped  to  New  England,  ....  394,  403 
belonging  to  company  to  be  sold,  ...  54 
great,  to  be  herded  in  the  night,    ....  221 

order  repealed, 272 

appraisement  of,  on  execution,  to  be  at 
value,  not  at  the  price  which  neces- 
sity compels, 331 

trespasses  by,  see  Trespasses. 

Caj-ne,  Mr.,  of  England, 158 

Chadwell,    Richard,    allowed     costs     against 

George  Woodward, ■   .     .199 

Chairye,  John,  wife  of, 268 

Chalkley,  wife  of  Robert, 249 

Elizabeth, 266 

Champernoone,  Captain, 254 

Champnes,  Richard, 342 

Chaplaine,  JNIr.,  deputy, 173 

Chapman,  Henry,       . 296 

John, 112,  113,  122 

Charles  River, 120,  333,  342,  398 

and  Newtown  Canal, 88 

settlement  2  miles  above  falls  of,      ...  156 
committee  appointed  to  set  out  the  boun- 
daries of  the  new  plantation  above,    .  1G6. 
committee   appointed  to   survey  southern 

part  of, 237 

Charles,  the  ship,  S.  Maverick  bound  for  ap- 
pearance of  the  company  of,       ...  300 
Charlestown,  77,  78,  79,82,  86,  89,  103,  104,  110, 
114,  119,  120,  124,  134,  159,  166,   169,   175, 
182,   187,  190,  208,  220.  221,  229,  230,  279, 
287,  295,  307,  309,  315,  322,  334,  340,  345 
and  Newtown  boundaries  regulated,  94.  101, 102 
has  liberty  to  fetch  wood  from  Noddle's 

Island, 104 

damage  by  their  swine, 121,  133 

granted  the  land  betwixt  the  North  River 

and  the  creek  north  of  Mr.  Maverick's,  106 

fort  ordered  to  be  built  at, 124 

committee  appointed  to  locate,  ....  124 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


421 


Charlestown,  granted  Ped Jock's  Island,  .  .  .126 
rent  of  Pe  J  Jock's  Island  abated  to,  .  .  .139 
and  Boston,  dispute  concerning  Rumney 

IMarsh, 139 

to  have  its  boundaries  extended  to  8  miles 

from  meeting  house, 168 

and  Boston,  boundaries  between,  148,  150,  162 

See  Boston, 
and  Watei  town  to  be  distinct  military  com- 
panies,      160 

granted  £20  to  make  breastwork,  and  to 

have  3  pieces  of  ordnance,     .     .     .     .165 

granteJ  Lo veil's  Island, 183 

market  establishej  at, 189 

Robert  SeJgwick  chosen  captain  for,    .     .  190 

sale  of  land  to,  by  Indians, 201 

citizens  of,  followers  of  JNLs.  Hutchinson, 

JisarmeJ,     . 212 

fined  for  baJ  roads, 233 

fined  for  want  of  a  watch  house,  ....  247 
Boston  and  Lynn  boundaries,  committee 

appointed  to  settle, 263 

battery  to  be  repaired, 263 

allowed  to  use  the  meeting  house  for  a 

•watch  house, 284 

additional  grant  of  land  to, 290 

and  Mr.  Cradock's  farm,  line  between,      .  304 

land  granted  to,  for  a  village, 306 

village.  [VVoburn,]  boundaries  determined ; 

free  of  taxes  for  2  years, 329 

and  Winnisimmet  and  Boston,  see  Ferry, 
taxes,  77,  82,  89,  93,  103,  110,   129,   138,  149, 
158,  165,  192,  201,  209,  225,  243,  260,  294 

Charlton,  Robert, 36 

Charter,  see  Patent. 

Chausop,  a  Block  Islander,  sent  to  the  Castle,    181 

Chebacco, 335 

Cheesebrough,  Cheesbro,  William,  78,  81,  95,  102, 
149,  162,  167,  218,  235,  333 

commissioner  at  Braintree, 306 

deputy, 301 

Cheesebrooke,  William, 291 

Cheesholme,  Tliomas, 315 

innkeeper  in  Cambridge, 180 

licensed  to  sell  wine,  ........  292 

Chester,  Mr., 115 

Chickataubott, 87,  88 

committee  appointed  to  find  land  sold  to 

Mr.  Pynchon, 151 

Chickering,  Francis, 295 

Chickery,  Chickering,  Henry,  commissioner  for 

DeJham, 328 

Chidley,  Mr., 335,  338 

ChilJe,  F.phraim, 85,  92,  132,  139 

deputy, 145 


Children,  rate  of  accounting  as  passengers,      .     66 

Chirurgeon, 396 

Choses  in  action,  assigimient  of, 90 

Chubb,  Thomas,  transferred  from  Samuel  Jlav- 

erick  to  William  Gayllerd,    ....     86 

Church,  Garrett, 314 

bound  as  a  witness, 114,115 

Church  membership,  a  requisite  for  becoming  a 

freeman, 87 

discipline,  elders  and  brethren  invited  to 

consult  concerning, 142 

meetings  on  Lord's  day,  2  Assistants  au- 
thorized to  punish  for  absence  from,  .  1 40 
persons  excommunicated  from,  to  be  dealt 

with, 242 

repealed, 271 

Churches,  gathering  of,  placed  under  control  of 

magistrates,      . 168 

circular  letter  to,   concerning   support   of 

ministers, 216 

taxes    assessed    upon    all    residents    for 

charges  of, 240 

desired  to  deal  with  members  violating 

the  laws  concerning  dress,     ....  274 
See  Sumptuary  laws.     See  Lectures. 
Churchell,  Joseph,  swords,  &c.,  bought  of,   .     .     36 
Civil  actions,  see  Actions. 

Clapboard,  sale  of, 54 

Clare,  John, 287 

Clarke,  Gierke,  Clearke,  Daniel, 269 

referred  to  Ipswich  Court, 266 

James  anJ  Joane, 177 

John,  associate,  Ipswich  Court,    .     .     .     .  2iil 

deputy, 270 

Thomas, 261,  312,  330 

William, 86,  184 

dwelling  between  Lynn  and   Ipswich, 

allowed  10  keep  an  inn, 332 

Jlr., 46,  47,  75,  81,  90,  103,  212 

chosen  constable  for  Watertown,  ...     96 

of  Newbury, 237 

Clay,  Thomas, 309 

Clay  Jon,  or  Clayton,  Barnaby,    ....      35,  401 

RicharJ 35,  401 

Clements,  William, 179 

Clergy,  see  Ministers. 
Clearke  or  Gierke,  see  Clarke. 
Clerks  of  writs  appointed  in  each  town  to  grant 
summons  and  attachment  in  special 

cases, 344 

Clifton,  Thomas, 313 

Glois,  John, 282 

Cloth  manufacture,  see  Linen. 
Clothing,  memoranJimis  of,  for  New  England,    23, 

35,  392 


422 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


Clougli,  Cluffe,  John,  granted  a  lot,      .... 

Richard,     . 76, 

Coal  granted  to  Abraham  Shaw, 

shallop  sent  eastward  for, 

Coasters,  common,  see  Idlers, 

Cobbett's  house, 

Cobbett,  Jlr., 

sent  to  England, 

Cochickewick,  [Andover,]  committee  appointed 
to   license   settlers   for ;    immunities 

granted, 

Cochitawick,  great  pond  at, 292, 

Coddington,  Mr.,  excluded  from  treaty,  .  .  . 
William,  75,  76,  81—84,  104,  107,  108,  110, 
114,  116,  121,  122,  133—136,  138,  141, 
144,  148,  149,  151—153,  155,  156,  158, 
164,  165,  171,  173,  176,  177,  184,  188, 
193,  282,  360. 
chosen   Assistant,  69,  70,    95,    105,    118, 

Treasurer, 118, 

accounts  approved,    ' 

appointed  to  hold  Courts, 

<leputy, 181,  204, 

licensed  to  depart, 

Coddington's  brook, 

Cogan,  Coggan,  Coggin,  Henry  and  John,  arbi- 
tration,      

Coggan,  Henry, 246,  265, 

Coggin,  John, 113,115,247,286, 

Mr.,  complaint  against  James  Hawkins, 
Coggeshall,  Coxeall,  Coxehall,  Coggeshall,  Cog- 
geswall, 144, 

John,  dispute  with  Levins, 

deposed  from  General  Court  for  approving 
jNIr.  Wheelwright,     ...  ... 

disfranchised, ... 

licensed  to  depart, 

deputy,  .  .  117,  135,  145,  174,  178,  185, 

Mr.,  104,  112,  113,  119,  120,  125,  136,  142, 


300 
206 
253 
109 
102 
223 
82 


141 
305 
305 
111, 
143, 
162, 
191, 

145, 
174 
129 
182 
175 
205 
223 
291 


Coijchawick, 290, 

Coijchawicke  Ponds, 

Cokar,  Richard, .     .     . 

Coke,  Mr.,  Secretary, 

Colbran.  Colbron,  Colbrand,  Thomas,       .     .     . 

William, 95,  238,  254, 

deputy,  .  .  .■  135,  145,  156,  185,  191, 
Mr.,  ....     50,  107,  139,  144,  148,  209, 

Colchester, 291,  295,  300,  303, 

tlie  plantation  beyond  Merrimack,  named, 
petition    of    freemen    of,   referred   to   the 

magistrates  of  Salem, 

committee  appointed  to  order  all  busi- 
nesses of  the  town, 


122 
269 
315 
153 

212 
198 

205 
207 
223 
191 
175, 
180 
305 
257 
135 
48 
300 
342 
205 
219 
307 
271 


277 


Colchester  and  Hampton  bound.s,    .     .    .    289,  302 
committee  appointed  to  view  bounds  be- 
tween, and  Mr.  Ward's  plantation,      .  303 

afterwards  called  Salisbury, 305 

presentment  deferred, 311 

taxes  of, •     .  294 

Cole,  Coles,  Clement, 162 

John, 155 

Samuel,  .  .  155,  198,  211,  228,  244,  245,  279 
licensed  to  keep  an  ordinary,  ....  159 
licensed  to  sell  claret  and  white  wine,  .  199 
selling  wine  without  license,  &c,,  .  .  208 
allowed  to  sell  his  house  for  an  inn,  .  .  226 
Coles,  Robert,  90,  93,  94,  95,  103,  107,  112,  118,  139, 

155,  234,  243,  244 

Colebie,  Anthony, 295 

Coleman,  Andrew,  and  William  Swift,  disputed 

property  between, 298 

Thomas, 155,  248 

Collens,  Henry, 234 

William, 336,  340,  344 

Mr.,  clerk  of  writs  for  Cambridge,     .    311,345 
Collins,  see  Collens. 

CoUicott,  Richard,  145,  151.  195,  200,  231,  232,  312, 

322,  323,  3.30 
appointed  referee,  on  ship  Thunder,      .     .  151 
appointed  commissary  for  the  Pequot  ex- 
pedition,       195 

deputy, 178,  191,  194,  205 

Mr., 209 

Collier,  Thomas, 306,  315 

Colman,  see  Coleman, 

Colony,  memorandums  of  necessary  articles  to 

be  provided  and  sent  to,  .  .  .  23,  392 
demands  against,  to  be  brought  in,  .  .  .  261 
account  of  the  state  of,  authorized  to  be 

published, 332 

See  Accounts,  Claims. 

Colston,  or  Cowlson,  Mr., 49,  50 

Commins,  Mr., 212 

Commissioners  appointed, 239 

of  small  causes  may  have  the  aid  of  the 

nearest  magistrate, 327 

of  small  causes,  oath  of, 357 

Commodities,  price  of,  regulated, Ill 

committee     appointed     concerning    high 

prices  of, 223 

Company,  money  raised  to  pay  debts  of,     45,  46,  49 
of  husbandmen,  goods  of,   ordered  to  be 

inventoried, 96 

See  Joint  stock  company.  Adventurers,  &c. 

Compton,  John, 212, 223 

Conant,  Christopher, 81 

Roger, 83,  95,  102 

promiseth  corn  to  Thomas  Dudley,  ...     87 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


423 


Conanf,  Roger,  to  assist  at  Salem  Quarter  Court,  197 

Mr.,  deputy, 117,211 

Conant's  Island, 89 

granted  to  John  Winthrop  for  life,  on  con- 
ditions,     94 

rent  changed  to  a  hogshead  of  wine,     .     .139 
rent  changed  to  2  bushels  of  apples,     .     .  293 
rent  paid  by  2  bushels  of  apples,      .     .     .  301 
Concord,  169,  175,  187,  191,  205,  229,  230,  2-12,  248, 
251,  256,  257,  261,  264,  295,  303,  307,  314, 
328,  345. 
(Musquetequid)   incorporated  :    free  from 
taxes ;  authorized  to  impress  carts  to 

transport  goods, 157 

immunity  from  taxes, 167 

impressment  of  carts  renewed,     ....  182 
towns  on  the  river  above,  to  contribute  to 

draining  meadows, 178 

allowed  tobuy  lands  of  Attawan  and  Squaw 

Sachem, 196 

sale  of  lands  to,  by  Indians,      .     .     .     .201 
inhabitants  of,  concerned  in  the  election 

of  Mr.  Flint,  fined, 221 

fined  for  neglecting  watch,  want  of  stocks, 

&c., 247,  267,  284,  317 

discharged     in     the     matter     concerning 

Robert  Edwards, 267 

bounds  as  to  Watertown  and  Dedham,  228,  230 

taxes  of, 294 

Concurd    River,  new  plantation  to  be  settled 

tqion,  to  join  Concord, 242 

Coney,  Mr., 28 

Conihasset  meadows  to  be  set  to  Hingham,      .  290 
Connecticut,  planters  removing  there  allowed 

three  drakes, 148 

any  magistrate  authorized  to  swear  con- 
stables for,  upon  request  of  inhabitants,  159 
supplied  with  powder  and  two  drakes,  .     .  1 60 

towns  in,  to  chose  constables, 160 

commission  granted  for  government  of,     .  170 
council   authorized  to  treat  with,  for  aid 

against  the  Pequots, 192 

message  to,  concerning  division  of  lands 

of  the  Pequots, 216 

address  to,    concerning  lands   granted   to 

Robert  Saltonstall, 323,  324 

River  plantations,  jurisdiction  over,     304,  320 

337,  339 
Constable's  oflice  to  be  for  the  term  of  one 

year, 76 

Constables,  having  taxes  in  their  hamls  to  be 

proceeded  against  by  attachment,  .     .  160 
order  concerning  payment  of  taxes  col- 
lected by,     179 

oath  of, 252 


Constables  to  pay  claims  against  the  colony,    .  261 
to  be  compelled  to  collect  taxes,  ....  3(12 

duties  of, 339 

Contempt  of  court  and  civil  authority  punished,  212 

Converse,  Edward,    77,  86,  154,  218,  230,  244,  270, 

282,  290,  297,  304,  343 

to  keep  the  Charlestown  and  Boston  ferry,     88 

paid  for  ferriage  of  officers, 103 

Conveyances  of  lands,  &c.,  to  be  recorded,  .     .116 
by  mortgage,  &c.,  to  be  acknowledged  and 

recorded, 306 

See  Registration. 

Cooke,  Edward, 46 

George,  deputy, 173 

chosen  captain  at  Newtown, 190 

Captain, 220.  229,  329 

Joseph, 180,  260,  275,  292,  330 

chosen  to  assist  at  Newtown  Quarter  Court,  197 

commissioner  for  Cambridge,    ....  328 

deputy,  184,  191,  194,  205,  220,  227,  235,  250, 

256,  288,  301,  33e 

Richard, 211 

granted  damages  against  Thomas  Rob- 
inson for  molestation, 269 

Robert,  land  granted  to,  for  the  stock  of  his 

father, 307 

allowance  on  corn  made  to, 338 

Mr., 46,  50,  58,  209,  225,  242 

deputy, 178 

Cooley,  William, 112 

Coolige,  John, 295 

Cooper,  Anthony,       164,2  11 

John,  Jun., 217 

Thomas,  (Co\vper,)  licensed  to  sell  wine, 

kc,  at  Hingham, 258 

Goodman,       295 

Coopers,  &c.,  letters  from,  to  be  answered,  .     .     54 

Cope,  William, 335 

Corn,  not  to  be  e.xported, 77 

not  to  be  purchased  from  ships  without 

leave, 88 

to  be  a  legal  tender,  unless  agreed  to  the 

contrary, 92 

not  to  be  exported, 140 

received  for  taxes  at  various  rates,  or  at 

valuation;  also  a  legal  tender,  104,  110, 
115,  140,  142,  180,  191,  192,  200,   206,  221, 
294,  340. 
not  to  be  given  to  swine  between  July  and 

January,       148 

to  be  weighed  before  and  after  grinding,  .  241 
See  Wheat. 
Cornfields,  trespasses   by  cattle,  &c.,   in,  see 

Trespasses. 
Cornhill;  Thomas,  licensed  as  innkeeper,     .     .  238 


424 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


ComUill,  Thomas, 247,  200,  266 

Cornish,  Richard, 123 

Catherine,  wife  of  Richard,      .     .     .     233, 247 

Coroner's  jury, .•    .    77,  78 

Cotton,  Mr.,  [John,] 174,  189,  217,  259 

granted  600  acres  of  land, 344 

Cotton  cloth,  manufacture  of,   encouraged  by- 
bounty,  see  Linen  cloth. 

Council  to  consist  of  13  persons, 361 

to  hold  office  for  one  year, 38 

names  of  the  first,  appointed  by  the  com- 
pany in  England, 361 

authorized  to  fill  vacancies  in  any  office,     362 
magistrates  chosen  for  life  as  members  of,  167 
standing,  members  chosen  for  life,     .  174,  195 
intrusted  with  conduct   of  military  af- 
fairs,     183 

Council,  royal,  petition  to,  deferred,     ....     53 

Councillors,  oath  of, 352 

standing,  and  magistrates,  order  defining 

spheres  of, 264 

Court,   General,   Governor   authorized  to   call 

meetings  of, 362 

rules  of  order  for, 41 

orders  of,  to  be  revised  and  transcribed,  .  47 
to  be  holden  at  least  once  a  year,  ...  87 
orders  of,  to  be  regarded  as  authentic,  if 

under  the  hand  of  the  Secretary,    .     .     89 
declaration  of  its  exclusive  powers,  .     .     .117 
to  be  summoned  by  Governor  four  times  a 
year,  and  not  to  be  dissolved  without 

consent  of  the  majority, 118 

members  absent  from,  to  be  fined,    .     .     .120 

interruption  in  debates  of, 128 

session  of,  deferred, 136 

charges  for  board  of,  to  be  paid  from  the 

public  treasury, 142 

.ordered  to  be  held  at  Boston, 166 

freemen  attending,  for  the  election  to  come 

armed, 166 

ordered  to  be  held  in  May  and  October ; 
approval  of  both  branches  necessary 

to  every  law, 170 

in  case  of  disagreement  between  the  two 
branches  of,  a  joint  committee  to  be 

chosen, 170 

summoned  to  act  upon  the  resignation  of 

Governor  Vane, 185 

all    persons   attending,    ordered   to   come 

armed, 190 

for  elections  to  be  held  at  Newtown,      .     .  191 
and  Quarter,  ordered  to  be  held  at  New- 
town,   209 

its  minor  business  to  be  heard  by  a  special 

committee, 223 


Court,   General,   committee   appointed   hy,  to 

consider  of  a  levy,  petitions,  &c.,   .     .  224 
to  assemble  on  appointed  day  with  or  with- 
out summons  ;  members  not  to  depart 

but  by  leave, 277 

board  of  magistrates  and  deputies  to  be 

paid  from  the  fines, 261 

members  of,  allowed  to  speak  three  times 

only, 304 

orders  to  be  put  in  due  form  each  day  by  a 

committee  before  entry, 332 

business  brought  before,  to  be  in  writing,  .  339 
at  Boston,  79,  86,  95,  104,  116,  173,  177,  184,  191, 
235,  250,  255,  270,  276,  287,  301,  318,  336, 
343. 
at  Newtown,  123,   135,  145,  156,  164,  172,  194, 
200,  202,  204,  20.5,  220,  227 
Court  of  Elections,  change  in,  see  Elections. 
Court  of  Assistants.     Time  for  meeting,  ...     58 
held  at  Governor's  house  once  a  month,   74,  75 
power  in  making  and  executing  laws,  &c.,     79 
when  reduced  to  nine  or  less,  a  majority  to 

be  a  quorum, 84 

to   be   held    the   first   Tuesday   in    every 

month, 93 

fined, '  .     .  118 

desired  to  lay  out  highways, 141 

three,  four,  or  five  empowered  to  try  causes 
under  £20,   and   to   punish   minor   crim- 
inals,     276 

See  Assistants,  Magistrates. 
Courts,  Quarter,  to  be  held  at  Ipswich,  Salem, 

Newtown,  and  Boston, 169 

jurisdiction  of,  and  appeals  from,      .     .     .  169 
to  be  held  at  Boston  in  June,  September, 

December,  and  March, 169 

three  gentlemen  out  of  the  five  appointed, 
one,  at  least,  a  magistrate,  to  constitute 

a  quorum  of, 175 

in  the  four  precincts,   persons   appointed 

to  hold, 175 

to  be  held  at  Ipswich  and  Salem,      .     .     .  325 
grand  jury  to,  summoned  for  each  place,  325 
Courts  for  urgent  occasions,  may  be  appointed 

by  Governor  or  magistrates,    ....   169 
special,  to   be    held   for    speedy  trial    of 
causes  in  which  strangers  are  parties 

to, 264 

for  the  trial  of  small  causes,  see  Assistants, 

Magistrates,  Commissioners, 
and  places  of  judicature,  king's   arms   to 

be  set  up  in, 175 

contempt  of,  and  civil  authority,  pniiished,  212 

transferred  to  Bostoti, 232 

See  Boston,  Newtown. 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


425 


Courts  of  Assistants,  Quarter  Courts,  &c.,  held 

on  board  the  Arbella, 70 

at  Charlestown, 73,  75,  76 

at  Watortown, 83 

at  Boston,  81,  82,  84,  85,  88—93,  96—101, 
103,  105,  107,  108,  110,  111,  114,  176,  184, 
193,  197,  202,  234,  245,  248,  265,  268,  282, 
283,  285,  287,  296—298,  300,  309,  310, 
313—316,  334. 
at  Newtown,  121,  122,  132—134,  143,  150 
—152,  154,  155,  162,  163,  171,  218,  219 

at  Cambridge, 232 

at  Boston  and  Newtown, 202 

Cowlson,  Coulson,  Colson,  Mr.,    [Christopher,]    27, 

39,  47,  51,  58 
Cowlson,  Christopher,  chosen  Assistant,  .     .   40,  41 

See  Colston. 
Cows  and  other  animals  belonging  to  the  ad- 
venturers ordered  to  be  sold,      ...     54 
Cox,  Thomas,  master  of  ship  George  Bonaven- 

ture, 386,  398 

Coxeall,  Coxehall,  see  Coggeshall. 
Coytemore,  Thomas,  deputy,     .     .     .  301,  318,  336 
land  reserved  for,  in  Charlestown  Village,    306 

Mr., 332,  341 

Crablree,  John, 301,  327 

Cradock.  Mr.,  27—30,  34,  37—39,  41,  42,  44—48,  51 
—55,  57—59,  61,  63,  65,  67 
Matthew,   named   first   Governor    in    the 

patent, 11 

chosen  Governor, 40 

chosen  Assistant, 60 

lined,  for  his  men  being  absent  from  train- 
ing divers  times,  102 

granted  wear  at  Mystic, 113 

granted  a  tract  of  his  land, 141 

£55  paid  him, 165 

bounds  of  the  grant  of  land  extended,  .     .168 
granted  1000  acres  of  his  land,  and  500 

more  for  his  servants, 222 

committee  appointed  to  audit  accounts  of,   237 
released  from  taxation  for  one  year  on  ac- 
count of  having  built  a  bridge,  .     257,  263 

boundaries  of  his  farm, 304 

committee  appointed  to  lay  out  the  500 

acres  of  ]Mr.  Oldham's  for,     ....  330 
ta.xes  of,  to  be  forborne  till  the  next  ship 

come, 330 

warrant  for  £800  in  favor  of, 60 

plantation  of,     ...     .     77,  84,  168,  198,  234 
letter  from,    383,  386,  391,  394 — 396,  401 — 403, 

408 

Crane,  Mr., 40,  45,  47,  48,  54 

Crawford,  Mr.,  deceased,  committee  appointed 

to  make  inventory  of  his  estate,  &c.,  .  132 

vui,.  1.  54 


Cribb,  Benjamin, 85 

Criminal  proceeding.s,  jury  to   be   summoned 

from  neighboring  towns  in,    ...     .  276 

trials, 118 

Crispe,  Mr.,  order  for  settlement  of  estate  of,    .     92 

Crofte,  Griffin, 312 

deputy, 250 

Crosbey,  Dorothy, 318 

Crosse,  John,     .     .     .      234,  236,  291,  292,  294,  319 

commissioner  for  Hampton, 329 

deputy, 288,  301,  318 

Goodman, 295 

Crowther,  Mr., 40 

Crugott,  James, 78 

Crumwell,  Thomas, 236 

Cnllimor,  Mr., 137 

Curtis,  Henry, 310 

William, 203,  218 

granted  leave  to  build, 252 

Customs,  see  Port  and  Harbor. 

Cutler,  Robert,       183,  283 

Cutshamake  allowed  to  have  gunpowder  to  kill 

fowls, 181 

sells  land  to  Woolridge, 201,  249 

Dade,  William, 283 

Dahon,  Mr., 333 

DameriU's  Cove, 100 

Damfort,  Damport,  Damford,  Damforth,  see  Da- 
venport and  Danforth. 
Dancing,  certain  persons  advised  to  avoid,  .     .  233 

Dane,  James, 316 

Danfoith,   Danfort,    Damfort,   Damford.   Dam- 
port,  Mr.,  [Nicholas,]     166,  180,  209,  217, 

219 

licensed  to  sell  wine, 221 

deceased, 228,  261 

Nicholas, 173,  208 

deputy, 178,  184,  191,  194,  204 

Darby,  Mr.,        47 

Davenport,  Davinport,  Mr.,    37,  47,  49,  50,  51,  54, 
56—59,  61,  385,  386,  396 
Davenport,   Damport.  Damfort,  Damford,  &c., 

Richard,  chosen  ensign, 120 

ordered  to  bring  his  colors  to  Court,  and 

the  person  that  defaced  the  same,  .     .   133 

chosen  lieutenant, 191 

chosen  lieutenant  for  Pequot  war,     .     .     .193 

to  have  charge  of  arms,  &c., 197 

rewarded  for  faithful  service, 237 

paid    for    his    charges   concerning   some 

slaves, 253 

granted  150  acres  land, 262 

Lieutenant,  200,  212, 240, 254,  263,  269,  278,  300, 

308,  310,  313 
deputy,       191,  194 


42G 


GENERAL   INDEX. 


Davenport,  Thomas, 286 

See  Danforth. 

Davies,  Christopher, 187,  245 

Ephraim, 235 

Isaac,     .' 198 

James, 296 

Jenkiil, 345 

John,      ....       187,245,248,269,300.327 

Nicholas, 283 

Serjeant, 249 

William, 268 

Davis,  Mr., 46,  50 

Davison,  Davyson,  Nicholas, 249 

bound  for  appearance  of  Edward  Saun- 
ders ;    forfeited, 265,  269 

claim  of,  handed  in, 309 

ordered  to  have  his  X200  paid,      ....  330 

Davi-son,  Mr., 257,  296 

Davy,  John, 212 

Dawe,  John, 91 

Day,  Stephen,  the  first  printer,  granted  three 

hundred  acres  of  land, 344 

Deacons  and  others  e.vempted  from  training,    .  210 
Deare,  Philip,  attachment  granted  against,      .  220 

referred  to  Salem, 233 

Deaths,  record  of,  see  Registration. 

Deawy,  Thomas, 153 

Debate,  speakers  not  to  be  interrupted  in,    .     .128 
members  of  Court  limited  to  three  speeches 

in, 304 

Debts  of  the  Company,  money  raised  to  pay,  45 

46,  54 
discussion  concerning  payment  of,     .     .  57,  60 

laws  concerning  collection  of, 90 

assignment  of  choses  in  action,    ....     90 
articles  of  merchandise  made  legal  ten- 
der,       304 

merchandise  taken  on  execution  for,  to  be 

received  at  valuation, 307 

of  the  country  to   be   paid   in   merchan- 
dise,     319 

See  Ta.xes,  Wampum. 
Dedham,  228—230,  237,  241,  248,  251,  257,  263,  295, 

307,  328,  342,  345 
granted  three  years'  e.xemption  from  tax- 
ation,   179 

granted  land  on  Charles  River,     .     .     .     .180 
committee  appointed  to  set  out  laud  be- 
longing to, 208 

committee  appointed  to  set  out  bounds  be- 
tween Dorchester  and, 209 

report  of  said  committee, 231 

See  John  Oliver. 

and  Roxbury  boundaries, 230 

and  Watertowu  boundaries  set  out,   .     .     .  257 


Dedham  fined  for  not  having  stocks,  weights,  &c., 

267,  284 
to  have  a  barrel  of  gunpowder,     ....  187 

taxes  of, 294 

See  Charles  River,  settlement  at. 
Deeds  to  be  acknowledged  before  magistrates 

or  commissioners, 306 

See  Commissioners,  Registration. 

Deer  Island, 115 

and  other  islands  in  the  harbor  granted  to 

Boston, 139 

Deesbury,  see  Desborough. 

Demands  against  the  Colony,  see  Colony. 

Dennison,  Daniel, 125,  142,  175 

granted  land, 114 

chosen  captain  for  Ipswich, 191 

to  assist  at  Ipswich  Court, 197 

Captain,  [Daniel,] 237,  294 

deputy,   145,  156,   164,    174,    185,   191,  205,  288 

Edward, 212 

William, 113,122,142,212 

chosen  constable  of  Roxbury,  .     .     .     .112 
granted  costs  against  AUerton,  ....  122 

had  liberty  till  next  court, 266 

deputy, 135 

Denne,  William, ■    .     .  234 

Dent,  Francis,  deceased ;  Edmund  Audley  ad- 
ministrator on  estate  of, 249 

Deputies,  law  concerning  the  choice,  duties, 

and  powers  of, 118 

to  receive  copies  of  town  rates  as  basis  for 

taxes, 138 

to  judge  of  election  of  their  members,  .     .  142 

to  be  chosen  by  written  vote, 157 

towns  having  less  than  ten  freemen  not  en- 
titled to  send, 178 

to  be  paid  by  the  towns  sending  them,  183,  228 

to  be  paid  from  treasury, 187 

two  only,  to  be  sent  by  each  town,    .     .     .  254 
four,  fined  5s.  each  for  absence  from  Gen- 
eral Court, 230 

change  in  mode  of  election  of,  proposed,    .  333 
e.xpulsion  of,  see  Salem, 
powers  of,  see  General  Court. 
Deputy  Governor,  choice  of,  to  be  made  from 

the  Council, 362 

oath  of, 349 

Deputy  Governors,  names  of. 

Richard  Bellingham, 145,  288 

Thomas  Dudley,  70,  87,  95,  104,  195,  227,  256 

John  Endicott, 319 

Thomas  Gotie, 11,  40 

John  Humphrey, 60 

Roger  Ludlow, 118 

John  Winthrop,  Sen., 174 


genp:iial  index. 


427 


Desborough,  Desbro,  Deesbury,  Desbrow,  Des- 

bre,  Isaac, 249,  284,  286 

Thomas,  deceased,  John  Moody,  adminis- 
trator, on  estate  of,     108 

Dexter,  Thomas,    ....      97,  102,  103,  108,  243 
plaintilf,  vej-dict  for,  against  Captain  En- 

dicott, 86 

Dice, 84 

Dickerson,  Thomas, 284,  300 

Diffy,  Richard, 81 

Dillingham,  Edward,  committee  on   accounts 

with  Sahonstall, 177 

new  committee  appointed, 193 

Jolm, 86 

dispute  referred, 108 

taxed  for  Downing's  cattle, 112 

deceased,  committee  appointed  on  es- 
tate of, 177 

Dinely,  Wilham,  disfranchised  for  signing  the 

remonstrance,        208 

to  pay  costs  to  George  Woodward,  .  211,218 
Disarmed  men  freed  from  training,  watches,  &c.  208 
Disarming  of  citizens  dangerous  to  the  public 

safely, 211 

Dixon,  William, 105,  154,  244 

Dodg,  William,  estate  attached  to  satisfy  his 

forfeited  recognizance,       .     .     .    154,  401 

Dorchester,  76,  77,  89,  91,  93,  95,  99,  101,   107,   110, 

121,  127,  141,  151,  160,  169,  170,  175,   186, 

190,  199,  217,  221,   261,  290,  295,  296,  345 

originally  Mattapan, 75 

■watch  of  four  men  ordered  to  be  kept  at,  .  85 
neck,  see  Boston. 

and  Roxbury  bounds  established,  .  .  .102 
allowed  three  pieces  of  ordnance,  .  .  .  120 
aided  in  support  of  Thomas  Lane,  .  121,  122 
fort  ordered  to  be  built  at,  and  committee 

appointed  to  locate, 124 

constable  of,  fined   for  not  returning  his 

warrant, 134 

and  Boston,  bounds  submitted  to  referees,  139 

committee  appointed  to  view, 260 

granted  lease  of  Tompson's  Island,  .  .139 
inhabitants  of,  authorized  to  remove,  &c.,  .  148 

church,  bequest  to, 153 

ferry, 159 

boundaries  of,  established, 162 

and  Roxbury,  boundaries  referred,    .     .     .167 

land  near,  given  to  Roxbury, 176 

and  Boston,  committee  appointed  to  settle 

boundaries  between, 180 

claim  in  Neponset  meadows,  see  Neponset. 
constable  of,  fined  for  not  returning  war- 
rant,     220 

boundaries  to  extend  to  Plymouth,    .     .        217 


Dorchester  and  Dedham  bounds,    .     .     .    209,  231 
fairs, 241 

presented  for  bad  roads,  &c.,  233,  247,  266,  267 
allowed  to  use  Collicott's  house  as  a  watch 

house, 267 

ordered  to  choose  a  deputy  vice  Thomas 

Hawkins, 276 

Nathaniel  Duncan  chosen  deputy  for,  .  .  276 
report  of  committee  appointed  to  set  out 

marsh  lands  in, 278 

fined  for  not  sending  transcript  of  lands,  .  285 
enjoined  to  mend  roads, 317 

granted   Squantum   Neck   and   INIennen's 

Moone, 333 

taxes  of,  77,  89,  93,  110,  129,  138,  149,  158,  166, 
192,  201,  209,  225,  243,  260,  294 

Dorrell,  John, 398 

Dorset  planters, 401 

Douglas,  see  Duglas. 

Dover,  committee  appointed  to  treat  with  the 

committee  from, 276 

and  places  adjacent,  allowed  to  send  two 

deputies, 332^  343 

See  Piscataqua. 
See  Wecosannet. 

Dow-nes,  William, 162 

Downham,  John, 297 

Downing,  Emanuel,  to  assist  at  Salem  Court,     328, 

261,  290 

granted  600  acres  of  land, 276 

chosen  recorder  for  Salem, 306 

privilege  of  taking  ducks  granted  to.  .  .  236 
air.,    [Emanuel,]   56,   112,  263,  276,  304,  308, 

339,  344 

proposed  for  a  magistrate, 345 

deputy, 270,  301,  318,  336 

Drake,  Joane,  will  of, 218,235 

Dress,  extravagance  in,  see  Sumptuary  laws. 

Drinking  of  healths,  see  Healths. 

Driver,  Robert,  enjoined  to  appear,  &o.,  .     .     .  282 

Drunkenness,  caution  again.st, 406 

See  Inns. 

Ducket,  Mr., 335 

Ducks,  taking  of  by  decoys,  encouraged,      .     .  236 
See  Emanuel  Downing. 

Dudley,  Samuel, 98 

granted  land, 114 

Mr.  [Samuel,]  Jun.,     ....       237,277,329 

deputy, 3)8,  336 

Thomas,  54,  56—59,  63,  65,  70,  73,  76,  79,  81— 
86,  88—93,  95—101,  103—105,  107,  108, 
111,  116,  121,  122,  125,  128,  130,  132—135, 
138,  143 — 145, 147,  150—153,  155,  156, 162, 
164,  171,  173,  176,  177,  184,  191,  193,  194, 
197,  198,  202,  205,  209,  217 — 220,  227,  232, 


428 


GENERAL   INDEX. 


Dudley,  Thomas,  234,  235,  245,  248,  250,  251,  255, 
260,  265,  268,  270,  276,  279,  282,  283,  285, 
287,  290,  291,  297,  298,  301,  309,  310,  313, 
—316,  318,   334,  336,  360. 

Assistant, 60,  145,  174,  319 

Councillor  for  life, 174 

Deputy  Governor,    .    70,  95,  104,  195,  227,  256 

Governor, 117,  288 

justice  of  the  peace, 74 

commissioner  of  military  affairs,  .     .     .     .146 
chosen  lieutenant  colonel,    .     .     .     .     .     .186 

to  assist  at  Ipswich  Court, 328 

granted  200  acres  of  land, 96 

granted  500  acres  of  land, 114 

allowed  to  employ  an  Indian, 158 

granted  1000  acres  of  land, 206 

grant  located  near  Concord, 229 

fine  of  1632  remitted, 243 

grant  of  land  to,  by  Ipswich,  confirmed,    .  304 
to  answer  Mr.  Fenwick's  letter,    .     .     .     .319 

owner  of  Watertown  mill, 344 

Mr.,  commissioner  for  Salisbury,  ....  329 
to  hold  Courts  for  Ipswich  and  Newbury,  175 

Duglas, , 218 

Dununer,  Richard,  114, 125,  141,  150—152,  155, 156, 
167,  171,  173,  176,  177,  184,  191,  212,  258, 
308. 

taxes  reduced, 112 

chosen  Assistant, 145,  174 

chosen  Treasurer, 175 

granted  500  acres  of  land, 146 

and  Mr.  Spencer  allowed  to  build  at  the 

falls  of  Newbury, 149 

deputed  to  buy  lead  for  the  fort  at  Castle 

Island, 158 

deputed  to  swear  a  constable  at  Newbury,  159 
and  JehuBurr,  difference  between,  referred,  164 

appointed  to  hold  Courts, 175 

late  Treasurer,  ordered  to  receive  the  taxes,  196 
account  as  Treasurer,  examined  and  ap- 
proved,     204 

to  assist  at  Ipswich  Court,    ....    290,  328 
fined  for  want  of  sealed  weights,  &c.,  .     .  297 

fine  remitted, 315 

referred  to  Mr.  Wilson  and  Mr.  Eliot,    .     .  339 

proposed  for  a  magistrate,  ' 345 

gives  £50  to  the  country, 258 

See  E.  Rogers. 

deputy, 301 

Duncan,  Duncom,  Duncon,  Nathaniel,  chosen 

lieutenant, 190 

ordered  to  train  company  at  Weymouth,   .  210 
licensed  to  sell  wine,  &c.,  at  Dorchester,  .  221 
member  of  the  military  company  of  the 
Massachusetts, 250 


Duncan,  Nathaniel,  deputy,  for  Dorchester,      .  276 
See  Dorchester, 
and   another,   committee    on   accounts   of 

Treasurer, 288 

deputy,  156,  164,  178,  200,  204,  205,  220,  227, 
235,  276,  288,  336 

Mr., 179,  200,  201 

Mr.,  [Nathaniel,]  142,  158,  159,  175,  184,  200, 
207,  209,  220,  224,  225,  237,  242,  285,  290, 
294,  302,  320,  326,  341. 

Dunkin,  Samuel, 310 

Dunvard,  John, 286 

Durbridgp,  Mr., 35 

Dutchfield,  Mr., ■ 335 

Dutton,  John, 309 

Dwelling  houses  not  to  be  more  than  half  a  mile 

from  meeting  house, 157 

confirmed, 181 

repealed, 291 

Dyar,  George,  chosen  constable  of  Dorchester,  77, 

101 

Dyre,  William,  disfranchised  for  signing  the 

remonstrance, 208,  211 

Eagle,  ship,  to  be  bought, 48,  53 

to  be  preferred  before  any  other  ship,  53,  57,  58 
surgeon's  bill  for, ■   .     .     61 

Eames,  Anthony, 225 

commissioner  for  Hingham,  .  239,  259,  329 
deputy,  .  .  .  .  •  192,  194,  204,  220,  235,  250 
sergeant,  [Anthony,] 211 

Easton,  Eason,  Nicholas, 125,  223 

Mr., 135,  175,  212,  231,  282 

Eaton,  Nathaniel,  freed  from  tax  for  1637,    .     .  210 
schoolmaster,  granted  500  acres  of  land,    .  262 

case  of  Briscoe, 275 

committee  appointed  to  settle  his  affairs,  .  277 
Treasurer  and  another,  to  take  account  of 

committee, 302 

Theophilus, 40,  60 

chosen^Assistant,  41,  44,  47,  48,  50,  53,  61,  63, 

65,  67,  69 

Mr., 30,  34 

Mr.,  [Theophilus,]  and  others,   answer  to 

letter  of, 305 

Eayrs,  see  Eyres. 

Edmonds,  James,       27 

Walter,  constable  of  Concord, 314 

William, 234 

Edwards,  Henry, 309 

Matthew, 26t 

Robert,        267 

Eedes,  William, 401 

Elders,  allowed  each  a  man  free  from  trainings,  210 
are  desired  to  make  a  catechism,      .     .     .  328 

Eldrcd,  Mr., 334 


GENE11A.L   INDEX. 


429 


Election  of  Assistants,  Governor,  &c.,      ...     79 
Election  of  deputies  and  magistrates,  proposal 

for  change  in  mode  of, 333 

of   Governor,   &c.,  time    and    place,    see 

Governor,  General  Court,  Patent, 
of  deputies,  proposed  to  take  place  among 

tile  three  regiments, 340 

Elections  contested,  mode  of  settling,      .     .     .142 
Elford,  John,  bound  to  answer  for  the  death  of 

Tliomas  Puckett, 83 

case  of,  continued, 257 

respited, 266 

Eliolt,  Jacob, 212,  295,  342 

Eliot,  Mr.,  John, 195 

[John,] 223,  338,  339 

Philip, 295 

Elkins,  Henry,       211 

Elkyn,  Thomas, 123 

Ellen,  Nicholas, 267 

Ellery,  Henry, 298 

Ellis,  Arthur, 78 

Elvvell, 194 

Robert,       152 

Emerson,  John, 193,  232,  265 

Emory,  Anthony, 248 

John, 154 

Empiricism,  punishment  of, 83 

See  Nicholas  Knopp. 
Endicott,  John,  25,  38,  40,  58,  75,  76,  79,  81,  82,  85 
86,  88,  89,  92,  93,  97,  99,  100,  103,  106,  108, 
111,  114,  116,  122,  125,  132,  134,  135,  136, 
138,  141,  143,  145,  172,  176,  177,  184,  191 
193,  194,  197,  198,  202,  205,  220,  223,  227 
232,  234,  235,  245,  248,  250,  253—255,  263, 
265,  268,  269—271,  278,  283,  287,  296—298, 
301,  314,  316,  318,  332,  334,  336,  339,  341 
343,  344. 

appointed  Governor, 48,  361 

declaration  of  the  state  of  the  country  ten- 
dered by, 332 

letter  from  Governor  and  Company  to,  .     .  386 
confirmed  Governor  of  London's  plantation,  387, 

395 
letter  from  Governor  and  Deputy  to,     .     .  398 
established  Governor  of  London's  planta- 
tion,      399,  407 

letter   to,    concerning   John   and    Samuel 

Browne, 408,  409 

Assistant,       60,  95,  105,  118,  174,  195,  256,  288 

to  assist  at  Salem  Court, 175 

colonel  of  the  Salem  regiment,     .     .     .     .187 

chosen  councillor  for  life, 195 

chosen  Deputy  Governor, 319 

a  committee  appointed  to  send  over  pro- 
visions to,  from  England 42 


Endicott,  John,  letter  from,  [received  in  Eng- 
land,] concerning  the  plantation,    .     .     48 
difference  betwixt  J.  &  S.  Browne  and,     .     51 
to  continue  government  at  New  England,  .     56 

letters  from, 57 

justice  of  the  peace, 74 

granted   300   acres   of  land  near   Salem, 

called  Birchwood, 97 

charged  witli  altering  the  cross  of  the  en- 
sign,     137 

admoni.shed  and  disqualilied  from  holding 

office  for  a  year, 145,  146 

committed  for  contempt,  &c.,  concerning 
expulsion  of  Salem  deputies,  dis- 
missed upon  submission, 157 

granted  40  or  50  acres  of  land,      ....  206 

granted  500  acres  of  land, 262 

grant  of  550  acres,  located  upon  Ipswich 

River, 277 

grant  of  land  to,  located  in  Rowley,  .     .     .  305 
authorized  to  seize  Indians'  goods,    .     .     .  209 
and  others  appointed  committee  to  sell  the 
house   of  Mr.    Peters,  and  return  the 

money  for  the  college, 263 

Mrs., 392 

England,  railing  against, 265 

estates  in, 330 

mission  to,  by  Messrs.  Weld,  Hibbens,  and 

Peters, 332 

Entertainment  for  strangers,  persons  not  inn- 
keepers allowed  to  provide  on  special 

occasions, 279 

Estrays.  see  Strays. 

Estow,  William, 236 

Evans,  Thomas, 312 

Ewar,  Thomas, 230,  233,  245 

name  erased  from  remonstrance,  ....  209 
cliosen  constable  of  Charlestown,     .     .     .  220 
Mrs.,  administratrix  of  her  husband's  es- 
tate,     248 

Ewstead,  Ricliard, 396 

Excommunicated  persons  to  be   presented  to 

the  court  after  six  months,     ....  242 

the  order  repealed, 271 

Execution,  levy  of, 307 

Eyres,  Simon,  deputy, •     .     .     .  336 

Eyres,   Mr.,   [Simon,]    clerk   of  writs.  Water- 
town,  345 

Faber,  Joseph, 219 

Faine,  Henry, 254,  261 

Fairbank,  John, 333 

Fairbank,  Richard, 211 

postmaster  for  foreign  letters, 281 

[Richard,]  licensed  to  sell  wine  at  Boston,  221 
Fairs,  at  Salem,  Watertown.  and  Dorchester,  .  241 


430 


GENERAL   INDEX. 


Families,  instruction  of,  in  religion,  &c.,  .     .     .  397 

Farms  to  be  improved  or  forfeited, 114 

to  belong  to  the  towns  in  which  they  lie, 

except  Medford, 331 

See  Lands. 

Farr,  George, 402 

Farringtoa,  John, 284,  286 

Farthings,  bullets  to  pass  for, 137 

Fasting,     humiliation,    &c.,     days     appointed 

for, 128,187,226,253,259,339 

Fawne,  Mr.,  costs  against, 155 

Feakes,  Feake,  Feke,  Robert,  124,  132,  139,  143,  162 

chosen  lieutenant, 92.  99 

Mr.,  [Robert]  appointed  justice,  .     .     175,  181 
lieutenant,  [Robert,]  deputy.  117, 135,  145,  164, 

174,  178 

Fearnes,  Mr., 176 

Felmingham,  Francis, 247 

Felpes,  see  Phelps. 

Felton,   Benjamin,  permitted  to    keep   Robert 

Scarlett. 183,334 

Mary, 334 

Fences  to  protect  corn,  order  concerning,     .     .   106 
around  improved  lands,  to  be  substantial,  215 

between  adjacent  lands, 333 

party  neglecting,  liable  for  all  trespasses,  333 

Fenn,  Robert, 311 

Fenwick's   letter,    Mr.    Dudley   requested    to 

answer 319 

Ferman,  Thomas, 308 

See  Firman. 
Ferries,  fare  of  for  military  companies,  to  be 

out  of  the  fines, 341 

passengers  not  to  be  carried    over  in  ca- 
noes,      246,  292 

law  concerning  rights  of  owners  of,  &c.,  338 

double  toll  for,  after  night, 341 

Ferry  between  Boston  and  Charlestown,  pro- 
posals for, 81 

Edward  Converse  appointed  keeper  of,      .     88 
to  be  let  at  £40  per  annum,  for  three  years,  208 

committee  appointed  to  lease, 290 

granted  to  the  college, 304 

Boston,  Charlestown,  and  Winnissimet,  by 

Thomas  Williams, 87 

to  start  from  Windmill  Hill,      ....  148 
over  Neponset  River,  by  Bray  Wilkin,  .     .  241 
from  Boston  to  Winnissimet,  Noddle's  Is- 
land,     241 

leased, 341 

between  Weymouth  and  Blount    Wollas- 

ton,  removed,  &c., 275 

to  Winnissimet,  to  have  3  pence,  ....  338 
Foster,  Goodman,  referred  to  Ipswich  Court,  .  266 
Fibbin,  Robert,  .set  free  on  account  of  service.s,  121 


Fillips,  see  Phillips. 

Finances  of  the   company,  proposals  for   im- 
provement of, 45,  62 

report  of  committee  on, 62 

Fince,  Daniel, 86 

Finch,  Daniel, 92 

John, 102,233 

Katharine,  wife  of  Samuel,      .      234,  265,  283 

Goody,  [Katharine,] 297 

Samuel, 203, 265 

Fines,  attachment  to  be  granted  for  the  collec- 
tion of, 228, 239 

for  non-attendance  upon  trainings,  &c.,  see 
Military  ati'airs. 
Fire-arras,  see  Arms,  Indians. 
Fires  not  to  be  kindled  for  burning  over  lands 

before  March  1, 90 

penalty  for   kindling  in   common  or   en- 
closed lands, 281 

Firman  Giles, 237,  263 

clerk  of  writs,  Ipswich, 345 

See  Ferman., 
Fish,  cod  and  bass  not  to  be  used  for  manure,  258 
for  bait,  order  concerning  sale  of  to  fisher- 
men,     328 

to  be  caught  and  cured, 395 

Fisher,  widow,  of  Dedham,  appointed  adminis- 
tratrix of  husband's  estate,     ....  292 
Fisher's  Island  granted  to  John  Winthrop,  Jun.,  304 
Fisheries,  committee  appointed  for  the  encour- 
agement of, 158 

expenses  of  committee  paid   by  General 

Court, 230 

vessels,  &c.,  in  the  business,  exempt  from 

taxes, 257 

See  Nantasket. 
Fishermen,  exempted  from  training,    ....  258 

sent  over  to  New  England, 403 

Fishing  apparatus, 26,  404 

Fiske,  John  and  William,  settlement  between,  235 

Fitch,  John, 249 

Fletcher,  Robert,  chosen  constable  of  Concord,  206 

discharged, 267 

Flint,   Henry,  name  blotted  from  the  remon- 
strance,     289 

Thomas, 263,  271,  289,  308 

allowed  to  marry  at  Concord  and  Sud- 
bury,    307 

[Thomas,]        221,  294,  340,  346 

deputy,   227,  236,  250,   256,   270,    288,    301, 

318,  336 
Mr.,  [Thomas,]  commissioner  at  Concord.  264, 

328 

proposed  for  a  magistrate, 345 

land  granted  to 292 


GENER^VL   INDEX. 


431 


Flyer,  Francis,       58 

Foirj.'.  Ralph,  clerk  of  tlie  writs  al  Salem,     .     .  345 

Ford,  Thomas, 113 

Forde,  Jlr., 54 

Fort  at  Bo.ston,  see  Boston,  and  Castle  Island. 
at   Castle   Island,   Charlestowii  and  Dor- 
chester,  committee    of    officers    ap- 
pointed to  locate,     .     .' 124 

movinjr,  proposal  to  build, 113 

■«hen  finished,  £10  promised  to  Mr.  Ste- 
ven.?,   113 

Fortifications,  order  concerning  charge  of,    .     .     55 

Fosditch,  Stephen, 283 

Foster,  William, 238 

Foster,  Mr., 212,  266 

Foule,  George,  surveyor  of  arms  for  Concord,  .  256 

Mr. , 315 

Four  Sisters,  vessel, 400,  402,  404 

Fowl  Catching, 94 

Fowlers,  unprofitable,  see  Idlers. 
Fo.veroft,  George,  4i,  42,  44—46,  50.  52,  54,  56—58, 

*  61,  128 

chosen  assistant, 40 

Fo.Ycrafte,  Mr. , 39,  40 

Foxe,  Thomas, 84,114,244,315 

Fo.ves  and  wolves, 156,  218,  252 

Fox  Point, 124 

Fraudulent  conveyances  to  be  avoided,  .     .     .  306 

Freeborn,  William, 212,  223 

Freeman,  Mrs., 81 

See  Clark,  jNIr. 
Freemen,  none  shall  be  admitted  as,  but  mem- 
bers of  churches, 87 

oath  administered  to,     .     .     117,139,353,354 
power  to  admit,  declared  to  rest  with  the 

General  Court; 117 

only  allowed  to  vote. 161 

staying  at  home  for  defence  of  plantations 
authorized  to  vote  at  the  General  Court 

of  Elections  by  proxy, 166 

ten,  necessary  to  entitle  a  town  to  a  dep- 
uty in  the  General  Court, 178 

only  eligible  to  olTice,  civil  or  military,      .  188 

allowed  to  vote  by  proxy, 188 

Freight,  advice  in  relation  to, 403 

to  New  England  from  London,     ....     65 
See  Passengers. 
French  at  Penobscot,  Plymouth  aided  against  the,  160 

French,  Stephen, 295 

commissioner  for  small  causes  at  Weymouth,  239 

deputy, 220,  235,  250 

Thomas,  deceased,  administration  on  his 

estate  granted  to  his  widow,  ....  278 

William, 283 

Fresh  Brook  at  INIount  Wollaston, 291 


Fresh  Pond 144 

Friendship,  vessel, 90 

Frost,  Nicholas,     ....    100,  155,  164,  172,  243 
Frothingham,  William,  name  erased  from  re- 
monstrance,       209 

Fruit,  stones  and  seeds  of,  to  be  provided  to  be 

sent  to  New  England, 24,  392 

Fruits,  foreign,  see  Sumptuary  laws. 

Fugitives,  see  Runaways, 157 

Fuller,  Edward, 270,  282 

William,  appointed  gunsmith, 197 

miller  at  Concord 267 

Fund,  public,  committee  appointed  to  confer 

concerning  raising, 95 

Furs,  exclusive  trade  in,  reserved  to  the  joint 

stock  company, 55 

trade  in,  meeting  concerning  agreements 

for  the, 88 

tax  on  beaver  repealed, 140 

standing  council  authorized  to  farm  out  the 

exclusive  trade  in, 179 

trade  in,  with  Indians,  forbidden,      .     .     .196 
repealed,    and     council   authorized    to 

farm  the  same, 208 

exclusive  trade  in,  granted  to  WiUard  and 

others, 322 

See  Beaver. 

Gace,  John,  arms,  &c.,  bought  of, 31 

Gage,  John, 103 

Gager,  Mr., 74 

order  concerning  support  of, 74 

Gallard,  Gallerd,  Gayllerd,  William,  81,  86,95, 107, 

113,  121,  132 

deputy, 156,  164,  200,  227 

Galley,  John, 163 

Galop,  John,  granted  Nix's  Island,     .     .     .     .179 
Gardner,  Sir  Christopher,  and  others,   sent  to 

England, 83 

Gardner,  John,  paid  for  carrying  Woodward's 

surveying  instruments, 279 

Gardner,  Thomas,  deputy, 204 

Gardner,  Lieutenant, 237 

Gardner,  Mr., 49 

Garford,  Mr., 172 

Garret,  James, 283 

Richard, 73 

executor   of,   to  pay  a   claim  to  Henry 

Harwood, 91 

Gawden,  Henry, 23 

Gaullerd,  William,  see  Gallard. 

Geaves,  Richard,  referred  to  Salem  Court,   .     .  248 

Geepin,  John, 203 

General  Court,  see  Court,  General. 

Gennison,  see  Jennison. 

Geoffrey,  Mr., 23 


432 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


George  Bonaventure,  vessel,  386,  395,  397,  398,  400 
George,  John,  put  to  service  to  John  VVinthrop, 

Sen., 314 

Germany, 204 

Gettings,  see  Giddings. 

Gibbons,  Gibons,  Gibbens,  Edward,  90.92,  95,  100, 
106,  181,  201,  225,  254,  260,  276,  295,   315, 

337,  345 

chosen  ensign, 129 

attends  commissioners,  on  Boston  and  Dor- 
chester line, 139 

dismissed  from  service  at  Castle  Island,  .  165 

lieutenant,  £10  granted  him, 181 

chosen  lieutenant  for  Boston, 191 

300  acres  of  land  granted  to, 262 

ordered   to  train   the   company   at    Wey- 
mouth,       279 

to  be   paid   by    Cambridge    and    Water- 
town,   292 

appointed    to    take    charge   of    the   ord- 
nance in  Boston, 339 

deputy,     .    .     135,  173,  250,  256,  271,  288,  336 
pays  Squaw  Sachem  and  \Vebba  Cowet 

for  land, 201 

See  Webba  Cowet. 
desired  by  the  General  Court  to  purchase 

land  of  the  Indians, 254 

John, 105,  265 

Gibbs,  Gj'les, 153 

See  William  Wills. 

John,  master  of  the  Lion's  Whelp,   .     .     .  398 

Philip,  vs.  Edward  Michelson,     ....  339 

Gibson,  Christopher,  constable  of  Dorchester,  261, 

312 
Giddings,  Gittings,  Gettings,  George,  .     .    319,  346 

George,  deputy, 318 

Goodman, 295 

Gift,  vessel, 75 

Gilberd,  Nicholas, 314 

Giles,  Edward, 163 

Gilham,  Benjamin, 133 

Ginner,  Thomas,  deputy, 288 

Mr., 300 

Gladwing,  John, 36 

Glass,  manufacture  of,  at  Salem, 344 

Glover,  John, 308,  319 

surety  for  Mr.  Aspiuwall, 207 

clerk  of  the  writs  at  Dorchester,  ....  345 

deputy,      191,  194,  204,  205,  220,  227,  235,  250 

255,  271,  288,  301,  319,  336 

Ralph, 78,  85 

damages  to  be  paid  to, 82 

deceased,  Mayhew  administrator  on  es- 
tate of, 106 

inventory  of  his  estate, 121 


Glover,  Blr.,  ...      40,  88,  229,  241,  290,  320.  326 

Mrs.,  farm  granted  to, 263 

located, 289,  305 

Goare,  IMr.,  clerk  of  Ore  writs  at  Roxbury,     .     .  345 

See  Gore. 
Goats,  male,  at  large  between   July   1st  and 

November  10th,  to  be  forfeited,      .     .  107 
order  concerning  damage  done  by,   .     .     .189 

Goble,  Thomas, 312,  340 

Godden,  Mr.,  master  of  ship, 45 

Godson,  Francis,  bound  over,  &c.,  for  taking 

illegal  wages, 123 

Goffe,  Edward,  commissioner  at  Cambridge,    .  328 

Mr., 39,  40 

Thomas,  27—30,  32,  34,  36,  37,  41,  42,  44—46, 

48—53,  61,  63—65,  69,  392,  408 

appointed  Deputy  Governor  in  the  patent,  11 

chosen  Deputy  Governor, 40 

chosen  Assistant, 60 

Goodman, 295 

Goilthayt,  Thomas, 89 

Gold,  Francis,  .* 270 

Goldston,  Henry,  excused  from  training,      .     .  133 
Gooch,  see  Goouch. 

Goodner,  Edmund,  constable  of  Sudbury,    .     .  296 
commissioner  at  Siidbury,    .     .     .     .     .     .  328 

Goods  lost,  provision  for  recovery  of,  .     .     .     .  281 

Goodwin,    Edward,   lessee     of   Winnisimmet 

ferry, 341 

Mr., 145 

deputy, 117 

Goose,  William, 247 

Goouch,  Mr., 266 

Gore,  see  Goare. 

Gore,  John, 342 

Gorge,  Gorges,  Sir  Ferdinando, 389 

Gorge,  Mr.,  [Sir  Ferdinando,] 398 

Gorges,  John, 29 

Gosse,  John, 86,  267,  300,  338 

Gott,  Charles,  deputy, 135 

Gotte, ,  licensed  to  sell  wine  at  Salem,  .     .  221 

Gouch,  see  Goouch. 

Goulworth,  John, 77 

Government,  established  for  the  colony,  .  .  .361 
acts  concerning  establishing,  ....  42,  44 
Secretary  to  record  organization  of,  .  .  .  45 
proposals  for  removing  to  New  England,  49,  50 

voted  to  be  transferred, 51,52 

further  proceedings  towards   removal   of,     54 

58 
form  of,  committee  appointed  to  consider,    279 
Governor,  and  Company,  letter  from,  to  Captain 

John  Endicott, 386 

and  Deputy,  letter  from,  to  Captain  J.  En- 
dicott,       398 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


433 


Governor,  form  of  oath  for,  prescribed,     .    .    .  349 
or    Deputy   Governor   authorized   to   call 

courts  and  meetings, 363 

and  officers  chosen  for  one  year,  ....  38 
advice  taken  concerning  administration  of 

oath  to,  in  New  England, 44 

court  meet  to  choose  a  new, 58 

expenses  of,  referred  to  next  General  Court,  74 
and  Deputy  Governor  to  be  chosen  from 

and  by  the  Assistants, 79 

and  officers  to  be  chosen  by  the  freemen. 

Governor  from  among  the  Assistants,  95 
guard  appointed  to  attend,  ....  142,  209 
constituted  president  of  the  council,  .  .  167 
constituted  commander-in-chief,  ....  187 
and  officers,  order  concerning  place  of  elec- 
tion of, 264 

time    of  choosing  fixed ;  freemen  to  as- 
semble on  that  day  without  surrmions,  277 

oath  of, 349,  351,  352,  355 

Richard  Bellingham, 319 

Mathew  Cradock, 1 1,  40 

Thomas  Dudley, 117,  288 

John  Haynes, 145 

Henry  Vane, 174 

John  Winthrop,  59,  87,  95,  104,  195,  227,  256 
of  London's  plantation  in  the  Massachusetts 

Bay  in  New  England,  John  Endicott,    361 
salary  of,  see  Salaries. 

Governor's  Island, 89,  94 

See  Conant's  Island,  and  John  Winthrop. 
Grain  for  propagation  provided  to  be  sent  to 

New  England, 24,  392 

Grafton,  Joseph, 256 

Grames,  Samuel, 314 

Grand  jury,  establishment  of, 143 

for  charges  diet  of  paid  from  the  treasury,  159 
for  1641,  term  of  service  extended,  .  .  .  329 
to  admonish  offenders  against  sumptuary 

laws, 275 

Grant,  Christopher,  see  Graunt. 

Grants  for  services  rendered,  order  concerning, 

see  Gratuities. 
Grape  Island  granted  to  WejTnouth,   .     .     .     .191 
Gratuities,  General  Court  to  grant  none  except 

for  foreign  service  and  after  debts  paid,  327 
Graunt,  Grant,  Christopher,  133,  219,  287,  314,  317 
Graves,  Thomas,  ....       78,  102,  106,  309,  387 

member  of  council, 361 

engineer  and  chemist,  engaged,  ....     30 

agreement  with, 32,  390 

to  assist  in  exercise  of  arms, 392 

Mr.,  [Thomas,  shipmaster,] 107 

Gray.  Katharine, 123 

Thomas,     ....     77,  92,  234,  268,  270,  297 

VOL.  I.  55 


Green,  John,  (of  Providence,)     .  200,  203,  224,  245 
deceased,  Daniel  Brewer  administrator  on 

estate  of, 248 

See  Providence. 

Greenfield,  Mary, 317 

Samuel, 236,  317 

Greenland,  John,  allowed  to  plant  in  Charles- 
town,  309 

Greenliffe,  Edmund, 266,  309 

licensed  to  keep  an  inn  at  Newbury,  .  .  258 
appointed  ensign  at  Newbury,  ....  279 
See  Hammond,  William. 

Greensmith,  Stephen,    ....  189,  196,  200,  245 

Gridley,  Richard,       211 

disfranchised     for     signing    the    remon- 
strance,     207 

upon  acknowledgment,  &c.,  readmitted,  .  259 

Griffin,  Richard,  deputy, 270,  288 

commissioner  at  Concord,    ....     264,  328 

Griffin,  vessel, 128 

Grinding  of  corn,  see  Corn,  Millers. 

Grosse,  Isaac, 212 

Groves,  see  Graves, ;     .     .     .  390 

Guard  to  attend  the  Governor,    ....     142,209 

Gunn,  Jasper,  and  others,  allowed  to  live  more 
than  a  half  mile  from  the  meeting 
house, 257 

Gunnison,  Hugh, 211 

Guns,  see  Indians,  Arms  and  Ammunition. 

Gurling's  land,  committee  appointed  to  sell  for 

benefit  of  creditors, 203 

sale  confirmed, 219 

committee  increased, 232 

committee  appointed  to  lay  out,  ....  238 
Richard,  account  of  estate  of  rendered,      .  268 

Gurney,  John, 331 

Gutrige,    William,   enjoined   to    take  care   of 
Alice  Burwood, 270 

Haines,  see  Haynes. 

Hale,  Hales,  Robert, 218,  221 

Sara,  wife  of  William, 335 

Thomas, 266 

William, 335 

Mr., 335 

Halford,  William, 151 

Hall,  Edward, 234 

See  Haule. 

Samuel, 133,  244 

Hammond,  Hamond,  Hamon,  Thomas,    .     .     .  203 

William, 99,  267 

granted  cost  against  Edmund  Greenlifl'e,  309 

Hampton, 291,  295,  307,  326,  345 

name  of,  given  to  Winnacunnet,  ....  271 
and   Colchester,    committee   appointed  to 

settle  boundaries  between,     ....  289 


434 


GENEKAL   INDEX. 


Hampton,  report  of  committee  on  boundaries  of,  302 

presentment  of  deferred, .311 

fmed  for  want  of  weights,  &c.,  .  .  .  .317 
joined  to  Ipswich  as  to  Courts,  ....  326 
to  have  a  barrel  of  gunpowder,  ....  328 
commissioners  appointed  for ;  authorized  to 

marry,  Iceeping  record, 329 

taxes  of, 294 

Hanberry,  Henberry,  Luke, 218,  241 

Hanscombe,  Thomas, 35 

Harbor  regulations,  see  Port  and  harbor  reg- 
ulations. 
Harding,  Hardinge,  Robert,    .     .     78,  203,  212,  262 

sergeant  to  Captain  Underhill, 120 

ensign, 191 

granted  liberty  till  next  court,   ....  226 

Mr., 113 

Mrs., 259 

Hardy,  [Hardie,]  John,  committee  appointed  to 
examine  persons  having  articles  from 

the  wreck  of, 316 

John, 315 

Harlackenden,  Herlackenden,  Roger,  176,  177,  188, 
191,  193,  194,  197,  202,  205.217—220,  223, 
227,  232,  234,  235. 
chosen  Assistant,     .....       174,195,228 

appointed  justice, 175 

Assistant,       184 

appointed  lieutenant  colonel, 187 

fined  for  absence  from  Court, 182 

Harman,  Roger,  master  of  ship  Four  Sisters,    .  400 

Harret,  Robert, 35 

Harris,  John, 309 

Joshua,  bound  an  apprentice   to   Francis 

Weston, 113 

Robert, 344 

Harrison,  John,  gentleman,     .     .     .      248,  249,  265 

Hart,  Isaac, 298 

Harvard  College,  £400  granted  towards  the  es- 
tablishment of, 183 

to  be  erected  at  Newtown, 208 

special  committee  appointed  to  take  order 

for, 217 

80  first  named, 253,  282 

granted    the   ferry   between    Boston   and 

Charlestown, 304 

See  Mr.  Humphrey, 263 

See  Mr.  Endioott, 263 

Harvy,  Joseph,  deceased,  will  and  inventory 

of,  delivered  into  Court, 268 

Harvyes,  Mrs.  Anne, 307 

Harwood,  George,  25,  41,  42,  44—47,  49—51,  53, 
54,  57,  58,  60,  66,  67,  408 

chosen  Treasurer, 40 

chosen  Treasurer  of  common  stock,      .     .     68 


Harwood,  George,  committee  appointed  to  re- 
ceive account  of,  as  Treasurer,  .     .     .128 
written  to  by  General  Court,  desiring  his 

account  to  be  sent, 238 

Mr.,  [George,]  ...    27,  29,  30,  33,  34,  39,  40 

Henry, 91 

of  Charlestown,  inventory  of  effects,  .     .  218 

Haslewood,  John, 246 

Hastings,  Thomas, 295,  316 

Hatch,  Jonathan, 3U0 

Hatehe,  William,  his  bond  forfeited,    ....  193 

Hatchet,  William, 339,  344 

Hathaway,  John, 198, 202,  225 

Hathorne,    Hauthorn,    Hawthorne,   Haythorne, 

William,  ....  222,  235,  278,  279,  289 

deputy,   145,   185,  204,  205,  227,  236,  250,  256, 

270,  285,  288,  301,  318,  336 

justice  Salem  Court,  .     .     .     197,262,290,328 

granted  250  acres  of  land,  ....       262,  308 

Mr.,  [William,]  132,  151,  209,  240,  242,  254,  260, 

263,  294,  304,  330,  332,  339,  340,  344 

Haugh,  Hough,  Houghe,   Atherton,  150 — 152,  155, 

156,  162,  164,  171,  173,  300,  308,  360 

deputy, 194,220,227,23.5,250 

chosen  Assistant, 145 

vs.  Maverick,  an  action  of  the  casej  com- 
missioners appointed  to  examine  wit- 
nesses,      155 

fined  for  absence  from  General  Court,  .     .  230 
400  acres  of  land  granted  for  his  stock,      .  331 

Haugh's  farm, 291 

Haughton,  Henry, 403 

Haukes,  Hawkes,  Adam, 266 

Samuel, 313 

Haule,  John, 241,  271,  312 

Goodman, 295 

Haverhill,  boundaries  of,  towards  Salisbury,     .  319 

Haward,  see  Hayward. 

Hawkens,  James,  to  pay  the   forfeit   for  over 

charge, 153 

ordered  to  pay  weekly, 154 

forfeit  partly  remitted, 244 

Hawkins,  Jane, ;     •     •     224,  329 

Richard, 224 

Thomas, 225,  313 

deputy  for  Dorchester,  permitted  to  go  to 

England, 276 

deputy, 271 

Timothy, 112,  244 

claim  of,  denied,  but  granted  a  house  on 

conditions, 331 

Mr., 341 

Hawthorne,  see  Hathorne. 

Hayden,  James, 193 

John, 262 


GENERAL   INDEX. 


435 


Hayne,  Walter, 271 

commissioner  at  Sudbury, 306 

clerk  of  the  writs, 345 

deputy, 318 

Haynes,  John,  121,  122,  129,  132—135,  139,  140,  143 
—145, 147,  150—152,  155,  156,  162,  164,  167 
171,  173,  176,  177,  184,  191,   193,  298,  360 

1 000  acres  of  land  granted  to, 114 

chosen  assistant, 118,  174 

appointed  to  oversee  building  the   house 

for  arms,  &c.,  at  Newtown,    .    .     .     .129 

chosen  Governor, 145 

commissioner  of  Military  Affairs,     .     .     .146 

justice, 175 

chosen  colonel, 187 

Mr.,  [John,]  of  Connecticut,  letter  sent  to,  339 

Mr., 113,  120 

[John,]  committee  appointed  to  view  the 

boundaries  of  the  farm  of,     ...     .  330 

letter  from, 305 

Haynes,  Haines,  Richard, 298 

Hay  ward,  Haward,  Heward.  John,      .     .     144,  295 

chosen  constable  of  Dedham, 248 

Richard, 401 

William,   to  exercise  the  Hampton  com- 
pany,   291 

deputy, 336 

Healths,  drinking  of,  prohibited, 271 

Hearsey,  William, 295 

Heath,  William,     145,  200,  250,  290,  295,  320,  326 
deputy,.     .     117,  192,  194,  250,  255,  271,  288, 

301,  336 

appointed  justice, 175 

Isaac, 200,  223 

deputy,  .     .     178,  185,  192,  194,  204,  227,  235 

Heatherly,  Hetherley,  Timothy, 119 

committee  on  Plymouth  line,     .     .     .  196 

Hector,  ship, 176 

Hefford,  Samuel,  freed  from  his  master,  .     .     .311 

Heldersham.  Mr., 37 

Helme,  Gawen, 37 

Hemp,  wild,  gathering  and   cultivation   of  it 

recommended, 322 

Henderson,  see  Hinderson. 

Henberry,  see  Hanberry. 

Herbert,  Harbert,  John,  granted  land  for  stock 

of  John  Harris, 309 

Herlackenden,  see  Harlackenden. 
Heward,  see  Hayward. 

Hewlet,  Lewis, 284 

forfeited  recognizance  of  £10,      ....  286 

Hewes,  Joshua, 113 

deputy, 319 

Hewett,  see  Huet. 

Hewson,  Huson,  John, 27,  40, 


Hewson,  Thomas,      .     .    44,  48,  52 — 54,  56—58,  61 

Mr., 27,  32,  130 

Hibbens,  William, 318,  330 

deputy, 301,  318 

to  be  repaid  by  Crabtree,  and  others,    301,  327 
Mr.,  [William,]  and  others  to  be  sent   to 

England, 332 

money  to  be  returned  to, 301 

Mr.,  WiOiani, 332 

Hides,  to  be  preserved  for  tanning,       ....  305 
Higginson,  Higgenson,  Higgeson,  Francis,  387,  407, 

408,  409 

offer  from, 37 

letter  written  to, 57 

member  of  council, 361 

Mr.,  [Francis,] 386 

John,  granted  £2, 181 

Mrs., 97 

Highways,  Court  of  Assistants  authorized  to 

lay  out  and  rectify, 141 

to  be  laid  out  anew, 280 

Hill,  Bartholomew, 82 

John, 301 

Mr., 295 

William, 132,  151 

Hilton,  Edward,  sale  of  Wecosannet  by,      .     .  324 

justice  for  Dover, 254, 343 

William, 154 

Mr.,  allowed  to  transport  corn  out  of  the 

jurisdiction, 148 

Hinderson,  Margaret, 284 

Hingham,  157,  166,  169,  175,  186,  210,  221,  239,  241, 
251,  255,  258,  259,  280,  295,  299,  302,  307, 
326,  329,  345. 

originally  called  Barecove, 156 

and  Weymouth  boundaries,     .     .     .     161,254 

constable  of,  fined, 220 

fined  for  bad  roads,  &c.,  .     .     .      234,  285,  297 
authorized   to   make    hay   in    Conihasset 

meadows, 257 

permitted  to  use  its  meeting  house  for  a 

watch  house, 267,311 

acquitted  in  the  matter  concerning  Thom- 
as Turner's  lot, 267 

aided  in  the  support  of  Thomas  Painter,    .  288 
granted    Conihasset    meadows    north    of 

Plj-mouth  line, 290 

and  Nantasket,  committee  appointed  to  set- 
tle differences  between, 320 

taxes  of,  158,   166,  192,  201,  209,  225,  243,  260, 

294 

Hitchboume,  Da\-y, 318 

Hitchcocke,  Richard, .     .     .123 

Hobart,  see  Hubberd  and  Hubbert. 

Hobbe,  John,"  killed  by  John  Williams,   .     .     .  202 


436 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


Hocking,  John,  killed  at  Kennebec  by  a  Plym- 
outh man,  119 

See  John  Alden. 
Hoffe,  see  Haugh. 

Hog  Island,  and  others,  granted  to  Boston,  115,  139 
Hogges,    Hogge,   Hogg,   John,  203,  245,  249,  283, 

297,  313 

property  of,   retained    until  he  depart  for 

England, 314 

fined, 269 

Hogreeves  to  be  chosen  in  each  town,     .     .     .182 

See  Swine. 
Holbidge,  Holbage,  Arthur,     .     .     .      153,  154,  244 
Holdroyd,  William,  admitted  to  have  a  lot  of 

land, 206 

Holgrave,  John,      .     .      125,142,203,234,246,259 

deputy, 117,  135,  145 

Mr.,  John, 141 

Mr.,  authorized  to  impress  men  to  unload 

salt  at  Marblehead, 148 

appointed  to  set  out  the  boundaries  of 

Boston  and  Saugus, 149 

payment  of  duties  by, 224 

Holland,  John, 152,  203,  313 

authorized  to  keep  a  ferry  at  Dorchester,  .  159 

Hollard,  Angel, 219 

Holliman,  Ezekiel, 221 

Hollingsworth,  Richard, 248, 314 

Holliock,  see  Holyoke. 

Holloway, 234 

Thomas, 246 

Holly,  Samuel, 179 

Holman,  Holeman,  John,   ....      100,  203,  322 

Mr.,  [John,] 323 

Holte,  Nicholas, 154 

Holyoke,  Holliock,  HoUioke,  Edward,     .     .     .  324 

agent  of  Lord  Brooke's  estate, 254 

to  assist  at  Salem  Court, .    .    .      261,  290,  328 

deputy, 256,  270,  301,  318,  336 

Mr.,  [Edward,] 260,  328,  332,  339 

Homan,  John,  chosen  ensign  for  Dorchester,    .  190 
Hooker,  Thomas, 360 

Mr.,  [Thomas,] 130,  189 

Hope,  an  Indian, 298 

Hopkins,  Richard, 99 

Mr.,  letter  from, 305 

Home,  George, 234 

See  Hume. 

Horses  shipped  to  New  England, 394 

Hosier,  Samuel, 86 

chosen  constable  of  Watertown,  .     .     .     .123 

Hoskins,  John, 81,  82 

Houchins,  Daniel, 298,  300 

Hough,  see  Haugh. 

House  belonging  to  tlie  colony  sold  to  Salem,  .  275 


House  of  correction,  to  be  established,     .    .     .401 

to  be  built  at  Boston, 100 

Houses  in  towns  not  to  be  built  so  as  to  preju- 
dice the  public  interests, 168 

See  meeting  houses. 

Howe,  Abraham, 257 

Daniel,  chosen  lieutenant  for  Saugus,  .     .190 
[Daniel,]    chosen    lieutenant    to   Captain 

Patrick, 197 

lieutenant, 195,  240,  263 

authorized  to  take  the  excise  due   on 

wine,  strong  water,  and  tobacco,     .     .  206 
ordered  to  train  the  company  at  Lynn, 

and  granted  all  fines, 212 

bound  in  £20  to  appear  at  the  ne.xt  Quar- 
ter Court 219 

[Daniel,]  deputy,  174,  178,  192,  194,  204,  205 

Howe,  Edward, 112,223,225,263 

and  Wm.  Knopp,  committee  appointed  to 

audit  accounts  between, 143 

to  assist  at  Salem  Court, 197 

deputy,  .     156,  178,  185,  220,  227,  230,  250,  256 
Elizabeth,  granted  administration  on  estate 

of  Edward,  deceased, 259 

Mr., 344 

See  Watertown  mill. 

Hewlett,  Thomas, 103,  261,  319 

deputy, 145 

Goodman, 303 

sergeant, 253 

Hubbard,  Hubbert,  Hobart,  Edmund,  Sen.,  203,  233, 

245,  260 
chosen  constable  of  Charlestowu, .  .  .  .  134 
commissioner  for  Hingham,      .      239,  259,  329 

deputy, 255,  271,  301 

James, 311 

John, 295 

Sara,  wife  of  James,  deceased,  allowance 

of  £40  made  to, 346 

William, 223,  242 

granted  300  acres  land, 240 

to  assist  at  Ipswich  Court,  232,  261,  290,  328 

deputy, 236,  256 

Mr.,  his  farm, 308 

Hubberd,  Hubbert,  Benjamin,     .     .      191,  209,  245 
clerk  of  the  writs,  Charlestowu,    ....  345 

Hudson,  Ralph, 203 

William, 301 

of  Boston,  allowed  to  keep  an  ordinary,  .  290 
discharged  from  recognizance, ....  309 

widow, 266 

Huet,  William, 218 

See  Huitt. 

Hugesson,  Mr.,  his  son 396 

Huggins  Brook,  (Dorchester,) 231 


GENERAL   INDEX. 


437 


Huitt,  Robert, 102 

Hull,  George,  deputy, 117,174 

Joseph,  commissioner  for  Hingham,  .     .     .  239 

deputy, 235,  250 

Robert, 212 

Mr., 132,  223,  242 

Humphrey,  John,  25,  34,  37,  39—41,  42,  44,  45,  49, 
50,  54,  56,  58,  59,  61,  67,  69,  86,  122,  123, 
130,  131,  135,  137,  141,  145,  146,  150,  155, 
156,  164,  167,  173,  176,  177,  184,  191,  193, 
194,  202,  205,  219,  220,  237,  250,  255,  268, 
270,  283,  285,  287,  294,  296,  298,  301,  310, 
311,  313—316,  318,  332,  334,  336,  360. 
Assistant,  40,  118,  145,  174,  195,  228,  256,  288, 

319 

chosen  Deputy  Governor, 60 

discharged  of  office, 70 

committee  appointed  to  set  out  a  portion  of 

land  for, 102 

two  tracts  of  land  granted  to, 147 

on  committee  to  divide  Ipswich  lands, .     .136 
appointed  on  committee  concerning  mili- 
tary affairs, 138,  146 

commissioner  concerning  will  of  William 

Paine,  deceased, 133 

conmiissioner  upon  estate  of Willust, 

deceased, 135 

fined  10s.  for  absence  from  Court,  .     .    .     .  151 

remitted, 244 

committee  appointed  to  audit  and  pay  his 

account, 159 

appointed   to  hold  courts  for    Salem   and 

Saugus, 175 

being  before  over-taxed,  free  for  this  year,  210 
committee  appointed  to  lay  out  the  farm  of,  217 

his  tax  remitted, 228 

land  before  granted  laid  out  to,  ....  226 
fined  5s.  for  absence  from  court,  ....  230 
desired  to  send  in  the  £100  which  is  in  his 

hands  to  further  the  college,  ....  263 
appointed  sergeant  major  general,     .     .     .  329 

20  marks  granted  to, 338 

Humphrey.  John,  his  Island, 147 

Humphrey's  Pond, 253 

Hunt,  Enoch, 317 

Hume,  George, 296 

See  Home. 
Husbandmen,  goods  of  the  Company  of,  to  be 

inventoried, 96,  143 

Huson,  see  Hewson. 

Hussey,  Christopher 236 

commissioner  for  Winnacunnet,    ....  259 

commissioner  for  Hampton, 329 

Mary,  widow, 236 

Hntihins,  Thomas, 41,  44 


Hutchins,  Thomas,  chosen  Assistant,  ....     40 

Mr., 34,39,40,47,51,58,60 

Hutchinson,  Mrs.  Anne,  banished, 207 

committed  to  custody  of  Roxbury,    .     .     .212 

to  remain  at  Mr.  Cotton's, 225 

ordered   to   depart,   her   husband   to   pay 

charges, 226 

See  Hutchinson,  Edward. 

and  Mr.  Wheelwright,  followers  of,  to  be 

disarmed, 211,212 

arms  restored  to  those  who  are  peaceable,    278 

Edward, 212 

sergeant,  [Edward,] 207,  245 

licensed  to  depart, 223 

Edward,  Jun.,  bound  to  allow  no  visitors  to 

see  Mrs.  H.  without  leave,     ....  225 

Francis, 336,  340,  344 

Richard, 212 

Samuel,  permitted  to  remain  till  nexi  vna- 

ter,  .     .     .  ■ 207 

to  be  examined  as  to  his  belief,  by  Mr. 
Wilson  and  others,  and  if  satisfac- 
tory, to  remain, 338 

William, 211 

Taylor's  Island  granted  to, 149 

appointed  to  hold  Courts, 175 

discharged  from  care  of  holding  Court,  .  185 

deputy, 145,  156,  164,  174,  178 

[William,]    makes  complaint  against   la- 
borers for  over  charges, 153 

Mr.,    [William,]    fined  for  absence  from 

Court, 181 

Mr.. 165,  174,  177,  181,  209 

Hutchinson's  farm, 291 

Huyes,  Joshua, 163 

Hyatt,  Thomas, 153 

Ibrook,  Richard, 247,  249 

Idleness  discouraged, 405 

Idlers,  tobacco  takers,  &c.,  punished,  .     .     .     .109 
Impressment  of  laborers,  for  the  piiblic  works,    124 

to  unload  salt  at  Marblehead, 148 

to  work  on  the  fort, 147,158 

to  make  ordnance  carriages, 125 

Imprisonment   for   non-payment  of    rates  and 

taxes, 239 

Indians,  Christianizing  of, 384,386 

caution  against, 392 

titles  of  to  be  extinguished  by  purchase,  394,  400 

not  to  be  molested, 399 

irregular  trading  with,  complained  of  by 

Mr.  Endicott, 48 

not  allowed  fire-arms, 76 

punishment  of  persons  for  sale  of  arms,  &c., 

to,  considered, 100 

fire-arms  belonging  to.  not  to  be  repairtnl.     196 


438 


GENERAL   INDEX. 


Indians,  ammunition  not  to  be  sold  or  given  to,  196 

not  to  be  employed   as  servants  without 

license, 83 

inhabitants  not  allowed  to  pay  silver  or 

gold  in  trade  with, 83 

trading  house  ordered  to  be  established  in 

each  plantation  for, 96 

no  person  allowed  to  buy  lands  from,  with- 
out leave, 112 

sale  of  strong  water  to,  forbidden,      .     .     .  106 

in  the  employ  of  Englishmen,  allowed  to 

use  fire-arms,  having  leave,  ....  127 

intermarriage  with,  referred,  &c., .    .     .     .  140 

near  Mystic  River,  damage  done  to  their 

corn, 121 

committee   of  council  appointed  to  farm 

out  the  trade  in  furs,  &c.,  with,  .     .     .  179 

trade  with,  out  of  the  jurisdiction,  forbid- 
den,      196 

repealed, 208 

sale  of  land  by,  to  Charlestown,   ....  201 

sale  of  land  and  wear  to  the  inhabitants  of 

Concord  by, 201 

Mr.  Endicott  to  obtain  satisfaction  for  shoot- 
ing a  cow  by, 209 

towns  authorized  to  keep  away  those  that 
are  strange,  and  to  keep  others  from 
profaning  the  Lord's  day,  ....       209 

to  be  paid  for  lands  at  Lynn  and  Water- 
town.  2-13 

Mr.  Gibbons  to  agree  with,  for  lands  in 

Boston,  Cambridge,  and  Watertown,  .  254 

order  to  prevent  damage  being  done  to,  259,  293 

squaws  of,  referred  to  council  to  take  order 

concerning, 201 

two  whipped  for  abusing  Mrs.  Weld,     .     .  297 

harboring  runaways,  order  concerning  re- 
prisals against, 329 

proposal  to  send  for  runaways  to,      ...  336 

Mr.  Willard  and  associates  to  trade  with,  .  323 

See  Adultery,  Furs. 
Indian  corn,  see  corn. 
Industry  inculcated  in  making  of  hempen  and 

linen  cloth, 320 

in  families  inculcated, 400,  405 

Inkersall,  Richard, 401 

Inns,  keepers  of,  prices  for  meals  and  beer  sold 
by ;  not  to  sell  or  allow  the  use  of 
tobacco, 126 

order  concerning  regulation  of.      .     .    279,  280 

stabling  for  horses  at,  and  drunkenness  at, 
&c.,  see  Entertainment  of  strangers. 

law  regulating  prices  of  meals  and  beer  at, 

and  forbidiling  loitering  at,  &c.,     213,  214 
Innkeepers  ordered  to  procure  license,     .     .     .140 


Innkeepers  not  to  sell  sack  or  strong  water,  .  205 
order  concerning  charges  of,  repealed,  .  .167 
allowed  to  brew  their  own  beer,  ....  238 
not   to  allow  wine   to  be  drunk  in  their 

houses, 258 

Intoxicating  liquors,  excess  in,  reprobated,  .     .  406 

See  Innkeepers,  Wine. 
Inventories  of  estates,  see  Registration. 
Invoices  sent,  and  accounts  to  be  returned  to 

London, 400 

Ipswich,  154,  157,  166,  187,  191,  208,  221,  228,  230, 
236,   237,  252,  255,  258,  279,  280,  290,  292, 
295,  304,  308,  332,  345. 
lands  sold  to  John  Winthrop,  Jun.,  by  Mas- 

chanomet, 252 

originally  Agawam, 123 

two  sakers  and  a  drake  granted  to,    .     .     .  130 
lands  at,  divided  by  J.  Winthrop  and  others,  136 
deputies  of,  declared  illegally  elected,  .     .  135 
and  Newbury  boundaries,  committee  ap- 
pointed to  view, 159,  167 

highways  of,  ordered  to  be  repaired,      .     .160 
and  Salem  boundaries,     .     .     .      141,167,211 
two  citizens  of.  followers  of  Mrs.  Hutchin- 
son, disarmed, 212 

magistrates  of,  have  power  to  clear. Win- 
iiacunnet  of  Mr.  Easton  and  Mr.  Geof- 

fiey, 231 

presented,  &c.,  for  bad  roads,  233,  248,  266,  317 
use  of  Plum  Island  granted  to,  ....  252 
allowed  to  license  a  man  to  draw  wine,  &c.,  263 
to  satisfy  Mr,  Winthrop  as  to  the  £20  paid 

the  Indian  for  his  right, 279 

and  Jeffrey's  Creek,  committee  appointed 

to  set  out  boundaries  of, 304 

highway  laid  out  to  Rowley  and  to  Salem 

from, 308 

Cape  Ann  and  Geoffrey's  Creek,  committee 

appointed  to  settle  boundaries  of,  .     .  339 

record  of  deeds,  &c.,  at, 306 

Courts  established  at,  169,  175,  232,  233,  254, 

261,  325,  326,  328 

ta.\es  of,  129,  138,  149,    158,  165,  192,  201,  209, 

225,  243,  260,  294 

Ireland,  persons  from,  free  from  taxes  for  the 

year  1640, •  ,  295 

and  Scotland,  persons  from,  (see  Scotch.)  .  129 

Iron  and  steel,  provided, 23,  36 

Ironstone  granted  to  Abraham  Shaw,  ....  206 

Iron  works, 28 

Ironsydes,  Mr., 50 

Isaack,  Joseph, 342 

deputy, 220 

Islands  to  be  at  the  disposal  of  Governor  and 

Assistants 89 


GENERAL   INDEX. 


439 


Islands,  Long,  Deer,  and  Hog,  granted  to  Bos- 
ton upon  rent, 115 

in  the  bay,  inhabitants  of  Castle  Island  to 
take  wood  from,  see  Castle  Island. 

Iver,  Micha, 286 

Jacobs,  Nicholas,  licensed  to  keep  an  ordinary 

at  Hingliam, 302 

Jacob,  Sergeant, 261 

Jackson,  Richard, 221 

deputy, 205,  220,  227,  250,  318 

Samuel, 232 

Mr., 210 

remitted  taxes  on  account  of  loss  by  fire,  189 

James,  William, 193 

respited, 266 

Janson,  Sir  Brian,  Assistant, 69 

Jarvis,  John, 78 

Jeffrey,  William, 398 

commissioner  for  Weymouth, 329 

Jeffries  Creek, 288 

Jenkin,  Joel, 298,  310 

Jenner,  see  Ginner. 

Jennison,  Jeanison,  William,  107,  132,  143,  144, 151, 

159,  166,  173,  175,  226,  244 

Captain,  [William.]  195,  200,242,  269,  271,  273, 

275,  277,  282,' 289,  292,  295,  302,  342 

deputy,  137,  156,  164,  174,  191,  194,  204,  205, 

236,  250,  270,  288,  301,  318,  336 

chosen  ancient  to  Captain  Patrick,    ...     91 

200  acres  of  land  granted  to, 240 

land  located  for, 278 

chosen  captain  for  Watertown,       .     .     .     .190 

commissioner  for  Watertown,    .      239,  263,  328 

Jesop,  John,  suit  with  John  Wolcott,    .     .     .     .218 

Jewett,  Maximilian,  deputy, 318 

Joanes,  Edward,  constable  of  Charlestown,  .     .315 

John, 269 

Mary,  Alexander  Beck  aided  in  supporting,  312, 

318 

to  be  supported  at  public  charge,   .     .     .  230 

Mr.,  and  Mr.  Mayhew,  accounts  arbitrated,  296 

Richard, 203,  282 

Thomas,  deputy, 220,  250 

Jobson,  John, 176,  244 

John,  Sagamore,  see  Sagamore  John. 

Johnson,  David, 164 

Edward, 316 

deceased,   William  Alniy  administrator 

on  estate  of, 122 

Johnson,  Francis, 23,113,391,408 

Isaac,    .  37,  51,  58,  59,  61,  63,  67,  69,  70,  75,  78 

chosen  Assistant, 40,  60 

justice  of  the  peace, 74 

Mr.,  [Isaac.]  his  legacy  to  the  country,  ,     .215 
Mr.,    ...     46,  47,  49,  50,  52,  54,  56,  57,  59,  60 


Johnson,  James, 212 

John,  77,  86,  9.5,  101,  113,  139,  141,  144,  175, 
180,  195,  200,  201,  220,  223,  225,  229,  240, 
242,  254,  278,  282,  295,  311,  332,  342. 

chosen  constable  of  Roxbury, 79 

deputy,  117,  135,  145,  164,  173,  178,  185,   192, 
194,  204,  220,  227,  235,  319 

250  acres  of  land  granted  to, 240 

located, 278 

freed  from  training, 282,  315 

appointed  to  gather  and  preserve  the  public 

arms, 329 

authorized  to  sue  those  that  are  defective 

about  the  public  arms, 345 

Peter,  bound  to  render  an  account  of  the 

Company's  property, 92 

Richard, 84 

Samuel, 135 

Goodman, 212 

surveyor, 237 

Joint  stock  company,  granted  the  exclusive  fur 

trade  for  7  years,  .     .   ■ 65 

committee    appointed    concerning    debts 

upon,  &c., 56,  57,  62 

authorized  to  issue  preferred  stock,  guaran- 
teeing £5  per  centum,  ....   62,  64,  65 
managers    and    treasurer  chosen    on  the 

part  of  the  shareholders  of,     .     .     .     65,  67 
See  Adventurers. 
Jones,  see  Joanes. 

Joslyn,  Henry, 164,  172 

Judgments  with  the  evidence  in  actions,  to  be 

recorded, 275 

Judson,  William, 249 

Jupe,  Mrs., 258 

Jury,  coroner's  and  petit,  impanelled  for  in- 
quest on  deaths  of  Bratcher  and  Bate- 
man,  ■  ...    77,  78 

to  be  named  by  the  Secretary,      .     .     .     .110 
order  concerning  summoning  for  trial  in  all 

cases  involving  life  or  banishment,     .118 

paid  3s.  for  each  case  tried, 159 

oath  of, 356 

Grand,  see  Grand  Jury. 

Jusall,  Sarah, 249 

See  Thomas  Boyse. 
Justice,  equality  in  administration  of,       ...  405 
Justices  of  the  peace.   Governor  and  Deputy 
Governor,   and    others,  for    the    time 

being,  appointed, 74 

powers  of,  limited, 74 

See  Magistrates,  and  Commissioners. 

Jyans,  Matthew, 211 

keayne,  Keane,  Captain  Robert,  128,  211,  220,  225, 
237,  242,  254,  255,  260,  281,  290,  340 


440 


GENERAL   INDEX. 


Keayne,  Captain  Robert,  and  his  company  to 
exercise  where  they  please,  and  with 

the  public  arras, 231 

member  of  the  military  company  of  Mas- 
sachusetts,   250 

400  acres  of  land  granted  to, 262 

to  pay  money  received  of  Mr.  Saltonstall 

for  Mis.  Blower,  to  the  Treasurer,  225,  254, 

260,  273,  281,  290 

Mr.,  [Robert,]  deputy,     .     .   227,  235,  250,  256 

Kemball,  Henry, 316 

Kempe,  John, 269 

Kendrick,  George, 193 

Kent,  Richard, 132,  154,  237 

Kerke,  Jarvis, 36 

Ketcham,   Hester,  freed  from  service  to  John 

Woolridge, 286 

Keyes,  Robert, 234 

Kibbe, 194 

Kilcup,  William, 298 

Kilmaster,  John, 335 

King,  John, 245 

Sara,   Captain  Keayne  desired  to  restore 

necessary  clothing  to, 273 

Joseph, 315 

Richard,    deceased,   Richard  Bishop,   ad- 
ministrator on  estate  of, 151 

Goodman, 212 

King's  arms  to  be  set  up  in  Courts,      .     .     .     .175 

Kingman,  Henry, 203 

licensed  as  ferry  keeper, 165 

licensed  as  innkeeper, 199 

allowed  to  take  two  pence  ferriage,  .     .     .  225 

deputy, 227 

Kingsbury,   John,  commissioner  at    Dedham,  263, 

328 

William, 241 

Kingsley,  Stephen,  deputy,     .     .     .      301,  319,  336 

Kirby,  Francis, 128 

Kirman,  John, 92,  125 

recovers  costs  against  Richard  Kent,     .     .132 
paid  by  Captain  Traske  one  eighth  of  the 
estate  of  the  Company  of  Husband- 
men,     143 

deputy, 135,  185 

Kitchen,  John, 269 

Knight,  John, 154,  286,  300,  335 

deceased,  Roger  Ludlow  administrator  on 

estate  of, 103 

licensed  to  keep  an  inn  at  Newbury,     .     .199 

Richard, 154 

Waher, 313,  314 

Knighfs  Neck, 292 

Knop,  Knopp,  John, 335 

Nichola.s, 83,  99,  243 


Knopp,  William, 133,  199,  310,  318 

judgment  against,  recovered  by  Sir  Richard 

Saltonstall, 85 

persons   employing,  to   pay  one  half  the 

price  to   Sir  Richard   Saltonstall,  82,  133, 

318 

account  with  Edward  Howe, 143 

Knower,  Thomas, 93,  94 

Knore,  Thomas, 269 

Knowles,  Hansard,  land  purchased  of,  ...  278 
John,    administrator   on  estate   of    Robert 

Bills, 235 

Laborers'  wages, 74,  77 

including  mechanics',  regulated,  ...    76,  79 

left  unrestricted, 84 

sawyers, 79,  91 

of  mechanics' by  name,  prices  fixed,     .     .109 

order  concerning, 109 

fine  for  overcharge   of,   repealed ;    towns 

granted  control  of  oppressive  bargains,   1 27 

laws  restricting,  repealed, 159 

extortion  by  overcharge  to  be  punished,     .  160 

to  be  regulated  by  each  town, 183 

committee  appointed  to  frame  laws  con- 
cerning,         •     ■     ■  223 

to  be  in  ratio  with  the  price  of  staple  com- 
modities, and  produce  to  be  legal  pay- 
ment for, 326 

to  be  paid  in  produce  at  sworn  appraisal,  .  340 
Laborers,  impressment  of,  see  Impressment. 
Laces   and   other  ornaments,   see    Sumptuary 
laws. 

Lambe,  Edward, 220,  233 

Thomas,  granted  liberties  in  Slate   Island 

upon  rent, 106 

Lambert,  Richard, 133,  234,  244 

Lampson,  William,  allowed  to  fell  300  trees 

near  Chebacco, 335 

ordered  to  fell  no  more  trees, 339 

Land,  allotted  to  adventurers,  (200  acres,)  363,  364 
new,  not  to  be  burned  before  March  1st,  .  90 
not  to   be  purchased   of   Indians  without 

leave, 112 

granted,  to  be  improved  within  three  years, 

or  forfeited, 114 

Lands,  orders  concerning  allotment  of,      34,  42 — 45 
General  Court  only  to  dispose  of,  .     .     .     .117 
to  be  surveyed  by  a  committee  for  regis- 
tration,       llfi,  137 

committee  appointed  to  supply  men  with 

that  desire, 225 

committee  appointed  to  receive  applica- 
tion for, 240 

clearing  up  of,  by  burning,  to  be  under  reg- 
ulations,   281 


GENERAL   INDEX. 


441 


127, 


Lands  granted  to  residents,     .     .     . 
allotment  of,  to  servants,      .    . 

Lane,  Thomas, 

Larkin,  Edward, 

Larnet,  William,  allowed  to  erase  his  name 

from  the  remonstrance, 

Lathrope,  Thomas, 

Lawson,  Henry 

Law,  actions  at,  see  Actions. 

Lawrence,  Henry, 

James, 

Law  of  God  to  be  the  substitute,  when  positive 

statutes  are  deficient, 

Laws,  for  government  of  New  England,  to  be 

sent  from  London, 

making  and  execution  of,  under  care  of 

Court  of  Assistants, 

committee  appointed  upon  revision,  &c.,  of. 

Governor  and  others  appointed  committee 
to  make  draught  of,  agreeable  to  the 
word  of  God, 

committee  appointed  to  prepare  digest  of,  . 

freemen  desired  to  send  in  propositions  for 
amendment  of,  to  same  committee, 

marshal  to  give  notice  to  the  committee, 
upon  revision  of,  to  send  in  their 
draughts, 

committee  appointed  to  make  a  digest  of 
proposals  or  models  for,  and  to  send 
out  the  same  to  the  elders  and  free- 


137 
186 
121 
335 

208 
295 


265 
334 

175 

38 


79 
137 
147 


174 

222 

222 


elders  desired  to  ripen  their  thoughts  about 

the  digest  formerly  sent, 

Governor  Bellingham  appointed  to  peruse 
and  to  make  return  to  next  General 

Court, 

capital,  and  liberties,  copy  of,  to  be  sent 

to  the  several  towns, 

Mr.  Endicott  and  others,  committee  to  pro- 
cure 19  copies  of, 

body  of,  approved  by  the  freemen,    .     .     . 

Leach,  Leech,  Laurence, 81, 

Leather,  oath  to  searchers  of, 

Lechford,  Thomas,  having  tampered  with  the  ju- 
ry, debarred  from  pleading  causes,  270, 
discharged  upon  promise  not  to  meddle 

with  controversies, 

Lecture  in  the  churches,  time  fixed  for,   .     .     . 

same  repealed, 

Lee,  John, 114,132,133,244, 

Legge,  John, 86, 

Lenthall,  Robert, 

Letters,  foreign,  to  be  left  with  Richard  Fair- 
banks,       

VOL.  I.  56 


262 

279 
292 

320 


340 

344 
346 
394 

356 

273 

310 
110 
290 
270 
234 
254 


Lovens,  Levins,  John, 144,198 

Leveret,  Thomas, 300 

Leveridge,  Mr.,  allowed  to  export  10  bushels 

of  corn, 148 

Levett,  Captain,  creditors  of,  desired  to  present 

claims, 88 

Lewes,  Humphrey, 40 

Robert, 317 

wife  of, 317 

License  for  furnishing  necessary  refreshments 

dispensed  with  on  urgent  occasions,  .  279 
Line,  Thomas,  licensed  to  sell  wine,  &c.,  at 

Charlest'own, 212,  221 

Linen,  profits  on  sale  of, Ill 

cloth,  manufacture  of,  recommended,  .  .  294 
and  cotton  and  woollen,  encouraged  by 

bounty, 303,  316 

bounty  repealed, 320 

Lion's  Whelp,  (vessel,)  28,  36,  37,  51,  386,  395,  397, 

398,  400,  401,  403 
Lishe,    Sarah,   deceased,   Lieutenant  Duncan 

appointed  administrator  on  estate  of,  .  285 

Litherland,  William, 211 

Lockwood,  Edmund, 81,  83 

chosen  constable  of  Newtown,      ....     96 
Rachel,  wife  of,  ordered  to  bring  in  her 

husband's  papers, 134 

Edmund,  settlement  of  his  estate,  and  care 

of  his  children,  order  concerning,   .     .143 

further  order, 151 

Mr., 95 

Robert, 143 

Long  Island,  and  others,  granted  to  Boston,  115, 139 

Long,  John, 316,  318 

Robert,  .  .  .  208,  218,  226, 228,  266,  295 
licensed  innkeeper  at  Charlestown,  .  .  159 
licensed  to  sell  wine  at  Charlestown,  287,  290 

Long  Swamp, 268,  284,  310 

Looman,  Ann,  efiects  of,  to  be  inventoried,  .     .134 

Lord's  day,  observance  of, 395 

penalty  for  non-attendance  on  worship  on,  140 

Lord,  Robert, 225 

deputy, 220 

Loringe,  Loreing,  Thomas, 175 

licensed  to  sell  wine,  &c.,  at  Hingham,     .  221 

Longe,  Richard, 85,  163 

Love,  John, 152 

Lovell,  Elizabeth, 297 

Captain, 193 

settlement  of   his  estate  referred   to  a 

committee, 235 

Weybro,  wife  of, 193 

LovelPs  Island  granted  to  Charlestown,   .     .     .183 

Loverell,  ,  licensed  to  sell  wine,  &c.,  at 

Watertown,  ....." 221 


442 


GENERAL   INDEX. 


Lowle,  Mr.,  clerk  of  the  writs  at  Newbury,  .     .  345 

Ludam,  James. 164 

Ludden,  James, 331 

granted  damages  vs.  Cutshamacke,  .     .     .  249 
Luddington,  William,  permitted  to  build  more 

than  half  a  mile  from  meeting  house,  .     .  291 
Ludlow,  George,  case  of,  referred  to  the  Govern- 
or and  others, 83 

Roger,  73,  75,  79,  81—86,  88—93,  95—101,  103, 
106—108,  110,  111,  114—116,  119—122, 
124,  127,  130-135,  138,  139,  143,  145,  147, 
243. 

Assistant, 69,  95,  105 

justice  of  the  peace, 74 

100  acres  of  land  granted  to, 102 

committee  on  accounts  due  the  Governor,    106 

chosen  Deputy  Governor, 118 

appointed  to  oversee  Castle  Island  fort,     .  124 
excused   from   oversight   of  the  fortifica- 
tion,     145 

committee  appointed  on   account   of  his 

e.vpenses  for  the  Castle  Island  fort,  .  158 
his  account  to  be  paid  by  the  Treasurer,  .  165 
Indian  servant  of,  allowed  to  train  and  to 

shoot  fowl, 127 

appointed  commissioner  to  govern  Connect- 
icut plantation, 171 

Lumber,  to  be  sold, 54 

order  concerning  e.vportation  of,  repealed, .  292 

Lumpkin,  Richard, 260,  263 

deputy,        227,  250,  256,  270 

Lusher,  Eleazar,  deputy,     ....     301,  319,  336 
Luson,  John,  commissioner  at  Dedham,       .     .  263 

Luxford,  James, 245,  283,  295 

Lynde,  Thoma.s,  deputj',      .  178,  191,  194,  204,  250 
Lynn,       .     .     226,  243,  253,  255,  295,  332,  340,  345 

originally  called  Saugus, 211 

fined  for  bad  roads,  &c.,  .  .  233,  266,  284,  311 
claim  of  Indians  in,  to  be  satisfied,  .  .  .  243 
and  Salem  boundaries  established,  .  .  .  253 
granted  6  miles  into  the  country,  .  .  .  254 
and  Boston  line,  committee  appointed  to 

run, 254,  263 

aided  in  building  a  bridge, 261 

boundaries  with  Boston  and  Charlestown 

near  Kumney  Marsh, 203 

committee  appointed  to  view  territory  ad- 
jacent to, 263 

granted  an  inland  plantation,  four  miles 

square  for  settlement, 272 

committee    appointed    to    measure     the 
bounds  of,  &c.,  and  to  certify  how  it 

lyelh, 279 

petition   of,  concerning    new    settlement, 

granted, 302 


Lynn,  and  VVinnisimraet  highway,  coimnittee 

appointed  to  lay  out, 289 

road,  order  concerning, 296 

laid  out, 340 

constable  of,  fined, 301 

allowed  to  use  meeting  house  for  watch 

house, 311 

taxes  of, 209,  225,  243,  260,  294 

village,  exempt  from  taxes  for  two  years,  .  292 

Lynn,  Henry, 77,  91,  102 

Lynton,  Richard, 78 

Madox,  John, 317 

Magistrates,  Assistants  empowered  as,     .     .     .     89 
in  Connecticut  empowered  to  swear  con- 
stables,     159 

certain  number  of,  to  be  elected  for  life  as 

a  standing  council, 167 

authorized  to  direct  the  establishment  of 

new  plantations, 167 

to  be  guided  by  the  law  of  God  when  di- 
rect statutes  are  wanting,  .     .     .    174,  175 
allowed  each  a  man  exempt  from  training,  210 
granted  power  to  excuse  men  from  training,  212 
may  be  fined,  imprisoned,  &c.,  for  misde- 
meanor,    213 

disrespect  towards, 212 

and  deputies  at  Court  to  be  paid  by  their 

towns, 228 

authorized  to  try  cases  not  exceeding  20 

shillings, 239 

three  men  to  be   appointed   by  General 

Court  in  towns  not  having,     ....  239 
See  Commissioners, 
and   councillors,  order  defining    separate 

spheres  of, 264 

nomination  and  choice  of, 293 

change  in  the  mode  of  election  of,  proposed,  333 
certain,  chosen  for  life,  see  Councillors. 
See  Assistants. 

Maio,  Mr., 35 

Maisters,  John, 92,  95 

satisfaction  promised  to,  for  building  his 

canal, 88 

See  Taxes. 

licensed  to  keep  an  ordinary, 159 

discharged  being  licensed, 268 

Makepeace,  Thomas, 252,  324 

Mr.,  committee  appointed  to  set  out  farm 

for, 330 

Malbon,  Mr.,  iron  worker,  .......  28,  30 

Malt,  provided  for  New  England, 37 

prohibited  being  made  of  wheat,  ....  337 
Managers  of  Company's  business  chosen,    .     .     65 

Manning,  Clement, 234 

John, 261 


GENERAL    L\DEX. 


443 


Manner!  ng,  Joseph, 112 

Mansfelt,  Daniel, 290 

Marble  Harbor, 92,  93,  104,  140 

and  Salem  boundaries, 141 

taxes  of, 93 

Marblehead, 106,  226,  237,  290,  332 

settlement  of, 147,148 

taxes  of, 192 

Marble  Neck  adjudged  to  belong  to  Salem,     .  165 
Market  at  Boston,  see  Boston. 

i\Iarret,  Goodman, 295 

Thomas, 342 

Blarriage  between  English  and  Indians  to  be 

considered  of, 140 

intention  of,  to  be  published  14  days,    .     .  275 

See  Registration  of,     . 276 

Marriiier,  Thomas, 282 

Marryner,  Mr.,  and  John  Tylley,  difference  be- 
tween, referred  to  umpires,    .     .     .     .122 

Marsh,  Mary, 249 

IMarshal,  allowed  £40, 182 

not  allowed  to  be  present  at  private  sessions 

of  the  Court, 189 

fees  of,  established, 217,  226 

to  test  and  seal  weights  and  measures,      .  223 
allowed  £10  extra  for  the  year,     .     .     .     .262 
and  prison  keeper,Governorand  two  magis- 
trates appointed  to  agree  with,  .     .     .  333 
allowed  6d.  on  each  action  in  Court,      .     .  345 

Marshall,  Thomas, 211 

disfranchised  for  signing  the  remonstrance,  207 

Marshfeild,  Thomas, 311 

Marson,  Eliza,       105 

Marten,  Martin,  Ambrose, 252 

John, 312 

Robert, 177,189,211,257 

Goodman, 254 

Maschonomet, 252 

Mason,  Lieutenant,  granted  £10  for  his  east- 
ward voyage 106 

Captain, 110,  124 

grant  for  service  against  Pecoits,  &c.,     .  259 
authorized  to  impress  men  for  finishing 

Castle  Island  fort, 158 

deputy, 135,  156 

Hugh, 316 

Massey,  Jeffrey, 235,  295 

deputy, 250 

Masters,  see  Maisters. 

Mather,  Mr.,  [Richard,] 223,  252 

Muthewe,  Edmund, 300 

Margery,  authorized  to  settle  estate  of  her 

husband, 336 

Thomas, 336 

Mathews,  Andrew 30 


Matson,  Thomas, 212 

Mattapan, 73 

called  Dorchester, 75 

Maude,  Mr.,  clerk  of  the  writs  for  Boston,   .     .  345 

Maverick,  Elias, 78 

Mo.ses,  allowed  to  sell  a  tun  of  wine  at 

Marblehead, 237 

Samuel,      ....     86,  96,  149,  238,  249,  283 

Noddle's  Island  granted  to, 104 

pays  rent  for  Noddle's  Island,  ....  176 
Winnisimmet  ferry  granted  to,  .  .  .  .126 
ordered  to  remove  to  Boston,  and  not  to 

entertain  strangers  without  leave,  .  .140 
order  repealed  as  to  removal,  ....  159 
directed  to  bring  in  his  accounts,  .  .  .  119 
directed  to  keep  £50  to  satisfy  Robert 

Anderson's  fine, 199 

recognizance  forfeited  for  James  Metcalf,  265 
bound  for  appearance  of  the  company  of 

ship  Charles, 300 

and  others  punished  for  aiding  in  the 

escape  of  Thomas  Owen, 335 

Mr.,  [Samuel,] 90,  101,  106,  108 

Mr.,  [Samuel,]  action  of  Mr.  Hough  against,  155 

Mayflower,  ship, 400,  404 

Mayhew,  Mayhewe,  Thomas,  95,  193,  260,  278,  289, 

311.  330 
administrator  on  estate  of  Ralph  Glover,   .  106 
exhibits  inventory  of  the  same,      .     .     .  121 
appointed  to  assess  damage  done  to  the 

Indians  by  the  swine  of  Charlestown,  121 

directed  to  bring  in  account, 149 

fined  for  absence  from  Court, 182 

commissioner  for  Watertown,  .      239,  263,  328 
granted  150  acres  of  land  near  Watertown 

wear, 330 

appointed   committee  upon    the  line   be- 
tween Cambridge  and  Watertown,     .  330 
deputy,  179,   194,  204,  205,  220,  236,  250,  256, 
271,  588,  301,318 
Mr.  [Thomas,]  118,  120,  141,  142,  145,  175,  177, 
180,   181,   224,   225,   232,  263,  271,  275, 
294,  296. 

bridge  of,  toll  to  be  settled, 333 

Mayo,  see  Maio. 

Meal  and  corn  not  to  be  transported  until  after 

next  harvest,  1634, 140 

Measures,  standard,  see  Weights  and  measures. 
Mechanics,  wages  of,  see  Laborers. 
Medford,   Meadford,  77,  82,  93,  103,  110,  114,  12.5, 

169,  175,  233,  331 
bridge  to  be  repaired  by  Ralph  Spragne 

and  others  at  public  charge,  :     .     .     .  343 

taxes  of,  77,  82,  93,  103,  110,  129,  138,  149,  158, 

166,  192,  201,  209,  225,  243 


444 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


Meeting  houses,  dwellings  not  to  be  more  than 

half  a  mile  distant  from, 157 

confirmed, 181 

repealed, 291 

Mellows,    Abraham,    committee    appointed   to 

impress  a  carpenter  for, 137 

200  acres  of  land  granted, 240 

deceased,  will  delivered  in, 268 

committee  appointed  to  sell  and  divide  es- 
tate of, 300 

200  acres  of  land  granted  to  the  heirs  of,    .  330 
Edward,  his  name  erased  from  the  remon- 
strance,     209 

tax  remitted  on  account  of  loss  by  fire,  .  259 

Oliver, 211 

Merchandise,  profits  of, Ill 

committee  to  import  and  retail,  for  public 

good, 142 

Merrimack,  new  plantation  established  at,  237,  238 

Colchester  plantation, 261 

River, 129 

Massachusetts  boundary  line  three  miles 

north  of, 237 

Merry,  Nicholas, 268 

Walter, 298,  300 

Messenger,  Henry, 300 

Metcalf,  Medcalf,  Meadcalfe,  James,    .     .  265,  283 
Samuel  Maverick  allowed  till  next  Court 

to  bring  in, 249 

Joseph,  deputy, 156,  194,  204 

Micha, 295 

Miohell,  Barnard, 25 

Milburne,  Mr., 48,  53 

Military  affairs :  trainings  to  take  place  every 

Saturday, 85 

training   days   appointed   for  the   several 

companies, 90 

trainings  ordered  to  be  only  once  a  month,  102, 

124 
to  be  eight  da3's  for  training  in  each  year,  210, 

308,  327 
guns  in  militia  training  not  to  be  loaded 

with  ball  or  shot, 98 

soldiers  absent  from  training  fined,   .     .     .  109 
soldiers  fined  for  discharging  muskets  with- 
out order, 125 

magistrates,  elders,  and  deacons  free  from 

training, 210 

ship  carpenters,  millers,  and  fishermen  free 

from  training. 258 

magistrates  authorized  to  excuse  men  from 

training  upon  payment, 212 

officers  to  direct  the  arms  to  be  used  at 
trainings,  and  excuses  for  want  of  pow- 
der to  be  made  to  surveyor,  ....  328 


Military  affairs,  military  company  of  the  Mas- 
sachusetts,  (Ancient   and    Honorable 
Artillery  Company)  formed,  ....  250 
1000  acres  of  land  granted  to,    .     .     .     .251 
committee  appointed  to  lay  out  land  to,    340 

special  commissioners  appointed  to  direct 

any  war  that  may  arise, 125 

oath  of  commissioners  for  martial  disci- 
pline,   354 

Treasurer  ordered   to  pay  commissioners 

for, 129 

commissioners  appointed  on,  with  absolute 

powers, 138 

commissioners   directed   to   take   suitable 

oaths, 143 

oath, 354 

conunissioners  appointed  concerning,    .     .  146 

commissioners  of,  continued  in  office,  and 
authorized  to  assist  Plymouth  against 
the  French  at  Penobscot, 161 

commissioners  continued  in  office ;  Henry 

Vane  chosen, 168 

intrusted  to  the  standing  council  till  INIay 

Court,  1636, 183 

power  of  standing  council  over,  confirmed,  192 

council  to  direct  Pequot  war,  and  to  keep 

charge  of  the  Castle, 197 

captains  to  be  maintained  by  their  compa- 
nies,     99 

captains  paid  out  of  the  treasury,      .     .     .138 

companies  directed  to  support  their  officers,  160 

officers  to  be  freemen,  but  may  be  chosen 

by  all  residents,  except  servants,    .     .  188 

clerks  of  bands,  oath  of, 355,  357 

commissioners  to  direct  the  colors  of  each 

company, 165 

militia  divided  into  three  regiments,      .     .186 

officers  to  be  approved  by  the  council,  .     .  187 

oath  of  majors  and  sergeant  majors,       355,  356 

each  regiment  to  have  a  muster  master.     .  187 
See  Patricke,  Traske,  and  Underbill. 

committee  appointed  to  take  charge  of  ord- 
nance,       125 

oath  to  be  administered  to  captains  and 

overseers  of  ordnance, 125 

committee  appointed  in  Boston  for  ord- 
nance ;  other  towns  desired  to  do  the 
same, 339 

sergeant  major  general  chosen,     ....  329 
oath  of, 355 

fines  to  be  expended  for  drumheads  and 

arms  for  the  poor, 137 

for  ferriage  of  companies, 341 

See  Watches. 
Miller,  Alexander, 100 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


445 


Miller,  SyJrach, 27 

Millerd,  Millard,  Thomas,  ....      176,  178,  270 

Millers,  &c.,  exempted  from  training,  ....  258 

allowed  one  sixteenth  for  grinding  grain,  .  168 

to  weigh  corn  before  and  after  grinding,     .  241 

Millstones  provided, 36 

Milnes,  John,  constable  of  Braintree,  ....  343 
Mines,  the  discoverer  of  allowed  the  use  for 

twenty-one  years, 327 

Ministers,  to  be  provided  for  New  England,      .     24 

of  one  judgment,  &c., 394 

letter  from  Governor  and  Company  to,  .     .  407 
provision   for  support   of,   and   charge   of 

building  churches,  &c.,      .          .     .  55,  68 
order  concerning  the  support  of,    .     .          .     73 
order  to  levy  tax  for  support  of,     ....     82 
letter  of  inquiry  to  the  churches  concern- 
ing the  support  of, 216 

Minard,  Tliomas, 309 

Minor,  [Minot,]  George,  deputy, 164 

Minot,  Mynott,  George,  deputy,  ....     178,  194 
See  Mynard. 

George, 180 

Minotiquid  River, 162 

See  Monotoquid. 

Misticke. 90,91,121,148 

jNIisticke  River, 162 

wear  at,  granted  to  Mr.  Winthrop  and  Mr. 

Cradock, 113 

bridge  to  be  repaired, 343 

Mitchell,  see  Michell. 

Mitchelson,  Edward, 339 

appointed  marshal, 217 

Mohon,  John, 236,  295 

deputy, 270 

commissioner  for  Hampton, 329 

Robert, 54,  120,  124,  149,  212 

chosen  constable  of  Charlestown,     .     .114 

deputy, 117,  145,  191 

shipwright,      .     .• 394,  402 

Monday,  Henry, 277 

See  Munde. 
IMoney  not  to  be  carried  to  England,   ....     93 

Moning,  George, 271 

Monotoquid  River,  committee  appointed  to  view 

land  beyond, 177 

See  Minotiquid. 
Montague,  see  Mountague. 

Moody,  John,  appointed  administrator,     .     .     .108 
Lady  Deborah  granted  400  acres  of  land,  290 

Mr.,  deputy, 156 

Moore,  More,  John, 153,295 

Thomas, 153 

]\Iooteham,  Thomas,  chosen  ensign,    .     .     .     .110 
Morecroft,  John, 314 


Morgan,  Robert, 234 

Morley,  Robert,  barber  surgeon, 30 

Sarah,  bound  to  Nathaniel  Turner,  of  Sau- 

gus, 94 

Morrell,  Abraham, 283,  317 

George, 241 

Isaac,    -.- 203 

Morris,  Richard, 81,119,124,212 

Sergeant,    [Richard,]    chosen    ancient    to 

Captain  Underbill, 103 

removed  from  his  post  of  ensign,  .  .  .110 
chosen  lieutenant  to  Captain  Underhi  II,  .  112 
appointed  to   train  the  company  at  Rox- 

bury, 130 

ordered  to  be  paid  £10  yearly,  ....  181 
appointed  commander  of  the  Castle,      .     .165 

Lieutenant,  deputy, 135,  164 

having   signed    the   remonstrance,   has 

leave  to  depart, 237 

promised  his  100  acres  of  land,     .     .     .  237 

Mortgages,  registration  of, 306 

Morton,  Thomas,  of  Mount  VVoUaston,  ordered 

to  be  sent  for  by  process,  &c.,  .     .     .     .    74,  75 

Mott.  Adam, 241 

Moulton,  Molton,  Thomas, 236,  295 

to  pay  damages  to  Ralph  Glover,  ...     82 
Goodman,  ordered  to  be  refunded  his  tax 

by  Salem, 193 

Mountague,  Griffin, 144,  164,  244 

Mount  Feakes, 114,330 

Mount  Wollaston,       ....    74,  75,  156,  259,  280 
Boston  enlarged  towards,      .     .     .     .     119,  129 

bounded  by  the  Blue  Hills, 217 

bounds  of  established, 254 

and   Weymouth,  committee  appointed  to 

run  the  line  between, 257 

and  \Ve)^uouth   ferry   ordered  to  be   re- 
moved,      275 

called  Braintree, 291 

and  Boston,  agreement  concerning  certain 

lands, 291' 

and  Wessaguscus  boundary, 139 

and  Weymouth  boundaries, 201 

Mousall,  Mousell,  John, 201 

.deputy, 156,191,194,204 

See  Musseli. 

Ralph, 221 

deputy, 173 

name  erased  from  the  remonstrance  at 

his  desire, 209 

deposed  from  General  Court,  for  speech- 
es in  approbation  of  Mr.  Wheelwright,  236 

Muddy  River, 1 44,  308 

land  upon,  granted  to  Newtown,  the  wood, 

&c.,  to  Boston, 129 


446 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


Muddy  River  bridge  to  be  built, 107 

committee  appointed  to  build, 141 

charge  of,  divided  between  several  towns,    296 

Mudge,  Jarvice, 248 

MuUinder, 219 

Munde,    Mr.,    commissioner   for     Colchester, 

[Salisbury,] 295 

See  Monday. 

Munnings,  George, 199,  208,  245 

£5  granted  to,  for  the  loss  of  an  eye,     .     .183 
the  fines  for  the  current  week  granted  to,   .  184 

Munt,  Thomas, 153,  244,  314 

Muskets,  see  Arms  and  ammunition. 

Musquantum  Chapel, 102 

Musquetequid  plantation,  called  Concord,    .     .  157 

Mussell,  John, 343 

Mussie's  Hill, 308 

Mynard,  George, 200 

Nahanton,  to  satisfy  Mr.  Blackstone,  .     .     .     .143 

Nahumkeeke, 391 

Nantasket,  Nantascett,  .     77,  89,  127,  136,  226,  229 
and    Hinghara,    committee    appointed   to 

settle  matters  between, 320 

fishing  plantation  established  at,  .     .     .     .  326 

Peddock's  Island,  granted  to, 326 

taxes  of, 77,  89 

Narragansett,    Naviganset,    Indians,   Governor 

appointed  to  write  to, 291 

Natanquaticke,  sale  of  lands  to  Concord  by,  .     .  201 

Navigan, 246 

Neale,  Henry, 249 

Negus,  Jonathan, 312 

Nelson,  Thomas, 289,  303,  308 

to  assist  at  Ipswich  Court, 290 

deputy, 288,301,336 

Mr.,  his  house, 308 

Neponset,  Naponset,  River,  102,  114,  130,  141,  162, 

173 

bridge  and  wear, 127 

ferry, 241 

See  Ferry. 

meadows, 173,  254 

Neptune,  ship, 130 

Neve,  Richard, 311 

Newbury,  Newberry,  154,  157,  166,  169,  175,  187, 
191,  195,  199,  221,  239,  252,  255,  258,  279, 
280,  290,  295,  302,  307,  328,  339,  345. 

originally  Wessacumcon, 146 

land  allotted  in,  for  cattle  and  sheep  im- 
ported in  the  Dutch  ship.s,     .     .     .     .149 
freemen  of,  fined  for  choosing  a  deputy 

W'ho  is  not  a  freeman, 174 

Inhabitants   authorized  to   settle   on    the 

Merrimack,  granted  land,  &c.,   .     .     .  206 
ordered  to  assess  a  tax  to  pay  its  debts,      .216 


Newbury,  difference  .with  Henry  Sewall,      .     .  222 
committee  appointed  concerning  enlarging 

boundaries  of, 253 

fined  for  bad  roads,  want  of  stocks,  &e.,  233, 

248,  297 
ferry,  committee  appointed  to  locate,  .  .  292 
petition  of  Mr.  Ward  and  inhabitants  of, 

concerning  Cochickewick,     ....  290 
and  Ipswich  boundaries  and  highways,  159, 160, 

167 
taxes  of;  149,  158,  165,  192,  201,  209,  225,  243, 

260,  294 
Newbury,  Newberry,  Thomas,  deputy,    .     135,  145 
200  acres  of  land  upon  Neponset  granted 

to, 141 

overseer  of  the  work  at  Castle  Island, 

in  place  of  Mr.  Ludlow,_ 147 

Mr., 149,  161 

his  house, 162 

Newcomers,  constables  ordered  to  inform  Gen- 
eral Court  of, 241 

New  England,  acts  of  the  Company  in  London 

for  establishing  government  in,  .     .     .     42 
■for  transfer  of  the  patent  and  government, 
see  Government. 

New  Found  Land, 395 

Newgate,  John, 295 

deputy, 220,  235 

Mr., 225 

New  Hampshire  line,  three  miles  north  of  Mer- 
rimack,     237 

New  Haven, 337 

Newman,  Mr., 313,  316 

New  Plymouth,  see  Plymouth. 
New  Providence,  see  Providence. 
Newtown,  Newe  Towne,  90,  95,  103,  105,  110,  111, 
141,  170,  172,  180,  187,  190,  191,  194,  205, 
209,  216,  221. 

tax  levied  for  palisade  about, 93 

and  Charlestown  boundaries,    .     .    94,101,102 
inhabitants  of  allowed  to  make  a  new  plan- 
tation,       119 

allowed  to  use  the  meadow  north  of  the 

pond, 122 

inhabitants  of,  authorized  to  build  a  wear,   128 
house  for  ammunition,  to  be  built  at,     .     .128 

repealed, 138 

30  acres  of  meadow  granted  to,     ....  129 
the  land  upon  Muddy  River  granted  to,  on 

conditions, 129 

and  Watertown  boundary, 139 

bounds  towards  Ro.xbury,     .     .     .     .     142,  144 
boundaries  to  extend  eight  miles  into  the 

country, 166 

Court  to  be  held  at, 1C9,  175 


GENERAL   INDEX. 


447 


Newlown,  boundaries  of  settled  by  a  conamit- 

tee, 173 

inhabitants  of,  not  to  take  lands  of  Clem- 
ents, Holly,  and  Buttry,  without  pay- 
ment,   179 

records,  book  of,  presented  under  the  hands 

of  William  Andrews  and  others,     .     .  182 
next   General    Court    of   Elections   to  be 

held  at, 191 

to  be  the  seat  of  the  college, 208 

the  Courts  to  be  held  at, 209 

debt  to,  of  £500,  ordered  to  be  paid,      .     .  228 

name  changed  to  Cambridge, 228 

boundaries  settled  with  adjoining  towns,  228 
taxes  of,  103,  110,  129,  138,  149,  158,  166,  192, 

201,  209,  225 
Nix's  Island  granted  to  John  Galop,     ....  179 

Noddle's  Island, 89 

shooting  fowl  on  prohibited, 94 

See  Perkins,  John 

leased  to  Samuel  Maverick, 104 

rent  paid  by  Moses  Maverick,  .  .  .  .176 
considered  as  belonging  to  Boston,  .  .  .  189 
flats   around,  declared    to   belong   to   the 

island, 291 

footway  laid  out  through, 330 

Norcross,  Jeremy, 311 

Norman,  John, 86,  243 

Ricluud, 78,  87 

Samuel, 265 

North  River, 106,  308 

Norton,  George, 289 

Henry,       136 

John,  200  acres  of  land  granted  to,    .     .     .  278 

Mr.,  [Jolin,] 223 

,  a  carpenter, 396 

Nott,  John,  heir  to  Joane  Drake, .     .     .     .     218,235 

Nowell,  Increase,  41,  44,  46,  47,  50,  52,  54,  57,  58, 

61,  63,  64,  67,  69,  73,  75,  76,  79,  82—86, 

88,  89—9?,  96—101,   103,  104,  106—108, 

110,   111,    113,    116,    121—123,   132—135, 

138,  143,  145,  148,  150—153,  155,  156,  158, 

162,    164,    165,    168,     171,    173,    177,    179, 

181,  184,  191,  193,  194,  197,  202,  205,  207, 

218,  220,  227,  229,  230,  232,  234,  235,  237, 

244,  245,  248,  250,  255,  265,  268,  270,  277, 

282,  283,  285,  287,  296—298,  301,  309,  310, 

311,    313—316,   318,    332,   334,   336,    341, 

360. 

chosen  Assistant,  40,  60,  95,  105,  118,  145,  174, 

195,  228,  256,  288,  319 

appointed  justice, 175 

acts  as  Secretary, 176,216,229 

chosen  Secretary, 263,  289,  333 

200  acres  of  land  granted  to 114 


Nowell,  Increase,  committee  on  accounts  of  the 

late  Treasurer, 136 

refunded  his  rates,  and  to  be  exempt  hence- 
forth,   182 

500  acres  of  land  granted  to, 262 

located,       278 

Mr., 27,  28,  29,  34,  37,  39,  40 

Noyes,  Nois,  Noyse,  Noice,  Peter,  deputy, .     .  288, 

336 

surveyor  of  arras  at  Sudbury, 291 

commissioner  at  Sudbury,    ....     306,  328 
commissioned  to  lay  out  lands  to  inhab- 
itants of  Sudbury, 271 

Mr., 223,  238 

Nuncupative  will  admitted  to  record,  ....  153 

Nutt,  Goodman, 316 

Nye,  Philip, 67 

admitted  to  the  freedom  of  the  Compan}',  63, 

Oateley,  Mr., 335,  338 

Oath  of  Assistant, 350,  352,  355,  356 

for  auditor  general, 357 

for  beadle, 351 

for  clerk  of  the  band, 355,  357 

for  constable, 252 

for  commissioners  of  military  affairs,     .     .  354 
for  commissioners  of  small  causes,  .     .     .  357 

for  council  in  New  England, 352 

for  freemen, 117,353,354 

of  freemen,  to  be  administered  to  all  above 

the  age  of  sixteen  years, 139 

for  Governor  and  Deputy  Governor,  framed 

in  England,      ....  349,  351,  352,  355 

for  the  jury  of  life  and  death, 356 

for  recorder, 344 

for  residents  above  sixteen  years  of  age,  115,  354 

for  Secretary, 350 

for  searchers  of  leather, 356 

for  sergeant  major  general, 355 

for  sergeant  majors, 356 

for  Treasurer, 350,  353 

Odlin,  John, 212 

Offeild,  Mr., 40 

Offenders,  incorrigible,  to  be  returned  to  Eng- 
land,     393 

Office,  tenure  of,  to  be  for  one  year,     ....  362 
Officers  chosen,  .same  pages  as  those  of  Gov- 
ernor, which  see. 
civil  and  military,   General   Court  to  ap- 
point,   117 

salaries  of,  see  Salaries, 
oatlis  of,  see  Oaths. 

Okam,  Thoma.s, 133 

Oldham,  John,  ...     28,  29,  34,  39,  388,  389,  398 

500  acres  of  land  siranted  to. 114 

committee  appointed  to  settle  his  aliairs,  .   177 


448 


GENERAL   INDEX. 


Oldham,  Mr.,    ....  95,  119,  125,  145,  330 

deputy, 117 

Oliver,  Ollyver,  Christopher,  property  of,  taken 

for  his  debts, 133 

John,   177,   211,   221,   223,   224,   228,   231,   238, 
254,  260,  263,  278,  289,  329,  330 

chosen  corporal, 120 

a  deputy,  dismissed  for  justifying  the  re- 
monstrance,       206 

deputy, 220,  227 

appointed  committee  upon  Dedham  and 
Dorchester    line   and   the   bounds   of 

Dedham  purchase, 228 

commissioner  at  Newbury, 328 

Mr.,  [John,] 257,  340,  346 

Sergeant,  [John,] 292 

JMary,  wife  of  Thomas, 247 

Mr., 145 

Thomas, 211,342 

paid  for  his  care  of  Daniel  Mansfield,     .  290 

One,  [Owen,]  Thomas, 223 

Orchard,  Samuel, 289 

Ordinary,  see  Inn. 

Ordnance,  care  of, 125 

Orrice,  George, 298 

Osborne,  Mary, 202,  334 

Richard, 198 

Osgood,  John, 236 

Ottis,  John, 309 

Owen,  Thomas, 335,  337 

attachment   of  corn,   at   suit   of    Thomas 

FowIp, 309 

See  One,  Thomas. 
Page,  Edward,  set  free  upon  the  death  of  his 

master, 315 

John, 81,  86,  247,  267 

chosen  constable  of  Watertown,    ...     79 
Pagiscott,    land    at,  sold    by     Thomas    Pur- 
chase,        ....  272 

Paine,  Payne,  Stephen, 343 

deputy, 336 

William, 289,  295,  303 

deceased,  depositions  concerning  will  of,  133 

land  granted  to, 278,  289 

Mr., 99 

Painter,  Paynter,  Thomas,       78,  288 

to  have  a  lot  of  land, 260 

Mr.,  letter  of  thanks  voted  to,  as  a  bene- 
factor of  the  plantation, 128 

Palfry,  Peter, 77,  95 

appointed     committee    to     set     out    Mr. 

Humphrey's  land,  102 

deputy, 135 

Palmer,   Abraham,  77,  144,   145,  162,  180,  1S8,  200, 
203,  217,  226—229,  240,  254,  263 


Palmer,  Abraham,  fined  for  absence  from  jury,  108 

fine  remitted, 244 

200  acres  of  land  granted  to, 240 

deputy.  .     .     .117,  135,  184,  205,  220,  227,  235 

Edward, 260,291 

George, 287 

Henry, 314 

John, 198 

Walter, .  78,  79,  81,  84,  295 

William, 236 

commissioner-for  Winnacunnet,     .     .     .  259 

Mr., 95,  139,  167 

Palsgrave,  Palgrave,  Mr.,  land  granted  to,    .     .  273 

land  located  for, 282 

Pancry,  William,  excused  from  training  on  ac- 
count of  age, 133 

Parish,  John, 286 

Parker,  James, 98,  243 

authorized  to  marry  Thomas  Clifton  and 

Mary  Butterworth, 313 

commissioner  at  WejTnouth, 263 

clerk  of  the  writs, 345 

commissioner,  and  authorized  to  marry,     .  329 

deputy, 255.  301,  319,  336 

Mr.,  [James,]  of  Weymouth, 333 

of  WejTnouth,  allowed  to  sell  his  strong 

water, 332 

Richard, 312,  330 

William,  deputy, 145 

Mr.,  of  Roxbury, 114 

Mr., 212,  281,  31.3,  334,  343 

Parks,  William.  98,  105,  142,  164,"  180,  198,  203,  209, 
261,  290,  294,  295,  320,  326,  330.  342 

surety  for  Sergeant  Bateman, 98 

licensed  to  sell  wine,  &c.,  at  Roxbury,  .     .  221 
deputy,  .   156,  173,  205,  220,  227,  235,  288,  301 

Parlye  meadow, 308 

Parmiter,  John,  commissioner  for  small  matters 

at  Sudbury, 306 

Parm [enter],  J.,  committee, 271 

Parret;  Francis,  clerk  of  the  writs  at  Rowley,  .  345 

deputy, 301 

Partition  Point,  Watertown, 257 

Pascataqua, 261 

lands  south  of,  subject  to  Massachusetts,  .  312 
See  Dover,  Hampton,  &c. 
Wiggin  and  others  commissioned  for  gov- 
ernment of, 3  15 

Pascataquack  River, 324 

Passengers,  transported  for  £5  to    New    Eng- 
land,    65 

120,  the  limit  for  a  ship  of  200  tons'  bur- 
den,      66 

to  England  not  to  carry  money  or  beaver 

without  permission,  .......     93 


GENERAL 


Patent,  [cliarter,]  granted  to   Sir  Henry  Rose- 

■vvell  and  others, 3 

grant  previous  to,  recital  of, 3 

boundaries  of, 3 

the  liing  to  liave  one  iiftli  of  all  gold  and 

silver,  by, 4 

the  council  of  Plymouth  grantors  of,     .     .      4 

irrantees  of.  names  of, 4,  5 

bounds  of  territory  in  the, 4 

confirmation  of,  to  Rosewell,  &c.,     ...       6 

grantees  of,  names  of, 6,  7 

.associates  of, 6 

boundaries  of  territory  granted  in,     .     .     .  6,  7 

nature  of, 7 

not  to  interfere  with  previous  grants,     .     .       8 
one   iifth  of  all  gold  and  silver  ores  re- 
served to  the  king  by, 9 

grants  patentees  to  be  a  body  politic  and 
corporate,   by  the  name  of  the  Gov- 
ernor and  Company  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Bay  in  New  England,  ....     10 
the  Company,  under,  may  acquire  lands, 

&c., 10 

may  have  a  common  seal, 10 

shall  have   one   Governor,  one   Deputy 
Governor,  and  eighteen  Assistants,  to 
be  chosen  out  of  the  freemen,    ...     10 
Matthew  Cradock  nominated  first  Gov- 
ernor of, 11 

Thomas  GolTe  nominated  Deputy  Gov- 
ernor of, 1 

names  of  Assistants  of, 1 

the  Governor  of,  to  give  order  for  assem- 
bling.   1 

may  hold  Courts  once  a  month  or  oflener,     1 
four  great  and  General  Courts  of,  to  be 

held, 1 

when  freemen  may  be  admitted  to,    .     .     1 
when  officers  of  may  be  chosen,    .     .     .     12 
when  laws  may  be  made  by,     .     .     .     .     12 
the  Governor  of,  and  other  olficor.s,  to  be 
chosen  yearly  on  the  last  Wednesday 

of  Easter  term, 12 

provision  in  case  of  death  or  removal  of 

officers  of, 12 

power  of  former  officers  of,  shall  cease 

on  the  election  of  new  officers,  .     .     .     12 
oaths  shall  be  adraini-stered  to  officers  of,     12 
oatli  to  Cradock,  governor  of,  to  be  ad- 
ministered by  a  master  in  chancery,  .     13 
oath  to  officers  of,  nominated  in  the  char- 
ter, to  be  administered  by    Governor 

Cradock, 13 

oaths  of  subsequent  officers  of,  how  ad- 
ministered,   13 

VOL.  1.  .57 


INDEX.  449 

Patent,  the  company  under,  shall  have  power 
to  transport  persons  and  things  with- 
out custom,  for  seven  years,  ....     13 
freed  from  ta.\es  in  New  England   for 
seven  years,  and  for  twenty-one  years 
on    imports   and    e.xports,   e.vcepting 
five  per  centum  after  five  years,     .     .     14 
to  pay  one  half  of  customs  in  si.\  months,     1 4 
may  not  e.\port  goods  to  a  foreign  country 
under  pretence   of  carrying  them  to 

the  plantation, 15 

for  obtaining  discharge  of  customs,  &c., 
of,  the  letters  patent,  a  duplicate  or 
exemplification,  shall  be  sufficient  ev- 
idence,      15 

all  subjects  inhabiting  the  territory  grant- 
ed to,  and  their  children  which  shall  be 
born  within  the  plantation,  shall  enjoy 
the  liberty  of  natural  subjects,  ...     10 
what  officers  of,  may  administer  oaths  of 

supremacy  and  allegiance,    .     .     .     .     lli 
laws,  orders,  &c.,  may  be  established  for 

the  government  of  the  plantation  of,    .     Ki 
ail  sorts  of  officers  for,  may  be  named, 

and  their  duties,  &c.,  set  forth,  ...     16 
imposition  of  fines,  mulcts,  &c.,  by,  .     .     17 
people  of  the  plantation  of,  to  be  gov- 
erned so  as  to  win  the  natives  to  the 

Christian  faith, 17 

to  tlie  Governor  of,  the  patent  or  exem- 
plification shall  be  a  sufficient  war- 
rant, &c., 17 

certain  powers  for  all  oflicers  of,  em- 
ployed by  the  Governor  and  Company, 
such  as  chief  commanders,  captains, 

.    governors,  and  minister.s, 17 

officers  of,  to  protect  tliemselves  against 

others, 18 

restitution  to  be  made  by,  if  the  planters 

rob  or  spoil, 18 

not  to  abridge  the  trade  of  fishing,  &c.,  on 

the  coast  of  New  England,    ....     18 
passed  the  seals,  4  March,  1629,  .     .     .     .     1<J 

signed  by  Wolseley, 19 

cerfificate  of  Cradock's  oath  in  accordance 

with,  by  Charles  Ca^sar, 19 

authentication  on  the  back  of,  by  Wolseley,     20 
to  be  forwarded  to  New  England,     .      .   24,  34 
from  Earl  of  Warwick  to  be  copied,      .     .     53 
transfer  of,  to  New  England,  see  Govern- 
ment, 
duplicate  of,  sent  to  Governor  Endicolt,  386,  393 

Patience,  Thomas, .     .     .316 

Patrick;  Daniel,  ami    Undcrliill.  Captain.s.  pro- 
visions and  pay  granted  to.  .  .  75 — 77 


450 


GENERAL   INDEX. 


Patrick,  Daniel, 87,  124,  289 

Treasurer  ordered  to  pay  a  quarter's  ex- 
hibition to, 99 

taxes  assessed  for, 77,  103 

appointed  muster  master  of  the  north  regi- 
ment,        187 

chosen,  (with  Underhill.)  Captain,    .     .     .191 

£30  annually  granted  to, 191 

allowed  to  remove  to  Ipswich  with  a  quar- 
ter's pay  gratuity, 208 

£7  gratuity  granted  to, 222 

Patuckel, 290 

Pauly,  Benjamin, 309 

Paupers,  Court  or  two  magistrates  authorized 

to  provide  for  settling, 264 

Payne,  see  Paine. 

Pease,  John, 155 

Peck,  Joseph,  commissioner  for  Hingham,  .     .  259 
deputy,       .     .     .      253,  271,  288,  301,  319,  336 

Mr., 294,  316 

clerk  of  the  writs  for  Hingham,      .     329,  345 
Pecoit,  see  Pequot. 
Poddock's  Island  granted  to   Charlestown  on 

conditions, 126 

rent  abated  to  12d., 139 

and  others  adjoining,  granted  to  Nantasket,  326 

Peirce,  Elinor, 284 

Ellen, 265 

Eleanor  and  John, 318 

John,  deputy, 250 

Marmaduke, 269,  283,  286 

Mark, 261 

Mr.,  William, 122,  256,  299,  405 

commissioner  of  military  affairs,    .     .     .  161 

dismissed, 168 

200  acres  of  land  granted  to,     ...     .  262 

master  of  ship  Mayflower, 400 

IMr., 120,  158,  225 

Pelham,  Mr.,  to  pay  Thomas  Goilthayt,  ...     89 

land  in  Sudbury  granted  to, 292 

William, 83 

I\Ir.,  [Herbert.] 271 

iNIr., 39,  46 

Pull,  William, 212 

Pciuberton,  James,  claim  in  Nantasket  referred 

to  committee, 226 

land  at  Nantasket  granted  to, 229 

Pemberton,  Pemerton,  John, 105 

granted  damages  against  John  Baker,  .     .  269 

Pendleton,  Brian,  Bryan, 203,  271 

drill  officer  at  Sudbury, 291 

deputy, 164,  191,  220,  227 

[Brian,]   and  company  allowed  to  go   on 

with  their  plantation, 238 

committee  appointed  to  lay  out  the  same.  238 


Pendleton,  Mr., 132 

Penn,  James, 113,  198 

beadle,  salary  fi.xed;   to  have  aid  to  build 

his  house, 74 

takes  the  oath  of  beadle, 75 

£30  to  build  a  house  granted  to,  .     .     •     .111 
chosen  marshal  ;  allowed  £20,     ....  128 
£40,  including  fees,  granted  to,     ...     .  182 
See  Marshal, 
granted  £10  additional  for  his  house  ;  paid 

also  his  bill  of  diet, 216 

Goodman,  marshal, 217 

Penne,  Richard, 282 

Penniman,  James, 212,  218,  291 

Penobscot,  Plymouth  aided  against  the  French 

at, 160 

Pentucket,  otherwise  Haverhill,  (which  see.) 
Penyer,  Penyar,  Robert,     ....      268,  282,  284 

Pepper,  Richard, 283,  286 

Pequots,  Pecoits, 204,  323 

war  proposed  against, 187 

expedition  raised  against, 192 

declared  to  be  on  just  grounds,     ....   192 
Plymouth  and  Connecticut  solicited  to 

join. 192 

committee  appointed  to  divide  lands  of.     .  216 
message  sent  to  Connecticut  concerning 

the  same, 216 

Pequot  expedition,  pay  of  soldiers, 192 

pay  of  officers, 193 

steward  of,  to  be  chosen  by  council,  .  .193 
committee  to  make  arrangements  for,  .  195 
captain  and  chaplain  chosen,  ....  195 
Richard  Collicott  appointed  commissary 

for, 195 

council  authorized  to  send  forth  the  sol- 
diers and  to  forward  supplies  to,     .     .  197 
soldiers  of  to  be  recalled ;  thanksgiving 

and  feast  proposed, 200 

Perkins,  John, 102 

the  right  of  netting  fowl  granted  to,  .     .     .     94 

deputy, 174 

William, 103.  172,  333 

400  acres  of  land  granted  to,  for  his  fa- 
ther's £50, 338 

Goodman, 150 

Sergeant,    ...  108 

chosen  ensign  at  Roxbury, 127 

discharged  from  otiice  of  ensign,  .     .     .  165 

Perry,  Francis, 90,  266 

Richard, 41,  42,  46.  47,  52,  56,  58 

chosen  Assistant, 40 

Mr.,  [Richard,]   ....  27,  40,  49,  50,  51,  58 
Richard,  Jun.,  granted  £5  for  interest  on 

money  due, 270 


GENERAL   INDEX. 


451 


Pester,  William, 247 

Rlr.,  payment  of  duties  by, 225 

Peter,  Peters,  Hugh,  .     .     .    204,  217,  222,  223,  385 
deed  from  Robert  Saltonstall  to,    ...     .  204 

500  acres  of  land  granted  to, 262 

Mr.,  [Hugh,]  committee  appointed  to  take 

account  of, 207 

desired  to  import  saltpetre  and  match,    .  239 

of  Salem,  sent  to  England, 332 

Mr., 39,  40,  174,  225,  263 

Petitions,  private  and  minor  business  of  Gen- 
eral Court  to  be  heard  by  a  special 

committee, 223 

Pettet,  Thomas, 194 

Phelps,  Phelpes,  Felpes,  Richard,  .     .     .    164,  244 
William,     ....    81,95,113,   119,149,161 
chosen  constable  of  Dorchester,     ...     91 
appointed     to     attend     committee     on 

bounds  of  Dorchester, 139 

commissioner  to  govern  Connecticut,      .  171 

deputy 148 

Phillips,  John,  chosen  constable  of  Dorchester,  176, 

253,  295 

land  granted  to, 253 

Nicholas, 295 

Thomas, 286 

Mr.,  [George,] 131,  223 

house  built  for, 73 

30  acres  of  land  up  Charles  River  grant- 
ed to,  102 

Phippen,  David, 265 

Rebecca, 249 

Physician,  a  Frenchman  proposes  settling  in 

the  colony  as, 49 

Pickrin,  John, 164,  172 

Pickryn, , 77 

Picture,  action  of  Court  of  Assistants  concern- 
ing,       284 

Pierce,  see  Peirce. 

Pigs,  see  Swine. 

Pike,  John,  to  be  paid  for  attendance  as  a  witness,  153 

Pilgrim,  ship, 400,  404 

Pilsberry,  William, 318,  334 

Pinchon,  see  Pynchon. 

Pipe  staves,  plank,  and  other  wrought  timber, 

restrictions  on  exportation  of,  repealed,  292 
Piseataqua,  see  Pascataqua. 
Pitch  makers  to  be  provided  for  New  England,     24 

Pitts,  Edith, 193 

See  John  Emerson. 

Henry, 315 

Plank,  exportation  of,  see  Pipe  staves. 
Plantations,  new,  magistrates  authorized  to  di- 
rect settlement  of, 167 

no  person  allowed  to  eslablish.wilhout  leave,     76 


Planters  and  adventurers,  see  Adventurers. 

Plastow,  Josiah, 92,  243 

commissioner  appointed  to  take  account  of 

debts  due  by, 96 

Mr.,  sent  to  England, 82 

Player,  Giles, 246,  310 

Plum   Island,  the  use  of,  granted  to  Ipswich 

and  Newbury, 252 

Plumer,  Francis,  licensed  to  keep  an  ordinary,  159 
Plymouth,  New  Plymouth,  217,  257,  331,  337,  383, 

392 
letter  from,  concerning  Bagnall,  ....  98 
aided  against  the  French  at  Penobscot,  .  160 
aid  asked  of,  against  the  Pequots,     .     .     .  192 

line,  committee  appointed  on, 196 

committee  appointed  to  run, 254 

boundary,  new  committee  appointed  (En- 

dicott  and  Stoughton)  to  settle,  .     .     .271 
patent,  Mr.  James  Parker  appointed  to  go 

for  a  copy  of, 331 

colony,  travellers  to,  to  go  armed,      ...     85 
Pocock,  John,     .     .  41,  42,  46,  47,  49,  50,  51,  56,  58 

chosen  Assistant, 40 

Pomeroy,  see  Pummery. 

Ponton,  Richard,  put  to  service  to  John  Read,  .314 

Poole,  John 247,  337 

Poor,  provision  for,  see  Paupers. 

Pope,  Ephraim, 270 

John, 287 

Port  and  harbor  regulations :  corn,  &c.,  not  to 

be  purchased  from  ships, 88 

ships  not  to  be  boarded  without  permis- 
sion,     136 

repealed, 159 

committee  appointed  to  purchase  necessa- 
ry goods  of  ships,  and  retail  at  £5  per 

cent,  prolit, 115 

inhabitants  forbidden  to  buy  goods  from 

ships  until  leave  granted, 141 

no  sales  from  .ships  till  invoice  given  and 

license  granted, 166 

repealed, 174 

rates  of  wharfage,  porterage,  and  lighter- 
age referred  to  General  Court,    .     .     .  335 

committee  .appointed  to  fix, 341 

Porter,  Edward,  deputy, 250 

John, 212,  223,  295,  .309,  331 

chosen  constable  of  Hingham,  ....  300 
granted  costs  against  Thomas  Clay,  .     .  309 

Goodman, 164 

Porterage,  rates  of, 341 

See  Wharfage. 

Potter,  Robert 224,  229,  232 

William, 249 

Goodman 164 


452 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


Pound,  for  swine, 150 

I'owiler,  bounty  ior  manufactnio  of,     .     .     260,  263 
See  Kawson. 
See  Arms,  &c. 

Powder  Horn  Hill, 285,  310,  340 

and  Pullen  Point,  land  between,  belongs 

to  Boston, 101 

Powell,  Mifhael,  deputy, 336 

William, 194,  282,  290 

Pratt,  Abraham, 77 

John, 107 

letter  of,  explaining  a  letter  written  by 

him  to  England, 358 

action  of  General  Court  thereon,    .     359,  360 

Mr., 61 

engaged  as  surgeon, 29 

Preachers,  see  Ministers. 

Presgrave,  Peter, 238 

Prices  of  commodities,  and  wages  of  labor,       .  223 
Printer,   the  first   in  Massachusetts,    Stephen 

Day, 344 

Prison,  at  Boston,  to  be  finished  under  charge 

of  Mr.  Brenton 158 

ordered  to  be  made  warm  and  safe,  .     .     .  337 

keeper,  Richard  Bracket, 217 

committee  appointed  to  agree  with,  .     .  333 
Prisoners    in   Boston    jail,   order    concerning 

speedy  trial  of, 169 

Profanity  to  be  punished, 406 

Profits  of  staple  merchandise  not  to  exceed  33 

percent., Ill 

repealed, 159 

extortion  in,  to  be  punished  by  the  Court, .  160 
Providence,  inhabitants  of.  coming  into  Mas- 
sachusetts, to  purge  themselves  of  the 

opinions  of  John  Green, 224 

Provisions  for  the  Talbot, 26 

ordered, 32 

estimate  of, 36 

prohibition  of  buying  to  sell  again,  or  to 

export, 166 

Public  charges,  order  for  defraying, 96 

Public  works,  laborers  to  be  impressed  for,  .     .  124 

worship,  see  Worship. 
Puckelt,  Thomas,  John  Ellford  bound    to  an- 
swer for  the  death  of, 83 

Pullen  Point, 78 

shooting  fowl  thereon  forbidden,  ....     94 
See  Powder  Horn  Hill. 
Pulyston,  PtiUisfon,  Thomas,      .     39,  45,  46,  52,  58 
Pummery,  Eltwced,  constable  of  Dorchester,    121, 

132 
Purcliase,  Thomas,  deed  from,  to  Governor  and 
Company  of  the  Bay,  of  land  at  Pa- 
giscott 272 


Pye,  George,  a  Moor,  to  remain  with  "Sh.  Crad- 

ock, 234 

Pyford,  Peter, 162 

Pyke,  see  Pike. 

Pynchon,  Pinchon,  Pinchen,  Pinchion, William,  39 
—41,  47,  49—51,  54,  56—58,  61,  63,  66, 
67,  69,  73,  75,  76,  79,  81—88,  88—93,  90— 
98,  100,  101,  103—108,  110,  111,  114,  110, 
118,  121,  122,  127,  132—136,  138,  141,  143, 
150,  152,  155,  162,  164,  176,  177,  243,  308, 
331,  360,  408. 
chosen  Assistant,  40,  60,  95,  105,  118,  145,  174 

chosen  Treasurer. 99 

committee   appointed     to     examine     ac- 
counts of, 136 

accounts  examined  and  approved,     .     .148 
to  receive  the  present  of  Dr.  Wilson  for 

the  colony, 128 

purchaser  of  land  from  Chickataubot,   .     .  151' 

commissioner  for  Connecticut, 171' 

Mr.,  petition  concerning  jurisdiction  over 

settlements  on  Connecticut  River,  .     .  320  ^ 
special  commissioner  to  govern  the  set- 
tlements on  Connecticut  River,  .     .     .  320  . 
is  proposed  for  a  magistrate,      ....  345 
Quackery,  treatment  of,  see  Nicholas  Knopp,  .     83 

Quamscot, 324 

Quick, 284 

Quinapiack, 216 

Quinsey,  Edmund, 125 

deputy, 117 

Rainsford,  Edward, 211,312 

Randoll,  , 223 

See  Rendail. 

Ratliffe,  Philip, 88 

Rates,  see  Taxes. 

Rawlins,  James, 123,  244 

Rawson,  Edward, 230 

commissioner  for  Newbury, 239 

500  acres  of  land  granted  to, 263 

deputy, 227,  236,  250,  256,  270 

Mr.,  [Edward,]    ....      236,  242,  260,  295 

Raye,  Daniel, 203 

Read,  Thomas, 78,114,191 

Reade,  John, 314 

William, 242 

title  to  hou.se  of  Z.  Bicknell,  &c.,  .     .     .189 

deputy, 185,  235 

Ensign 308 

Record  of  judgments   with  all  the   evidence, 

ordered  to  be  made, 275 

Recorder  chosen  for  Boston,  Stephen  Winthrop,  270, 

307 
chosen  for  Ipswich,  Samuel  Symonds,  .  .  306 
chosen  for  Salem,  Emanuel  Downing;.  .     .  306 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


453 


Roooriler,  oalh  of, 314 

Redman,  Kirliard, 270 

Reeves,  William, 245 

Registration  to  be  made  of  ownership  of  land 

in  each  town, 116 

law  concerning  confirmed  and  to  be  put  in 

execution, 137 

proposal  to  tine  for  neglect  to  enter  lands 

for, 201 

to  be  made  of  births,  marriages,  and  deaths, 
of  wills,  administrations,  and  invento- 
ries, and  land  titles, 276 

of  conveyances,  to  be  entered  at  Boston, 
Salem,  or  Ipswich,  and  acknowledged ; 

fees  prescribed, 306 

Remington,  John,  drill  officer  at  Rowley,      .     .  291 
Removal  of  government  to  New  England,  see 
Government. 
of  persons  from  the  colony  only  by  permis- 
sion,     88 

Rendall,  Robert, 310,  314 

See  Randoll. 
Representatives,  sec  Deputies. 

Rescue,  William, 167 

Residents'  oath, 115,  137,  354 

Revell,  John,  48,  50,  52—54,  56,  58,  63,  65—67, 

128,  408 

chosen  assistant, 60 

Ribbons  and  ornaments,  see  Sumptuary  laws. 

Rico,  Rise,  Edmund, 271 

commissioner  at  Sudbury, 328 

deputy, 301 

Robert, 212 

Richards,  George, 247 

Thomas, 313 

committee  appointed  to  estimate  damage 

to  corn  of, 132 

Welthia,  and  Henry  Waltham,  case  re- 
ferred,       3I3 

William,  and  John  Turner,  case  between,    300 

Mr., 267 

Richardson,  Amos, 273 

Ezekiel, 203,  295 

chosen  constable  of  Charlestown,  .     .     .104 
his  name  erased  from  the  remonstrance,  209 

deputy, 156 

George, 310,  312 

Rickraan,  Isaac, 404 

Ridge,  iSIary, 102 

Right,  see  Wright. 

Rivet,  Mr., 48 

Roads,  see  Ilighway.s. 

Robinson,  Anthony, 184 

Jane, 284 

'I'honias,  bound 245 


Robinson,  Thomas, 187,  269 

Rocket,  Richard, 189 

Rockwell,  Rockewell,  William,       .     .    .      81,  107 

Roe,  Lawrence, 40 

Mr., 52,  54,  58,  130 

Rogers,     Ezekiel,    and    others,    a    settlement 

granted  to, 253 

money  remitted  to  the  company  of,  .     .     .  258 

plantation  of, 260 

called  Rowley, 271 

Mr.,  [Ezekiel,] 305 

Nathaniel,    to   be   sworn   as    freeman,    at 

Ipswich, 236 

Mr.,  [Nathaniel] 223 

Ropps,  George, 172 

Rossitor,  Edward, 73.  75,  76 

chosen  assistant, GO 

[Edward,]  fined  for  abseiice  from  Court,   .     75 

fine  remitted, 243 

Mr.,  his  farm, 162,  260 

Round   Island  and    Grape    Island  granted   to 

Weymouth, 191 

Rovell,  Mr.,  shipmaster, 61 

Howe,  William, 50 

Rowen,  John,  land  in  Sudbury  given  to,  .     .    .  306 

Rowley, 277,  280,  291,  307,  345 

granted  immunity  from  ta.xation,  ....  289 

boundaries  fi.\ed, 292 

corrected, 305 

location  of  Endicott's  farm  in, 305 

highway  from  Ipswich, 308 

presentment  deferred, 311 

enjoined  to  naend  roads, 317 

committee  appointed  upon  its  petition  for 

enlargement,    .     .  ' 319 

See  Ezekiel  Rogers. 
Ro.xbury,  77,  79,  82,  89,90.  92,  93,  95,  110,  112,  127, 
130,  134,136,  141,   160,  169,  175,  186,  209, 
218,  221,  224,  258,  264,  278,  279,  295,   296, 
345. 
and  Dorchester  boundaries,  committee  ap- 
pointed to  settle, 102,167 

and  Boston  bounds, 103 

to  aid  in  building  certain  bridges,     .     .     .  107 

and  Boston  boundaries, 113 

and  Newtown  boundaries  to  be  set  out,     .  142 

established, 14-4 

inhabitants  of,  allowed  to  remove  to  a  new 

settlement, 146 

boundaries  of,  to  be  surveyed,      .'  .     .     .  150 
land  east  of  Charles  River,  between  Boston 

and  Dorchester,  to  belong  to,     .     .     .  176 
committee   appointed  to    lay   out    boun- 
daries of,  and  of  farms  adjacent,     .     .180 
aided  to  maintain  Lieutenant  Morris,    .     .   1(!8 


45i 


GENERAL   INDEX. 


Roxbury,  or.lered  lo  pny  LicnUeiiant  Morris  a 

salary, 181 

citizens  of,  followers  of  ]\Irs.  Hutchinson, 

disarmed, 212 

ordered  to  take  charge  of  Mrs.  Hutchin- 
son,       212 

4000  acres  of  land  granted  to, 229 

and  Dedhara,  settlement  of  boundary  be- 
tween,      230 

fines  for  bad  roads,  and  other  neglects,  233,  2C6, 

283 

last  fine  remitted, 317 

ordered  to  repair  certain  roads,      ....  316 
grant  of  4000  acres  to  be  laid  in  four  sev- 
eral places,  (to  include  Mr.  Dudley's 

grant,) 289 

offered  Shawsliin  for  a  village  on  condi- 
tions,    306 

lines  run  between  Boston  and,      ....  311 

taxes  of,  17,  82,  89,  93,  110,  129,  138.  149,  158, 

166,  192,  201,  209,  225,  243,  260,  294 

church, 332 

Royal,  see  Ryall. 

Rugells,  John, 312 

Rugs,   Margery, 287 

Ruraney  Marsh, 130,  149,  162,  263 

dispute  concerning, 139 

Runaways  to  be  taken  np  by  constables,  .  .115 
to  be  pursued  at  public  expense,  ....  157 
harbored  by  Indians,  orders    concerning,  329, 

336,  337 
Lieutenant  Willard   to  demand  from  In- 
dians,  323 

Russell,  Henry, 153 

John,  servant  of,  set  free,  &c., 121 

[of  Dorchester,]   deceased,  administrators 

on  estate  of,  appointed,     .     .     .     107,  121 

inventory  of  estate  of,  rendered,  .    .     .152 

nuncupative  will  of,  admitted  lo  record,  .  153 

surveyor  of  arms  at  Newtown,  ....  221 

Ryall,  William, 395,  396 

Sack,  not  to  be  sold  by  innkeepers,      ....  205 
Sackett,   Isabella,  administratrix   on  estate  of 

her  deceased  husband, 155 

Saddler,  Sadler,  Richard, 254 

Mr.,  clerk  of  the  writs  for  Lynn,  ....  345 
Sagamore  of  Agawam,  see  Agawam. 

Sagamore  Hill, 340 

Sagamore  John,   and   Peter,  compensated  for 

having  two  wigwams  burned,     ...    84 
and  Chickataubott,  satisfaction  promised 
by,  for  any  wrong  that  their  men  shall 

do  to  the  English,  &c., 87 

promises  to  make  Kuliicient  fences,    ...     99 
to  be  paid  by  Sir  R.  Saltonstall  for  damages,  102 


Pagamore  Peter,  paid  for  wigwam  burned,  .     .     84 

Salary  of  beadle, 69,  100 

of  Governor,  £150  for  extraordinary  ex- 
penses,         .     .  106 

£100  allowed, 128 

£100  allowed  for,  as  a  settled  stipend,    .215 

repealed, 319 

of  marshal, 128 

of  military  officers,  see  Patrick,  Captain. 

of  ministers, 73 

of  Secretary,  20  marks, 42 

Salem,  73,  76,  77,  86,  88,  89,  93,  95,  97,  99,  137,  161, 
166,  187,  198,  221,  226,  236,  251,  253,  255, 
277,  280,  290.  295,  345. 
to  aid  in  building  the  fort  at  Boston,      .     .110 
to  be  refunded  its  aid  to  the  forts  when  its 

harbor  is  fortified, 124 

market  established  at, 127 

the  use  of  two  old  sakers  granted  to,      .     .130 
fined  for  refusing  to  pay  its  levy,  .     .     .     .136 

fine  remitted, 136 

boundaries, 141,167,211,253 

and   Saugus    granted    use  of    Mr.   Hum- 
phrey's Island, 147 

deputies  sent  home  on  account  of  letters 
written  by  their  church  derogatory  to 

the  magistrates,  &c., 156 

allowed  to  send  deputies  to  General  Court 
if  a  majority  of  its  freemen  disclaim 

said  letter, 158 

military  officers  chosen  for, 191 

citizens  of,  followers  of  Mrs.  Hutchinson, 

disarmed, 212 

fairs  at, 241 

purchases  a  house  from  the  colony,  .     .     .  275 
inhabitants  granted  land  for  a  new  village,  279 
fined  for  not  keeping  constant  watch,  .  284,  297 
petition  for  JefTryes  Creek  lands  granted, 
and  committee   appointed  to  lay  out 

the  same, 288 

record  of  deeds,  &c.,  at,  by  Emanuel  Down- 
ing,       306,  307 

highway  from  Ipswich  and  Rowley,      .     .  308 
allowed  to  use  meeting  house  for  watch 

house, 311 

enjoined  to  mend  roads, 317 

is  desired  to  lend  the  glass-men  £30,     .     .  344 

church, 88,  161,  232,  247,  332 

Courts,  169,  175,  197,  232,  234,  261,  290,  325,  328 

ferry, 308 

taxes  of,  77,  89,  93,  110,  129,  138,  149,  158,  165, 

192,  201,  209,  225,  243,  260.  294 

Salisbury,  originally  called  Colchester,    .     .     .  305 

enjoined  to  mend  roads, 317 

fined  for  want  of  weights,  &c.,      .     .     .     .317 


GKNEllAL    INDEX. 


455 


Salisbury  and  Haveikill,  or  Pentuckct,  bound- 
aries of,  to  be  settled, 319 

joined    to    Ipswich   as     to    the    Quarter 

Courts, 326 

commissioners   appointed    to  hear  small 

causes  at,  &c., 329,  345 

Suit,  makers  of,  to  be  provided  for  New  England,    24 

making  of, 28 

sent  to  New  England, 395 

new  mode  of  manufacture, 331 

Salter,  William, 212 

Saltonstall,  Sir  Richard,  29,  34,  39,  41,  42,  46,  49, 
52,  54,  56—59,  61,  63,  65,  66,  391,  401, 
408. 

chosen  Assistant, 40,  60,  105 

undertakes  to  see  that  a  house  is  built  for 

Mr.  Phillips, 73 

justice  of  the  peace, 74 

lined  for  absence  from  Court, 77 

fine  remitted, 243 

lined  for  whipping  persons  contrary  to  or- 
der of  Court, 82 

fine  remitted,  .     .    • 243 

compensates    Sagamore  John    and  Peter 

for  wigwams  burned, 84 

to  pay  Sagamore  John  for  damage  done  by 

cattle, 102 

and  others  allowed  to  discharge  Tliomas 

Coleman  from  keeping  their  cattle,     .  155 
100  acres  of  meadow  iu  VVatcrtown  granted 

to, 167 

1000  acres  of  land  granted  to, 222 

last  grant  located  on  petition  of  his  son, 

Robert, 292 

committee  appointed  to  audit  account  of,  .  288 
500  acres  of  land  below  Springfield  grant- 
ed to,  331 

Richard,  177,  180,  193,  197,  202,  220,  222,  223, 

224,  227,  232,  245,  248,  250,  255,  265,  268, 

270,  273,  283,  285,  286,  287,  296,  298,  301, 

310,  314,  316,  318,  334,  336. 

chosen  Assistant,  .     .  195,  228,  256,  288,  319 

chosen  sergeant  major, 343 

deputy, 164,  174,  ITS,  185,  191 

air.,  [Richard,] 181,  182 

appointed  to  hold  Courts,  &c.,    .     .     .     .175 

Robert, 292,  298,  300 

executes  a  conveyance  to  Hugh  Peters 

for  the  benefit  of  creditors,    ....  204 
letter  concerning  lands  of,     .     .     .     323,  324 

Mr.,  his  house, 308 

Saltpetre  to  be  imported  from  Holland,    .     .     .  239 

Samford,  Sampford,  sec  Sanford. 

Sanden,   Arthur,   licensed  to   keep   an   inn  at 

Marblehcad, 290 


Sanders,  see  Saunders. 

Sanford,  Samford,  John, 142,211 

on  committee  as  to  ordnance,  &c.,     .     .    .  120 

cannoneer  at  Boston, 125 

surveyor  of  ordnance,  pay  fi.xed,  .    .     .     .179 

and  granted  £30, 183 

paid  and  discharged, 206 

See  Tomlins. 

Mr., 107 

Sary,  Ralph, 257 

Saugus,  89,  95,  99,  110,  112,  166,  169,  175,  180,  187, 

190 
permitted  to  build  a  wear  in  Saugus  RJW'">  l*^"' 
inhabitants  of,  to  build  a  foot  bridge  /wr 

Saugus  River, >,  .  lOO 

to  aid  in  building  Boston  fort,  .  .  .  .  TjllO 
the  use  of  two  old  drakes  granted  to,  .  /.  130 
fined  for  refusing  to  pay  its  levy,  .     .     .     .1156 

fine  remitted, 136 

and  Salem,  committee  appointed  on  bound- 
aries of, 141 

inhabitants   of,   permitted   to   use  John 

Humphrey's  Island, 147 

and  Boston  boundaries, 149 

and  Ipswich  highways, IGO 

and  Salem  boundary,  committee  appointed 

to  report  on, 211 

is  called  Lynn, 211 

taxes  of,  89,  93,   110,  129,   138,  149,  158,   16.5, 

\Q1,  201 

Saunders,  Sanders,  Edward, 265 

being  sick,  N.  Davison  allowed  till  ne.\t 

Court  to  bring  him  in, 249 

John, 237,  277 

Sanders,  Martin,    .     .    .     .  * 295 

licensed  innkeeper  at  Mount  Wollaston,  .  259 

wine  seller  at  Braintree, 291 

Robert, 283 

William, 236 

Savage,  Thomas, 212 

Savory,  Thomas, 248, 2!t7 

Saw  mill,  to  be  set  up  by  F.  Webb,     ....  401 
Sawyers'  wages,  see  Laborers'  wages. 

Saybrook, 200 

Sayles,  John, 104,112,144 

Scarlett,  Robert, 154,  183 

Schooler,  William, lyg,  202 

Scott,  Robert, 283 

Scottish  and  Irish  gentlemen  allowed  to  settle 

upon  tlie  Merrimack, 129 

Scruggs,  Thomas,  appointed  justice,    .     .     .     .175 

deputy, 164,  178,  185 

Mr., 212 

his  house. 308 

Seal,  to  be  provided  for  New  England,     ...     24 


456 


GENERAL   INDEX. 


Seal  of  company,  in  silver,   sent   to   Captain 

Endicott, 392,  396 

Seale,  Edward, 198 

Humphrey, 41,  69 

chosen  beadle,  &c., 40,  69 

Margaret, 198,  202,  225 

Phebe, 144,  198 

Robert, 40 

Mr., 39 

Seaver,  Robert, 257 

Seawall,  see  Sewall. 

Secretary,  John  Washborne  proposed  for,     .     .     29 

elected, 31 

paid  for  services, 41 

to  hold  office  for  one  year., 38 

William  Burgis  chosen, 40 

sworn, 42 

order  for  choice  of, 38,  362 

to  keep  the  records, 47 

to  authenticate  orders  of  General  Court,     89 
directed  to  name  twenty-four  jurors,      .     .110 

fees  for  entries,  copies,  &c., 215 

ordered  to  receive  fines. 263 

freed  from  receiving  the  fines,      ....  290 

oath  of, 350 

Simon  Bradstreet, 118 

Increase  Nowell, 263,  289,  333 

See  also  Nowell. 
Sedg\vick,  Robert,      .    220,  225,  251,  288,  294,  341 
chosen  captain  for  Charlestown    .     .    .    .190 

licensed  as  brewer, 214 

member  of  the  military  company  of  the 

Massachusetts, 250 

200  acres  of  land  granted  to, 262 

admonished  to  take  heed  of  oppression,    .  279 
committee  on  accounts  of  Treasurer,     .     .  288 

certain  fines  granted  to, 329 

chosen  coramaniler  of  the   fort  at  Castle 

Island, 332 

deputy,  ....  191,  194,  205,  220,  227,  250, 

256,  270,  288,  301,  318 

Seeds  provided  to  be  sent  to  New  England,  24,  392 

Seel}',  Robert, 88,  91 

Seekouk    accepted  under  the  government,  if 

within  the  patent, 331 

Seine  provuled  for  New  England, 26 

Sellanova,  Captain,  sent  for,  concerning  an  e.v- 

pedition  to  Penobscot, 160 

Sellen,  Thomas,  granted  leave  to  plant  at  Aga- 

wam, 105 

Sentry  llill,  see  Beacon. 

Sergant,  William, 236 

Sergeant  Major  General,  chosen, 329 

oath  of,       355 

Serjeant,  William, 103 


Servants,  allotment  of  land  to  masters  for,  .  .  43 
proliibited  trading  without  permission,  .  .  76 
not  to  be  hired  for  le.ss  than  a  year,  ...     88 

runaway,  to  be  arrested,  &c., 115 

not  to  have  land  allotted  till  proof  of  faith- 
fulness daring  ser\'ice, 127 

escaped  from  their  masters, 157 

not  to  be  set  free,  nor  to  have  any  lot.  until 

the  end  of  their  time, 186 

care  of, 397,  399 

Sewall,  Seawall,  Henry, 233,  286 

to  be  paid  for  the  passage  of  Edward  Bos- 
worth  and  family,      152 

separated  from  Ellen,  his  wife,  to   allow 

alimony, 163 

dispute  with  Newbury  referred,    ....  222 

Se.xton,  Giles, 77,  78 

Sharpe,  Samuel,    ...      25,  29,  30,  34,  69,  82,  84 

member  of  council, 361 

chosen  Assistant, 60 

bound  over,  &c.,  to  answer  for  the  Salem 

letter, 161 

Mr.,  [Samuel,]   392,   394.   395,  397,  401 — 103, 

407 
bearer  of  duplicate  of  patent  and  colony 
seal  to  Mr.  Endicott,      .     .      386,  387,  392 

Thomas, 70,  73,  75 

chosen  Assistant, 60 

sworn, 70 

Mr., 28,  30 

Shaw,  Shawe,  Abraham, 241 

half   the   proceeds  of   coal    or  ironstone 

found  in  common  grounds  granted  to,  206 
petition  for  the  sale  of  land  of,  granted,  .  273 
deceased,  Joseph  Shaw  and  Nicholas  B}-- 

rara,  administrators  on  estate  of,     .     .  309 

Joseph, 309 

Robert, 99 

Roger. 283 

Shaw.sliin,  committee  appointed  to  view,      167,  200 
granted  to  Cambridge  upon  conditions,  .     .  330 
Shearman,  see  Sherman. 

Shcpard,    Sheopard,   Shepheard,  Samuel,   190,  271, 

275,  290,  304 

commissioner  at  Cambridge, 328 

deputy, 250,  256,  288,  301 

Mr.,    [Thomas,]    JE50    granted  to,  by   the 

General  Court, 165 

William, 172 

Sherman,  Shearman,  John, 313 

Philip, 212,  223 

Samuel, 212,  315,317 

William, 25 

Ship  building  encouraged,  and  overseers  of,  or- 
dered to  be  appointed, 337 


GENERAL    IxNDEX. 


457 


Ship  carpenters,  &c.,  exempted  from  training,  .  258 
Shipwrights,  six  sent  to  New  England,    .     .     .  394 
Ships,  materials  for  building  and  rigging,    .     .  402 
sales  from,  &c.,  see  Port  and  harbor  regu- 
lations. 

Shoemaking, 404 

Shoes  provided  for  New  England,  .     .     .     .  27,  35 

Short  hand,  entries  in, 105,  164 

Short,   Henry,  deputy  from  Ipswich,  illegally 

chosen. 135 

Shorthose,  Robert, 177,  245,  249 

Shot.swell,  Shotchwell,  John,       ....    107,  244 

Shuter,  Mr.,  sent  to  England, 82 

Sill, , 309 

Simes,  Mr., 223 

Sirakins,  Nicholas,  committee  appointed  to  ex- 
amine accounts  of, 165,  174 

report  of  committee  on  account  of,    .     .     .  181 

summoned  for  misdemeanor, 183 

Captain  Keayne  delivers  a  bond  from,  to 

the  Treasurer, 273 

Simonds,  see  Symonds. 

Simpson,  John,  to  pay  costs  to  Captain  Jeani- 

sou  and  Mt.JJrown, 269 

Singing  in  the  churches, 316 

Single  persons,  see  Unmarried  persons. 

Skelton,  Samuel, 387,  407,  408,  409 

member  of  council, 361 

land  near  Salem  granted  to, 97 

letters  written  to, 67 

Mr.,  [Samuel,] 386,  395 

effects  of,  to  be  divided  according  to  his 

will, 232 

Skidmer,  John, 317 

Skins  for  tanning,  see  Hides. 

Skullard,  Samuel, 236 

Slate  Island,  part  of  granted  to  Thomas  Lamb,  106 
Slavery,  criminals  to  be  delivered  into,  .  .  .  246 
Sleeves,  wide  and  short,  prohibited,    ....  274 

See  Sumptuary  laws. 
Smead,  Judith,  deceased,  Israel  Stoughton  ad- 
ministrator on  estate  of, 259 

Smith,  Smyth,  Francis, 77 

Henry, 171,  297 

deputy, 319 

Jacob, •.     ...  203 

James, 312 

John,  98,  159,  203,  219,  233,  234,  252,  254,  258 
and  Jeremy   Norcross,    committee    ap- 
pointed to  settle  accounts  between,    .  311 

Josliua, 299 

Lucy, 90 

Ralph, 247,  249 

Mr.  Ralph, 390 

Robert, 282 

VOL.  I.  58 


Smith,  Thomas, 149, 

deputy, 

William, 180.  181,  201,  223, 

commissioner  for  Weymouth,  .  .  239, 
deputy, 178,  194, 

Mr., 50,  152, 


house  of, 


the  accountant, 

Smitheman,  John, 

Smyth,  see  Smith. 

Somerset  planters, 

South,  William, 

Southcoate,  Captain,  leave  granted  to,  to  visit 

England, 

Sparhauke,  Nathaniel,  licensed  to  draw  wine. 


Mr., 


Spectacle  Island,  &c.,  granted  to  Boston,      .     . 
Spencer,  Garret,  granted  the  ferry  at  Lynn,  .     . 

George, 

John, 

chosen  captain  at  Newbury,      .     .     .     . 
discharged  from  post  of  captain,  at  New- 

buryj 

deputy,  .     .135,  145,  156,  164,  174,  178, 

Mr.,  deputy, 

appointed  to  keep  the  Courts  in  Ipswich 

and  Newbury, .     .  

and  Mr.  Dummer   allowed  to  build   a 

mill, 

William,  142,  162,  165,  166,  173,  175,  179, 

184,  188,  200,  210,  222,  223, 

chosen  lieutenant  at  Newtown,  .     .     .     . 

300  acres  of  land  beyond  Concord,  by 

the  Alewife  River,  granted  to,    .     .     . 

member  of  the  military  company  of  the 

Massachusetts, 

deputy,  .  .  .  135,  164,  178,  194,  204, 
Lieutenant,  [William,]  deputy,  .  .  .  . 
Mr.,   .     .      95,  139,  145,  174,  181,  211,  212, 

Spices, 

See  Sumptuary  laws. 
irits,      


227 
145 
295 
263 
204 
331 
303 
61 
299 

401 
234 

90 

259 
311 
139 
253 
203 
167 
191 

195 
185 
117 

175 

149 

182, 
251 
190 

228 

251 
220 
191 
232 
186 

186 


Sp 

See  Sumptuary  laws. 
Sprague,  Sprage,  Ralph,77,78,  102,  125,  175,  260,  278 
chosen  constable  of  Charlestown,      ...     79 

chosen  sergeant, 120 

to  assist  at  Newtown  Court, 197 

100  acres  of  land  granted  to,      ....  262 

deputy,  145.  164,  178,  205,  220,  227,  235.  250, 

256,  270,  288.  336 

Sergeant,  [Ralph,] 148 

Lieutenant.   [Ralph.]  209,  223,  325,   242,    257, 

21)0,  290.  343 
Richard,  recants  signing  the  remonstrance,  209 


458 


GENEKAL   INDEX. 


Spring,  Koger, ^ 299 

Springfield,  order  concerning  jurisdiction  at,    .  320 

letter  to  Connecticut  concerning,  ....  323 

Spurr,  John, 254 

Spurstowe,  Mr., 48,50,51,56,58 

Squaw  Sachem,  Cambridge  ordered  to  furnish 

with  a  coat  every  winter, 292 

Cambridge  to  give  corn  and  coats  to,    .     .317 

sale  by,  to  Concord, 201 

sale  by,  to  Cambridge, 196 

Squire,  Thomas, 203 

Stacy,  John,  Jun., 268 

William,  Jun., 299 

Stagg,  Mr., 122 

Stanley,  John,  deceased,  order  concerning  care 

of  his  children,  John  and  Ruth,      .     .134 

Thomas, 134 

deputy, 156 

Timothy, 134 

Starr, ,  chosen  surgeon, 197 

Thomas, 219,  222,  245 

deceased,  \vife  Susan,  administratrix  on 

his  estate, 314 

State  line,  or  colony,  north  boundary,  ....  237 
Staughton,  see  Stoughton. 

Staves, •     •  395 

Stebben,  John, 314 

Stebbons,  Edward, 145 

Stedman,  Robert, 314 

Steele,  John,  commissioner  for  Connecticut,     .  171 

deputy, 135,  145,  156 

Stephens,  Mr., 58 

Sternes,  Isaac, 86 

fined  for  changing  the  highway,  ....  247 
Stevens,  Steevens,  Henry, 311 

Thomas,  armorer, 31 

Mr.,  undertakes  to  build  a  moving  fort,      .113 

to  build  the  sea  fort, 120 

Stickland,  John, 86,  243 

See  Strickland. 

Sticklett;  John, 78 

Stileman,  Mr.,  [Elias,]  licensed  innkeeper,     .  159 

constable, 163 

Stitson,  William, 108 

Stoader,  Anthony, 335 

George, 318 

Mr., 334 

Stock,  public,  committee  concerning  raising  of,    95 
Stone,  Gregory, 342 

deputy, 236 

John,  and  wife,  concerning  bread,     .     .     .  278 

Captain  John, 108,  244 

Stone's  meadow, 226 

Stony  River  bridge  to  be  built, 107 

Sloryn,  Andrew, 154 


Stoughton,  Israel,  100,  113,  120,  125,  133,  141,  188, 
194,  197,  202,  205,  217 — 220,  223,227,  229, 
232,  234,  235,  240,  241,  245,  248,  250,  254, 
255,  260,  265,  268,  270,  271,  279,  282,  283, 
285,  287,  296—298,  301,  309,  310,  314,  316, 
318,  320,  326,  330,  332,  334,  336. 

allowed  to  select  a  farm, 121 

allowed  to    build  a  mill,  a  wear,  and  a 

bridge  over  Neponset  River,  .  .  .  .114 
grant  of  wear  confirmed  with  conditions,  127 
appointed  to  oversee  the  Dorchester  fort,  .  124 
150  acres  of  meadow  granted  to,  .     .     .     .  130 

book  written  by,  burned, 135 

not  to  hold  otfice  for  three  years,  for  af- 
firming that  the  Assistants  were  not 

magistrates, 136 

ordered    to   account   to  the  Treasurer  for 

money  received, 138 

restored  to  his  former  condition,    .     .     .     .175 

to  hold  Courts, 175 

chosen  captain  for  Dorchester,      .     .     .     .190 
chosen  by  lot  to  go  against  the  Pequots,    .  195 

deputy, 117,  135,  185,  191 

chosen  Assistant,     .     .    195,  228,  256,  288,  319 
is   allowed  to  locate   land  on.  both  sides 

of  Neponset  River, 207 

appointed  to  take  charge  of  Mr.  Wheel- 
wright,      207 

his  taxes  remitted  for  military  services,      .  215 
appointed  administrator  on  estate  of  Judith 

Smead, 259 

fined  for  releasing  his  servant,  .     .     .  ■   .     .  267 

fine  remitted, 282 

resigns  ofiice  of  captain  of  Dorchester,      .  290 
committee  appointed  to  visit  the  mill  of,    .  295 

chosen  sergeant  major, 343 

justice  for  Dover, 343 

Sergeant,  [Israel,] 119 

chosen  ensign, 110 

Ensign,  [Israel,] 113,  125 

Mr.,  [Israel,]  his  mill, 162,  207 

Thomas, 83,  243 

chosen  constable  of  Dorchester,    ...     76 

Stowe,  John, 312,  330 

deputy, 255,  271 

allowed  for  loss  in  receiving  corn,     .     .     .  330 

Slower,  Nicholas, 77,  78 

to  be  paid  by  the  owners  of  certain  cattle 

for  his  care, 76 

constable  of  Charlestown, 255 

Strangers,  not  to  be  entertained  without  license; 
to  be  reported  to  the  council  upon  ar- 
rival,     196 

to  be  reported  by  the  constables,  ....  241 
Courts  for, 264 


GENERAL   INDEX. 


459 


Strays,  persons  taking  up,  to  notify  the  consta- 
ble,      211 

Stretton,  John, 194,  203,  237,  245,  265 

Strickland,  John, 99 

See  SticklanJ. 
Strong  water  not  to  be  sold  by  innkeepers,  .     .  205 
Sudbury,   .     .  238,  291,  296,  306,  307,  328,  343,  345 
a  new  plantation  near  Concord,     ....  271 
committee  appointed  to  lay  out  lands  for 

inhabitants  of, 271 

an  addition  to  its  territory  granted,  .  .  .  289 
exempted  from  taxation  for  a  year,  .  .  .  292 
land  adjacent  granted  to  Mrs.  (ilover,  .  .  305 
commissioners    appointed  to   hear   small 

causes  at, 306,  328 

allowed  to  give  John  Rowen  a  lot,    .     .     .  306 

Sugar, 186 

See  Sumptuary  laws. 

Sumner,  Goodman, 295 

Sumptuary  laws :  ornaments  in  dress  of  every 

kind  forbidden, 126 

laces  forbidden, 183 

short  sleeves,  ribbons,  &c.,  discouraged,  .  274 
churches  to  deal  with  offenders  against,  .  274 
duties  on  fruits,  sugar,  spirits,  wine,   and 

tobacco,  imported, 186 

repealed  as  to  sugar,  spice,  and  fruit,      .  209 
imposts   on   wines   and   strong   water   re- 
pealed,      221 

concerning  cakes  and  buns,      .     .     .     .     .  214 

concerning  venison, 208 

concerning  wheat  bread, 337 

Surgeon,  Mr.  Pratt  employed  as, 29 

Mr.  Starr  chosen, 197 

Surgeon's  bill,  for  the  ship  Lion's  Whelp,    .     .     61 

Sutton,  John, 315 

Swaddon,  Philip, 88,  91 

Swaine,  Swayne,  Richard, 236 

commi.s.sioner  for  Winnacunnet,   ....  259 

William,  deputy, 174 

commissioner  for  Connecticut,  .     .     .     .171 
Swamps,  wood  growing  in,  free  to  any  inhab- 
itant,   Ill 

Sweete,  John. 97,198,245 

Swift,  William,  contributes   towards  the  caro 

of  his  former  servant,  now  sick.      .     .144 
and  Andrew   Coleman,   order  concerning 

dispute  between, 298 

J  case  concerning,  referred  to  a  com- 
mittee        201) 

Swine,  doing  damage,  to  be  forfeited,  ....     86 
wild,   not   to   be    killed   without   general 

agreement, 87 

owners  of,  to  pay  for  damage  done  by,  .  .101 
coming  near  fishing  stages  forfeited,      .     .  104 


Swine  in  cornfields  may  be  killed,      .  .  106 

order   concerning    feeding  and  liraitali,on 

of  number  to  be  kept, 110 

orders   concerning,  repealed  ;    the   matter 

left  to  the  several  towns,    .     .     .     119,215 
young  of,  falling  between  July  and  Janua- 

ary,  not  to  be  kept, 148 

committee  appointed  to  draught  laws  con- 
cerning,   149 

regulations  concerning  impounding,      .     .  150 

charges  for  kecpinir,  kc, 157 

at  large,  may  be  killed  as  wild,     ....  181 
order  relating  to  killing  suspended  as  to 

those  that  are  "  rung," 187 

to  be  kept  in  yards,  or  in  charge  of  keep- 
ers ;  at  liberty,  may  be  impounded  or 

killed, 188 

doing  damage  in  corn  or  meadow  ground, 

the  owner  to  pay  double, 189 

new  regulations  concerning  the  forfeiture 

of, 238,  239 

order  concerning  forfeiture  of,  repealed,     .  255 

fines  concerning,     .     .     .     .219,  222,  265,  270 

Sylvester,  Silvester,  Richard,      .  249.  252,  265,  270 

Synionds,  Samuel, 289,  308 

deputy,       .     .     .      227,  236,  270,  288,  301,  336 
to  assist  at  Ipswich  Court,       232,  261,  290,  328 

to  hold  Courts  for  Dover, 343 

chosen  recorder  for  Ipswich, 306 

Mr.,  [Samuel,] 319 

licen.sed  to  sell  wine,  &c.,  at  Ipswich,   .  221 

proposed  for  a  magistrate, 345 

Thomas,  enjoined   to  appear    concerning 

Mr.  Eaton's  house  and  the  college,     .  282 

Synod  at  Newtown, 202 

Tabor,  Philip,  .' 114,115 

Tacye, , 283 

Tahatawants,  see  Attawan. 
Tailors'  wages,  see  Laborers. 

Talbie,  Dorothy, 246 

Dilficult, 246 

John, 24G 

Talbot,  ship, 386 

provisions  for, 26,  36 

Governor  to  order  unlading  of,      ....     51 
to  be   returned  .speedily  from  New  Eng- 
land,    395,  397,  398,  400 

Talcott;  John. 162 

depulv,  ....       117,  135,  145,  156,  164,  174 

Mr.,   .' 139 

Tanning  hides, 238 

Tariir,  ' 186 

Tarling,  Christopher, 112 

Tatnian,  John, 257 

Taverns,  .see  Inns. 


460 


GENERAL   INDEX. 


Taxes,  £50,  for  support  of  Captains  Underhill 

and  Patrick, 77 

£60  for  support  of  Mr.    Wilson   and  Mr. 

Pliillip.s, 82 

£30  for  tlie  canal  at  Newtown,      ....  89 

£60  for  palisade  about  Newtown,      ...  93 

£30  on  certain  towns  for  salary  of  cap- 
tains,    103 

General  Court  only  to  levy, 117 

to  be  assessed  upon  property,   not  upon 

numbers, 120 

to  be   assessed   on   persons   only   in  the 

places  where  they  reside,      .     .     .     .168 

assessed  on  the  property  of  each  individual 

where  it  lies, 166 

and  fines,  Treasurer  ordered  to  attach  the 

bodies  of  persons  not  having  paid,      .  239 

to  be  assessed  for  church  and  State  charges 

upon  all  residents, 240 

estates  in  England  to  be  assessed  accord- 
ing to  value, 262 

repealed, 330 

to  be  assessed  for  public  charges,  (expla- 
nation of  order  of  March,  1635,)      .     .277 

committee  appointed  in  each  town  to  ap- 
praise goods  offered  for, 295 

measures   to    prevent   loss    by  receiving 

produce  for, 303 

to  be  paid  in  produce  at  appraisal,   .          .  340 

corn  in  payment  of,  see  Corn. 

colle'ction  of,  see  Constables. 

levied  for  public  charges :  — 

£400,  October,  1633, 110 

£600,  September,  1634, 129 

£300,  March,  1635, 138 

£200,  July,  1635, 149 

£200,  September,  1635, 158 

£300,  March,  1636, 165 

£200,  May,  1636, 175 

£1200,  September,  1636,    .     .     .    180,  181 

£300,  March,  1637,   . 191 

£600,  April,  1637, 192 

£400,  August,  1637, 201 

£1000,  November,  1637, 209 

£1500,  March,  1638, 225 

£200,  June,  1638, 232 

£400,  September,  1638, 242 

£1000,  June,  1639, 260 

£1200,  May,  1640, 294 

Taylor's  Island  granted  to  William  Hutching- 

son, 149 

Tenure  of  olHce  to  be  for  one  year,      ....  362 
Terry,  Stephen,  sworn  constable  of  Dorchester 

for  a  year, 151 

Thomas,  to  appear  at  Court, 248 


Thacher,  Anthony,  administrator  on   estate  of 

Joseph  Avery, 154 

40  marks   granted  to,   in  consequence  of 

losses, 157 

the  island   on   which    he  was   preserved 

from  shipwreck  granted  to  him,      .     .  191 
Thanksgiving,  appointe<l  for  God's  great  mercy 
to  the  churches  on  Germany  and  the 
Palatinate  on  June  13,  1632,  ....     96 

June  19,  1633, 105 

October  16,  1633,  for  a  bountiful  harvest, 
and  the   arrival  of  persons  of  special 

use  and  quality, 109 

August  20,  1634,  for   safe  arrival  of  ships 

and  passengers, 123 

June  15,  1637, 199 

September  8,   1637,   for  success  and  safe 
return  of  Pequot  expedition,  success 
of   the   conference,  at  Newtown,  and 
good  news  from  Germany,     ....  204 
last  Thursday  of  October,  1638,    ....  241 

November  28,  1639, 277 

Thatchers,  wages  of,  see  Laborers'  wages. 
Theale,  Nicholas,  attacliment  granted  for,    .     .  220 

ordered  to  pay  John  Finch, 233 

Thing,  Jonathan, 317 

Thomas,  Evan,  allowed  provisions  for  the  sup- 
port of  his  family, 300 

Thorne, , 335 

Thornedicke,  Mr., 103 

Thorpe,  Robert, 249 

Thunder,  the  ship,  arbitrators  appointed  to  set- 
tle all  differences  concerning,    .     .     .  151 

Thwayt,  Alexander, 296 

Tilden,  Tylden,  Mr.,  committee  on  Plymouth 

line, 196 

Tileston,  Tyleston,  Thomas, 299 

Tilley,  Tylley,  Tillie,  John,  committee  ap- 
pointed to  apply  effects  to  the  pay- 
ment of  the  debts  of,      115 

disputes  referred, 122 

Hugh, 401 

Mr., 158 

Timber, 395 

persons  felling,  ordered  to  have  it  viewed 

by  an  Assistant, 101 

Title  to  real  estate,  see  Registration. 
Tobacco,  penalty  against  the  public  use  of,      .  101 
constables  ordered  to  report  those  using,   .   109 

penalty  for  taking  publicly, 126 

sale  of,  prohibited  after  a  fixed  time,     .     .  136 
prohibition  of  sale  of,  construed  not  to  ex- 
tend to  its  exportation, 180 

law  against  sale  of,  repealed, 204 

all  former  laws  against,  repealed,      .     .     .  206 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


461 


Tobacco,  law  against  using,  revived  with  pen- 
alties, .• 241,  242 

Governor  Cradock  apposed  to  the  planting 

and  use  of, 385 

raising  of,  discouraged, 388 

restraint  of  cultivation  and  use  of,     .     .     .  403 
takers,  see  Idlers,  and  Sumptuary  laws. 

Toby,  Francis, 149,  152,  176,  244 

Todd,  John, 262 

Tole,  Roger, 312 

Toralins,  Tom  lyns,  Edward, 279,316 

appointed  keeper  of  ordnance,  &c.,    .     .     .120 
authorized  to  impress  men  to  make  car- 
riages for  ordnance, 125 

chosen  cannoneer, 197 

deputy, 117,  156,  270 

Timothy,    125,  145,  180,  194,  201,  263,  289,  337 

deputy,  135,  178,  192,  194,  204,  205,  220.  227, 

250,  256,  288,  301 

Tompkins,  Ralph, 172 

Tompson,  Morris,  encouragement  of,  in  fishing,  256 

JVIr., 337 

land  granted  to, 292 

Tompson's  Island,  granted  to  Dorchester,     .     .139 
Tools,  agricultural,  &c.,  to  be  sent  to  New  Eng- 

hmd, 31 

Tower,  John, 297 

Tovms,  ordered  to  keep  a  watch  of  two  men,   .  120 
committee  appointed  to  fix  boundaries  of,   127 
to  provide  places  for  arms,  &c.,  ....     138 
copy   of   rates   to  be   delivered  to  depu- 
ties by  constables, 138 

to  provide  their  inhabitants  with  arms, .     .     84 
ordered  to  provide  standard  weights  and 

measures, 148 

near  Boston  each  to  send  10  men  com- 
pletely armed,  to  attend  the  General 

Court  of  Elections, 166 

authorized  to  control  the  location  of  houses,  168 

to  manage  their  local  affair,s, 172 

having  less  than  10  freemen,  not  entitled 

to  send  deputies, 178 

question  as  to  their  power  to  restrict  the 

sales  of  real  estate, 201 

authorized  to  present  suitable  persons  to 

be  licensed  as  wine  sellers,  &c.,    .     .  221 
inhabitants  of,  to  be  taxed  for  church  and 

state  charges, 240 

See  Taxes, 
to  bring  in  transcripts  of  their  lands,      .     .  266 
having   no  weekly  lecture,  to  provide  a 

post  for  intention  of  marriage,    .     .     .  275 
to  send  certificate  of  their  records  to  the 

recorder,  under  penalty, 276 

See  Registration. 


Towns,  ordered  to  have  their  boundaries  staked 

out  within  a  year  after  the  grant,    .     .  319 
frontier,  to  have  a  barrel  of  powder  each,  .  328 

See  Farms, 331 

Townsend,  William, 212 

Trainings,  see  Military  affairs. 

Traske,  [William,]  Captain,  102,  120,  124,  143,  146, 
167,  174,  195,  200,  217,  222,  226,  227 
appointed  muster  master  of  the  east  regi- 
ment,   187 

William,  chosen  captain  for  Salem,  .     .     .191 
commander  of  soldiers  for  Pequot  expe- 
dition,       193 

200  acres  of  land  granted  to,      ....  262 

Mr.,  [William,]  bill  of,  allowed 273 

deputy,  156,  164,  174,  178,  185,  191,  194,  256 

Travell.  Nathaniel, 287 

Travellers  between  Ma.ssachusetts  and  Plym- 
outh colony  directed  to  go  armed,  .     .     85 
to  take  a  permit  from  the  Governor,  ...     88 
and  strangers  may  be  entertained  by  oth- 
ers than  innkeepers  upon  special  oc- 
casions,     279 

Treadwell,  see  Tredwell. 

Treasurers,  George  Harwood, 40 

Samuel  Aldersey, 65 

Richard  Bellingham, 195,  264 

William  Coddington, 118 

Richard  Dumraer, 175 

William  Pinchon, 99 

William  Tyng, 288,  333 

of  Joint   Stock  Company,  siyidry  gentle- 
men desired  to  make  choice  of,  .     .     .  128 
Treasurer's  account,  committee  on,      .     .    200,  242 
committee  appointed  to  take  account  of 

former, 288 

Treasurer,  to  receive  fines  instead  of  the  Sec- 
retary,       290 

with  others,  appointed  a  committee  to  let 

the  Charlestown  ferry, 290 

is  directed  to  have  his  accounts  made  up 

within  si,\  weeks, 328 

Tredwell,  Edward,  land  granted  to,     ...     .  200 

Goodman 263 

Trerice,  Nicholas, 335 

Mr.,  [Nicholas,] 283 

Trespasses  in  cornfields,  by  cattle,  order  con- 
cerning,   86 

by  cattle  are  without  remedy,  unless  fences 

are  sufficient, 215 

Treworthy.  Mr., 254 

Trials,  involving  life  or  banishment,  to  be  by 

jury, 118 

Trimountain,  ordered  to  be  called  Boston,   .     .     75 
Trowent,  Morris, 85 


4G2 


GENERAL   INDEX. 


Trumble,  John, 194,  198,  245 

Trusdell,  Richard, 312 

Tucke,  Robert, 236 

Tucker,  Robert, 296 

Turner,  John,  and  William   Richards,   affairs 

between,  arbitrated, 300 

Nathaniel, 95,  226,  227,  253 

chosen  captain, 112 

appointed  to  hold  Courts, 175 

to  assist  at  Salem  Court, 197 

Mr., 101 

chosen  constable  of  Saugus,      ....     99 

Captain,  [Nathaniel,]  113,    124,  139,   142,  146, 

167,  175,  195,  211,  217,  232 

deputy,    .     .     .     117,  135,  145,  156,  164,  174 

Richard, 246,  268 

granted  38s.  for  loss  in  receiving  corn,  .  238 

Robert,  discharged, 266 

petition  of,  for  money,  granted,      .     .     .  309 
Thomas,     ....."...       267,  268,  315 

,   200   bushels  of  corn  granted  to, 

and  the  collectable  fines, 333 

Mr., 102 

Tuttle,  Henry,  chosen  constable  of  Hinghara,  .  299 

John, 308 

Mr., 253 

'  Twite hwell,  Joseph, 112 

Two  Brothers,  the  boundary  of   Mr.   Dudley's 

farm, 229 

Twogood,  John,  sent  to  his  dame,  the  wife  of 

Thomas  Marshfield, 311 

Tyinge,  Mr., 294 

Tylls,  Peter,      .  * 282 

Tyng,  William,  290,  295,  299,  302,  308,  319,  341—343 

chosen  Treasurer, 288,  333 

settlement  with  John  Coggan, 286 

and   Robert  Thompson,  case  between  re- 
ferred,       315 

freed  from  training, 332 

order  for  valuation  of  house  sold  by  Mr. 

Whitred  to, 346 

deputy, 271,  288,  301,  318,  336 

Mr.,  [William,] 296,  304,  328 

proposed  for  a  magistrate, 345 

See  Tyinge. 
Underhill,   Captain  John,   112,   120,   124,   129,   160, 
208,  211,  237,  301,  329,  335 

pay  of, 75—77,  99,  103 

See  Captain  Patrick. 

and  others  appointed  committee  to  super- 
intend the  fortifications, 124 

excused  from  payment  of  £20,      ....  158 
muster  master  of  south  regiment,      .     .     .187 

chosen  captain  for  Boston, 191 

salary  granted  to, 191 


Underhill,  Captain  John,  maintenance  of,  con- 
tinued,  200 

discharged  with  a  quarter's  pay  gratuity,  .  208 
200  acres  of  land  promised  to,  ....  237 
safe  conduct  granted  to,  to  answer  before 

the  church, 251 

deputy, 117 

Undertakers,  (holders   of  preferred  stock,)  see 
Joint  stock  company. 

Underwood,  Thomas,  deputy, 205 

Martin,       316 

Unmarried  persons  to  be  disposed  of  by  the 

several  towns, 186 

Upham,  John, 179 

commissioner  for  Weymouth, 281 

deputy,.     .     .     .     174,194,204,227,250,271 

Upsall,  Nicholas, 77,  203 

innkeeper  in  Dorchester, 199 

Utensils,  household,   &c.,  to   be    provided  for 

New  England, 25 

Valuation,  committee  on, 175 

Vane,  Henry,   176,  177,  184,  191,  193,  194,  199,  200 
chosen  one  of  the  commissioners  of  mili- 
tary affairs, 168 

chosen  Governor, 174 

announces  intention  to  go  to  England,  .     .185 

deputy, 194 

Vassall,  Samuel,    ....        34,  41,  47,  50,  51,  56 

chosen  Assistant, 40 

William,   37,   39,  40,  44,   45,    50,  51,  54,  56,  57, 

58,  70,  408 

chosen  Assistant, 40,  60 

Mr., 27,  30,  34,  56,  67 

Vaughan,  John, 112,244,284,285 

Venison,  persons  forbid  buying  but  by  leave  of 

their  town, 208 

Venn,  John,  33,  41,  45,  47,  49,  50.  52,  54,  56,  57,  58, 

59,  61,  67 

chosen  Assistant, 40,  60 

Captain,  [John,] 29,  30,  34,  37 

Verin,  Joshua, 247 

Vessels,  see  Ships. 

Victualing  house,  not  to  be  kept  without  li- 
cense,        140 

See  Inns. 

Vine  Brook, 310 

Vine  planters,  to  be  provided  for  New  England,     24 

Virginia, 385 

Wade,  Jonathan, 150,203^311.312 

200  acres  of  land  granted  to,     ...     .  262 

Samuel, 268 

Thomas, • 150 

Wages,  of  mechanics  and  laborers,  see  Laborers, 
of  labor,  and  prices  of  commodities,  com- 
mittee appointed  on  high  price  of,  .     .  22.S 


GENERAL   INDEX. 


463 


Waites,  Alexander, 195 

Wake,  William, 311 

Wakefield,  William,  clerk  of  the  writs,  Hampton,  345 

Wakemaii,  Samuel,  deputy, 145 

Wales,  Timothy, ITii 

Walford,  Thomas, 86,  107,  243 

Walgrave,  Mr., 39,  46 

laud  ^'ranted  to, 29-2 

Walker,  John, 212 

.Richard, 190,  253 

Ensign  Richard, 269,  300 

deputy, 288,  318 

Robert, 133 

Waller,  Captain,  30,  44,  46,  47,  50,  52,  56,  58,  61,  67,  69 

Walthara,  Henry, 267 

interest  of,in  a  mill  referred  for  settlement,  313 

William, 285 

Mr., 158 

Walton,  George, 245 

Thomas,  deputy, 185 

William, 288 

Waltam,  i\Ir.,  deputy, 178 

Wampampeag,  orders  concerning  value  of,  as 

currency, 208,  302,  329 

orders  coucerniiig  trade  in,    .  179,  196,  208,  322 

Wannerton,  Thomas, 152 

Mr 254,  345 

Wanottimyes  River, 102 

See  Winotimies. 
War,  anticipated,  committee  appointed  to  con- 
duct,     125 

proposed  against  the  Pequots, 187 

See  Pequots. 
Ward,  Andrew,  commissioner  to   govern   Con- 
necticut,   171 

Nathaniel, 222 

recommended  to  the  company, ....     63 
600  acres  of  land  granted  to,      ....  344 
Mr.,   [Nathaniel,]   petition  of,    concerning 

new  settlement, 290 

his  plantation, 303 

his  company, 319,  340 

Samuel, 209,  223 

deputy, 205,  220 

Thomas,' 78 

Warden,  Thomas, 212 

William, 212 

Warehouse  rates,  see  Wharfage. 

Warha.n,  John,  Mr., 153 

Warner,  Andrew, 171 

Thomas, 270 

Warren,  Arthur, 219 

Warriner,  Ralph, 268 

Warwick,  Earl  of,  Secretary  ordered   to  copy 

the  patent  and  grant  of, 53 


Warwick,  Countess  of,  letter  of  thanks  voted  to, 

as  a  benefactress  of  the  plantation,      .  128 
Washborne,  John,  proposed  for  secretary,     .    29,  40 

elected, 31 

paid  ±'3  for  services  as  Secretary,      ...     41 

Waskote,  Stewkley, 223 

Watch,"  fire-arms   not   to  be  discharged   after 

setting  of, 85 

to  be  kept  in  Boston,  Dorchester,  and  Wa- 

tertown, 85 

ordered  to  be  kept  in  every  plantation,  .  .120 
and   ward   ordered  to   be   kept   in   every 

town, 190 

on    Lord's   day,    order   concerning,    re- 
newed,     228 

regulated  by  constables  or  magistrate.s,  .  293 

Watchmen. .  270 

Waterman,  Richard, 223,  394 

paid  for  killing  a  wolf, 99 

Waters,  Lawrence, 219,  233 

Watertown,  77,  79,  82,  89,  93,  95,  96,  102,  103,  110, 
123,  125,  140,  141,  169,  170,  175,  187,  190, 
208,  239,  263,  292,  295,  296,  298,  307,  316, 
317,  338,  345. 

nanieil, 75 

watch  of  4  men  to  be  kept, 85 

wear,  inhabitants  to  have  an  interest  in,    .     96 
fishing  with  nets  near  the  wear  in,  for- 
bidden,     127 

granteil  reversion  of  meadows  on  Mutldy 
River,  on  contingency  of  !Mr.  Hooker's 

removal, 129,  130 

and    Newtown   boundaries,    referees    ap- 
pointed to  .settle, 139 

settled, 144 

church,  to  dispose  of  children  and  estate 

of  E.  Lockwood,  deceased,    .     .     143,  151 
inhabitants  of  authorized  to  remove  to  a 

new  plantation, 140 

and  Charlestown,   to  have  distinct   com- 
panies,      160 

authorized  to  run  its  west  line, .     .     .     .  167 
and    Newtown    line,    William  Aspinwall 

authorized  to  survey, 180 

1500  acres  of  meadow  granted  to,  .  .  .  206 
plantation  upon  Concord  River  granted  to,  210 
inhabitants  of,  intending  to  remove  allowed 

to  sell  their  lands,     .     .  ' 221 

Concord,  and  Dedhara,  bounds  of,  settled 

between  themselves,     ....    228,  230 

fairs  of, 241 

committee  appointed  to  agree  with  Indians 

concerning  lands  in, 254 

and    Cambridge  boundaries   established,    254, 

330 


464 


GENERAL   INDEX. 


Watertown,  and  Dedham, 257 

fined  for  bad  roads,  and  want  of  stocks,  247,  267 
constable  of,  fined  for  not  returning  names 

of  deputies, 301 

freemen  of,  fined, 273 

discharged,  upon  promises  of  equity,      .  310 

mill,  judgment  concerning, 344 

taxes  of,  77,  82,  89,  93,  103,  110,  129,  138,  149, 
158,  166,  192,  201,  209,  225,  243,  260,  294 
Water  measure  to  be  the  standard  of  meas- 
ures,    232 

Way,  Henry, 100,  152 

Robert, 114,  122,  123,  163 

Wayraoth,  see  Weymouth. 

Wayte,  Gamaliel, 212 

Richard, 212 

Wear  at  Watertown, 127 

Wears,  ordered  to  be  left  open  from  Saturday 

noon  till  Monday  morning,    ....  261 

Weaver,  Mr.,  sent  to  England, 82 

Clement, 297 

Webb,  Webbe,  Francis,     ...     39,  128,  401,  408 

Henry, 247,  318,  331 

Mr., 45,  48,  50,  52,  54,  58,  64 

Webba  Cowet,  and  others,  sale  of  land  by,     .  201 

John, 105 

Wecohannet,  or  Dover,  &c..  jurisdiction  over, 
claimed  by  Massachusetts  by  transfer 

from  Edward  Hilton, 324 

Governor  authorized  to  appoint  commis- 
sioners  to   notify  inhabitants  of  said 

districts, 332 

Wedgwood,  John, 269 

Weight,  Richard,       291,  333 

Weights  and    measures,  standard,   towns  or- 
dered to  provide 87 

towns  to  provide  standard,  sealed  by  the 

marshal  at  Boston, 148 

to  be  tested  and  sealed  by  the  marshal,     .  223 
Weillust,  Joist,  chosen  surveyor  of  ordnance 

and  cannoneer, 83 

is  aided  towards  his  passEige  to  his  native 

land, 97 

deceased,  committee   appointed  to  settle 

affairs  of, 135 

Weld,  Joseph, 203,  207,  210,  219 

deputy, 336 

licensed  to  sell  wine  at  Roxbury,      .     .     .  258 
Ensign,  [Joseph,]  deputy,    ....    205,  220 
See  Wells. 
Weld,  Thomas,  granted  200  acres  of  land,    .     .  262 
pastor  of  Roxbury,  granted  533   acres  of 

land. 303 

[Thomas,]  sent  to  England, 332 

Mrs., 297 


Wells,  Joseph,  deputy, 178,185 

See  Weld. 

William, .335 

Dr., 401 

[Weld,]  Mr., 217 

Mr., 341 

Wenetsemet, 108 

ferry, 148 

Wenham,  first  settled  as  a  village  of  Salem,    .  279 
Wessacumcon,  established  as  a  plantation,  and 

name  changed  to  Newbury,  .     .     .     .146 

Wessaguscus, 77,  89,  93 

to  maintain  Thomas  Lane, 121 

and   Mount  Wolla.ston,  boundary  referred 

to  a  committee, 139 

twenty-one  families  allowed  to  settle  at,  149 

boundaries  of, 149 

name  changed  to  Weymouth, 156 

taxes  of, 77,  89,  93,  129,  138,  149 

Weston,  Francis, 113,145,223,233 

deputy, 117 

Mrs., 155 

Westwood,   William,    commissioner   for   Con- 
necticut,        171 

constable  of  the  plantation  at  Connecticut,  159 

Weymouth,  163,  165,   166,  169,  175,  186,  192,  199, 

225,    239,   251,   255,    279—281,  295,  307, 

313,  329,  332,  345. 

taxes  of,     158,  165,  201,  209,  225,  243,  260,  294 

formerly  called  Wessaguscus,  allowed  to 

send  a  deputy, 156 

and  Hingham  boundaries,    ....    161,  254 

and  Boston  bounds, 181,  189 

two  of  its  three  deputies  dismissed,  .     .     .179 
and  Boston  line,  committee  appointed  to 

view, 181 

William  Aspinwall  directed  to  survey,  .  189 
Round  and  Grape  Islands  granted  to,  .  .  191 
and  Mount  Wollaston  bounds,  .  .  .  201,  257 
company  of,  trained  by  Mr.  Dlmcan,  .  .  210 
Governor  and  others  appointed  committee 

to  settle  difficulties  in, 217 

fined  for  breach  of  various  laws,  233,  247,  267, 

285,  317 

church, 252,  254 

allowed  to  build  a  wear, 263 

ferry, 275 

See  Ferry. 

is  ordered  to  pay  six  bushels  of  corn,     .     .  333 
See  Wessaguscus. 
Wharfa'jo,  porterage,  warehouse  charges.  &c., 

committee  appointed  to  fix,       ....  341 
See  Port  and  harbor  regulations. 
^\^leat,   shipment   of,   deputies   to   report   the 

amount  which  each  town  can  ship,  337 


GENEllAL   INDEX. 


465 


Wheat  bread  not  to  be  baked  or  sold,  &c.,   .     .  337 

Wlieeler,  Thomas, 212 

Wheelock,  Ralph,  deput)',      .    .    .      270,  288,  301 

Mr., 294 

Wheelwright,  Mr.,  [John,]  189,  196,  200,  205,  207, 

211,  236 

friends  of,  banished, 223 

See  Coddington,  Aspinwall,  and  Coggeshall. 
Whetcombe,  Simon,  27,  29,  30,  34,  37,  40—42,  44, 
46—48,  50—54,  56,  404,  405, 

chosen  Assistant, 40 

Whichcote,  Whichcoyte,  Mr., 44,  54 

Whipple,  Wipple,  John,     .     .     .  100,  295,  319,  346 

deputy, 301,  318 

Whitchcombe,  Mr., 29 

White,  Daniel, 162 

Edmund, 40 

and  Mrs.  Woolcote,  committee  appoint- 
ed to  settle  matters  between ;  INIrs. 
Woolcote  to  give  in  an  inventory,  232,  311 

James, 106,  244 

John, 177,  268,  298,  307,  317 

Mr.,  the  counsellor, 29,  59 

Mr.,  the  preacher, 57 — 59 

Mr.,  [John,]  of  Dorchester,  England,     64,  130, 

385,  401 

Mr.,  John, 42,  44,  46,  51 

Mr., 39,  40,  47,  57,  61,  63 

Ralph, 23,  36 

Richard, 46 

Robert,  deceased,  administration  on  estate 
of,  granted  to  William  Stitson,  .     .     .153 

Thomas, 209, 300 

deputy, 192,205 

Whitele,  John, 176 

Wliiting,  William, 324 

Whitney,  John,  constable  of  Watertown, .     .     .  316 

Wliitred,  jNIr.,  sale  to  Mr.  Tyng, 346 

\\Tiitt,  John, 37 

Whittingham,  Mr., 304 

Wiffe,  Humphrey,  estate  of,  referred  to  Ipswich 

Court, 254 

Wiggin,  Captain,  Captain  Champernoone,  and 

others,  letters  to  be  sent  to,    ...     .  254 
joined  to  the  commission  at  Piscataqua,    .  345 
Wignall,  Ale.xander,  ....  86,  91,  108,  243,  244 
committee   appointed   to  inventory  goods 

of, 106 

Wilber,  Wilby,  Mary, 335,  340 

Wilbore,  Samuel, 203,211,223 

INIr., 144 

Wilby,  George, 162 

Wild  homp,  see  Hemp. 

Wilkin,  Bray,  licensed  to  keep  a  ferry  over  Ne- 

pouset  River. 241 

vol..    I.  51) 


Wilkinson,  Bray, 152 

Will,  nuncupative,  of  John  Russell,  of  Dorches- 
ter,       153 

Willard,  Simon, 295 

chosen  lieutenant  for  Concord,     ....  191 

Lieutenant,  [Simon,]  .     .     .  210,  238,  322,  346 

deputy,  185,  192,  194,  204,  205,  227,  236,  256, 

301,  318,  336 
licensed  to  sell  wine,  &c.,  at  Concord,   .  221 
commissioner  at  Concord,    .     .     .     264,  328 
appointed  to   demand  tribute,  and  run- 
aways, from  Indians, 323 

appointed  to  run  the  southern  line,  .  .  323 
monopoly  of  fur  trade  granted  to,  .  .  .  323 
clerk  of  the  writs  at  Concord,    ....  345 

Mr.,  [Simon,] .  232 

Williams,  Francis,  justice  for  Dover,  &c.,    .     .  343 

John, 202 

Richard, 112,244 

Robert,  lessee  of  Winnisimmet  ferry,     .     .341 

Roger, 77,  133,  151,  160 

Thomas, 78 

ferry  keeper  between  Winnisimmet  and 

Charlestown, 87 

William, 310 

Mr., 254,  335 

Willis,  Nicholas, 283 

Michael, 312 

Thomas,  associate  of  Salem   Court,    261,  290, 

328 

Mr.,  deputy, 117 

See  Wyllys. 

Wills,  William, i,t3 

Wills,  record  of,  see  Registration. 

Wilmot,  Ralph, 306 

Wilson,    Dr.,   ordnance    sent  in   ship   Griffin 

by, 128 

Edward,  deceased, 235 

John,  apprentice, gg 

Mr,,  [John,]    82,  114,   141,   168,   217,    223,   259, 

262,  338,  339,  360 
[John,]  house  built  for,  and  his  salary 

fixed, 73 

200  acres  of  land  granted  to,  .  .  .  .114 
chaplain  of  the  Pequot  e.xpedition,  .  .  195 
£20  granted  to,  for  services  as  chaplain,  215 
1000  acres  of  land  at  Pequot  granted  to,  263 

Lambert,  surgeon, 396 

Richard, 268,  315 

Thoma.s, 235,  246,  266 

William, 212,  339 

Wily,  John, 298 

Wincall,  Thomas, ■    .     .     .  10? 

Winchester,  Ale.xander, 291,  295 

commissioner  for  Braintree, 306 


466 


GENERAL    IxNDEX. 


Winchester,  Alexander,  clerk  of  the  writs,  .     .  345 

deputy, 336 

Windmill  Hill, 148 

Wine,  retailers  of,  not  to  allow  it  to  be  drank 

on  their  premises, 258 

or  strong  water,  not  to  be  sold   without  li- 
cense,       lOfi 

imposts  upon,  repealed, 221 

See  Sumptuary  laws, 
list  of  persons  authorized  to  sell  in   the 

several  towns, 221 

See  Innkeepers. 

Wing,  John, 249 

Robert,  Mr.   Colbran  aided  in  building  a 

house  for, 159 

Winnacunnet, 206 

established  as  a  plantation, 167 

to  be  cleared  of  Mr.  Easton  and  Geoffrey,  231 

settled, 236 

petitioners,  names  of, 236 

committee  appointed  to  locate,      ....  236 
made  a  town  with  usual  powers,  ....  259 

name  changed  to  Hampton, 271 

Winnisimmet.  Winetsemet,  Winnet  Semett,  82,  89; 
93,  108,  110,  148,  338,  340 

taxes  of, 82,89,93,110 

allowed  tlie  choice  of  belonging  either  to 

Boston  or  Charlestown, 119 

to  belong  to  Boston, 125 

ferry  granted  to  Samuel  Maverick,    .     .     .  126 

and  Lynn  highway, 289,  296,  340 

road  from,  to  the  written  tree,  .     .     .     332,  340 

Winotimies  River, 128 

See  Wanottimyes. 
Winshot,  Edward,  fined  for  absence  from  jury,  299 

Winsley,  Samuel, 277 

Mr., 237 

Winslow,    Samuel,    patent    for    making    salt 

granted  to, 331 

Mr.,  commissioner   for  Colchester,   Salis- 
bury,    295,  329 

Winthrop,  John,    51,  54,  56 — 58,  60,  61,  63,  65,   67, 
69,  70,  73,  75,  76,  79,  81—86,  88 — 90,  92,  93, 
96—101,  103,  105,  107,  108,  110,    HI,  114, 
116,  119,  121,  122,  125,  132—136,  138,  143, 
145,  147.  150—153,  155,  156,  159,  162,  164, 
167,  168,  171,    173,  176,  177,  184,  191,  193, 
194,  197,  202,  205,  217—220,  232,234,  235, 
24.5,  248,  250,  251,  2.55,  260,  265,   268,  270, 
279,  282,  283,  285,  287,  290,  293,  296,   297, 
298,  301,  309,  310,  313—316,  318,  332,  334, 
336,  343,  360,  408, 
on  account  of  great  commendations  for  in- 
tegrity and  sufficiency,  &c,,  nominat- 
ed to  succeed  Cradock  as  Governor,    ,     59 


Winthrop,  John,  chosen  Governor,     59,  87,   95,  104) 

195,  227,  256 
chosen   Deputy  Governor,  and   councillor 

for  life, 174 

chosen  Assistant,  .  ,  ,  .  118,  145,  288,  319 
appointed  justice  of  the  peace,     ....     74 

600  acres  of  land  granted  to, 91 

lease  of  Conant's  Island  to, 94 

rent  abated  to,  139 

pays  a  bushel  apples  rent  for, 301 

50  acres  of  land  granted  to, 102 

1000  acres  of  land  granted  to, 206 

200  acres  of  land  located, 229 

60  acres  of  land  granted  to, 261 

wear  at  IMystic  granted  to, 113 

account  due  to,  asked  for, 106 

committee  appointed  on  the  account  of,  .  120 
his  account  ordered  to  be  recorded,  ,     .     .128 

his  account  recorded, 130 

is  granted  what  may  remain  of  the  levy  to- 
wards his  claim,  141 

debt  to  be  paid  him  in  money  or  beaver,  .  180 
and  his  son  allowed  Indian  servants,  .  .  127 
appointed   on    committee   to    revise    the 

laws, 137 

commissioner  of  military  affairs, 146 

colonel  of  the  Bo.ston  regiment,    ....  186 
paid  for  his  loss  on  corn,  received  at  gov- 
ernment price.s, 215 

acquires  jurisdiction  for  the  colony  over 
land  on  the  Androscoggin,  from  Thom- 
as Purchase, 272 

attlhorized  to  free  his  servant, 286 

3000  acres  of  land  granted  to  the  wife  of, .  295 
wife  of,  permitted  to  build  a  house,  &c.,  on 

Concord  River, 341 

Margaret,  wife  of.  grant  located  to,  on  Con- 
cord River, 346 

John,  Jun.,  96—101,  103—105.  107,  114,  121, 
132,  150,  177,  184,  191,  197,  202,  220,  222, 
223,  234—236,  245,  248,  250,  255,  268, 
270,  283,  28.5,  287,  289,  296,  298,  301,  310, 
313,  314,  316,  318. 
chosen  Assistant,  95,  118,   145,  174,  195,  228, 

256,  288,  319 

chosen  lieutenant  colonel, 187 

allowed  to  set  up  a  trading  house  up 

Merrimack  River, 108 

reputed  to  be  appointed  Governor  of  the 

Connecticut  River  colony,      .     .     .     .170 
allowed  to  employ  au   Indian  to  shoot 

fowl, 127,  206 

absent  from  General  Court, 230 

payment  by,  to  the  sagamore  of  Aga- 
wam, 252 


GENERAL   INDEX. 


467 


VVinthrop,  John,  to  be  paid  by  Ipswich  for  an 

Indian  riglit,  27!) 

Fisher's  Island  granted  to, 304 

Stephen, 273 

chosen  recorder, 276,  307 

Wise,  John,  shoemaker, 31 

Wiswell,  Goodman, 318 

Witheredge,  John, 316 

Witherly,  Thomas, 261 

Wolcott,  Henry, 86 

Mr.,  permitted  to  look  out  a  farm,  .  .  .  121 
and  Mr.  White,  settlement  between,  232,311 

VVollaston,  Mr., 335 

Wollaston,  Mount,  see  Mount  Wollaston. 

Wolves,  bounty  proposed  for  killing,    ....     81 

bounty  repealed, 102 

and  foxes,  bounty  for  killing, 156 

bounty  increased, 218 

repealed, 252 

40  shillings,  and  10  shillings,  to  be  paid  by 

the  towns, 304 

repealed, 319 

Wonarton,  see  Wannerton. 

Wood,  William, 295 

See  Woods. 

Mr.,  letter  of  thanks  voted  to,  as  a  bene- 
factor of  the  plantation, 128 

Woodbury,  George, 211 

John,       83,  225,  235,  253,  295 

deputy, 145,  156,  220,  236,  250 

constable  of  Salem, 76 

Woodbridge,  John, 319 

deputy,  191,  194,  204,  205,   220,   227,  288,  296, 

301,  318,  336 

surveyor  of  arras  at  Newbury, 1 95 

to  assist  at  Ipswich  Court, 232 

commissioner  for  Newbury,     .     .     .     239,  328 

Mr., 209,  225,  237  294 

Woodgate,  Mr., 48,  52,  58,  61 

Woodley,  Edward,  imprisoned,   ....     177,193 

Woodman,  Edward, 201,  292,  303 

deputy,  ....       178,  191,  194,  204,  205,  256 

lieutenant  at  Newbury, 195 

licensed  to  sell  wine,  &c.,  at  Newbury,  .  221 
commissioner  for  Newbury,  .  .  .  239,  328 
Mr., .     180,  223,295 


Woods,  William,  deputy, 164 

See  VVood. 

Woodward,  George, 198,  199,  218 

James, 84,  99,  100 

John, 278 

Nathaniel,  £3  granted  to  by  General  Court 
for  exploration  of  the  Merrimack  River, 
his  associates  50s.  granted  to  each,     .  261 
surveyor  of  southern  line,      .     .     .    323,  333 
Goodman,  [Nathaniel.]     .     .     .      237,  279,  323 
Woolcote,  John,  plaintilf  against  Jesop,      .     .     218 
Woollen  clotli,  manufacture  of,  encouraged  by 

bounty, 303 

bounty  repealed, 320 

Woolridge,  John,     107,  219,  244,  266,  282,  286,  299 
William,  master  of  ship  Pilgrim,     .     .     .     400 

Mr., 106,  139,  142,  151,  201 

sale  of  land  to,  by  Cutshamake,     .     .     .201 

deputy, 135 

Worship,   public,    magistrates    authorized    to 
punish   for  absence  from,  on   Lord's 

day, 140 

Wormwood  sent  to  England, 82 

Woronock, 324 

Worster,  Mr., 277 

Wright,  Nathaniel,  36,  41,   47,   48,  52—54,  57,  58, 

63,  65—67 

Assistant, 40,  60 

Richard,  95,  108,  113,  211,  217,  226,  227,  246, 

295 
Mr.  Humphrey  and  Mr.  Hough,  differ- 
ence between,  referred  to  arbitrators,  .  153 
commissioner  at  Braintree,  .     .     .     306,  329 
Mr.,   .   27—30,  34,  50,  51,  53,  56,  59,  61,  69,  78 

Goodman, 152 

Mr.,  sent  to  England, 83 

Writs,  clerks  of  the,  see  Clerks  of  the  writs. 
Written  tree,  the,   ....    285,  310,  332,  338,  340 

Wulcott,  John,  deputy, 145 

Wyllys,  George, 324 

Wynehe,  Mr., 52 

Wytters,  William, 227 

Yonge,  Paul,   deceased,  committee  appointed 

to  settle  estate  of, 318 

Young,  Mr., 54,  56,  65 

100  acres  of  land  granted  to  Mr.  Todd  for,  262 


INDEX   OF   FREEMEN. 


1631-1641. 


INDEX  OF  FREEMEN. 


1631-1641. 


Abell,  Robeit,  3tti. 
Abbitt,  Robert,  369. 
Abbott,  Daniel,  366. 
Adams,  Fardinando,  377. 
Adams,  Jeremy,  370. 
Adams,  Richard,  371. 
Adams,  William,  375. 
Agar,  William,  366. 
Aleocke,  George,  Mr.,  366. 
Alcocke,  Thomas,  370. 
Alderman,  John,  376. 
Aldishe,  Nathan,  377. 
Aldridge,  George,  372. 
Alewortli,  Francis,  366. 
Allen,  Bozoun,  378. 
Allen,  John,  Mr.,  374,  378. 
Allen,  Matthew,  370. 
Allen,  Samuel,  370. 
Allen,  William,  366. 
Alleyne,  Edward,  Mr.,  374. 
Allise,  William,  377. 
Anderson,  Gouin,  377. 
Andrewes,  Joseph,  371. 
Andrewes,  Robert,  370. 
Andrewes,  William,  368. 
Andrewes,  William,  Mr.,  370. 
Androws,  William,  377. 
Anger,  Edmund,  377. 
Apleton,  Samuel,  Mr.,  371. 
Archer,  Henry,  378. 
Armitage,  Godfrey,  375. 
Armitage,  Joseph,  373. 
Arnoll,  John.  370. 


/-ntll,  Thomas,  377. 
Aspinwall,  William,  Mr.,  367. 
Astwood,  Jame.s,  376. 
Astwood,  John,  371. 
Atherton,  Humphrey,  374. 
Atkinson,  Thomas,  372. 
Bachiler,  Joseph,  374. 
Bachilor,  John,  377. 
Baker,  Edward,  375. 
Baker,  John,  369,  378,  379. 
Baker,  Nicholas,  371. 
Baker,  William,  369. 
Balche,  John,  366. 
Ballard,  William,  374. 
Balstone,  William,  366. 
Bambridge,  Guy,  370. 
Barbere,  Richard,  377. 
Barcker,  James,  378. 
Barker,  Thomas,  376. 
Barnes,  William,  378. 
Barny,  Jacob,  369. 
Barrone,  Ellis.  378. 
Barsham,  William,  372. 
Bartelmew,  Richard,  378. 
Bartholmewe,  William,  370. 
Bartholomewe,  Henry,  373. 
Bartlet,  John,  373. 
Bartlett,  Thomas,  370. 
Basse,  Samuel,  368. 
Bastowe,  Michael,  371. 
Batchelor,  John,  370. 
Batchelor,  Stephen,  Mr.,  371. 
Bate,  George,  372. 


bate,  James,  372. 
Bateraan,  William,  366,  379. 
Bates,  Clement,  371. 
Bates,  Edward,  372,  375. 
Batte,  Christopher,  375. 
Batter,  Edmund,  371. 
Batter,  Nicholas,  375. 
Baxter,  Gregory,  367. 
Bayly,  Thomas,  377. 
Beadseley,  William,  372. 
Beale,  Thomas,  372. 
Beale,  John,  375. 
Beares,  Richard,  372. 
Beckej  Alexander,  369. 
Beecher,  Thomas,  Mr.,  367. 
Belchar,  Gregory,  377. 
Belchar,  Edward,  Mr.,  366. 
Belcher,  Jeremy,  375. 
Bell,  Thomas,  371. 
Bellingham,  Richard,  Mr.,  372. 
Bellingham,  William,  Mr.,  378. 
Bendall,  Edward,  369. 
Benham,  John,  366. 
Benjamin,  John,  367. 
Bennet,  Edward,  372. 
Bennet,  James,  375. 
Benseley,  William,  372. 
Bent,  John,  377. 
Bernard,  John,  369,  370. 
Betsham,  Richard,  372. 
Bidfeild,  Samuel,  378. 
Biggs,  John,  368. 
Billing,  Nathaniel,  379. 
(471) 


472 


INDEX    OF    FREEMEN. 


Bircher,  Thomas,  373. 
Bishopp,  Townsend,  Mr.,  371. 
Blackborne,  Walter,  376. 
Blacke,  John,  367. 
Blackeleach,  John,  371. 
Blackestone,  William,  Mr.,  366. 
Blake,  William,  375. 
Blanchard,  William,  378. 
Blindman,  Richard,  Mr.,  336. 
Bloise,  Edmund,  376. 
Blood,  James,  379. 
Biott,  Robert,  376. 
Bloyce,  Francis,  379. 
Bloyett,  Thomas,  371. 
Blurafeild,  William,  371. 
Bointon,  William,  376. 
Bootefishe,  Robert,  371. 
Borenian,  Thomas,  370. 
Bosworth,  John,  369. 
Bosworth,  Zaccheus,  372. 
Bounde,  William,  373. 
Bourne,  Jarrett,  370. 
Bourne,  Nehemiah,  378. 
Boutwell,  James,  375. 
Bowelis,  John,  377. 
Bowen,  Grithn,  376. 
Bowstreete,  William,  375. 
Boyse,  Matthew,  376. 
Bracket,  Richard,  372. 
Bradberry,  Thomas,  376. 
Bradstreete,  Humphrey,  370. 
Bradstreete,  Simon.  372. 
Brakenbury,  Richard,  369. 
Brakenbury,  William,  367. 
Brandishe,  John,  370. 
Branker,  John,  Mr.,  367. 
Breck,  Edward,  376. 
Brenton,  William,  Mr.,  369. 
Brewer,  Daniel,  368. 
B-idge,  Edmund,  376. 
Bridge,  Edward,  376. 
Bridge,  John,  370. 
Bridges,  Robert,  378. 
Brigden,  Thomas,  371. 
Briggam,  Thomas.  373. 
Bright,  Henry,  370. 
Brinsmeade,  John,  374. 
Brisco,  William,  378. 
Brooke,  Henry,  375. 
Brooke,  Thomas,  372. 
Browne,  Abraham,  367. 
Browne,  Edward,  370,  379. 
Browne,  Edmund.  Mr.,  377. 
Browne,  George,  377. 
Browne,  James,  308,  372,  373. 


Browne,  John,  369,  374. 
Browne,  Nicholas,  374. 
Browne,  Richard,  Mr.,  366. 
Browne,  Richard,  371. 
Browne,  Thomas,  375,  bis. 
Browne,  William,  378. 
Browninge,  Thomas,  373. 
Buck,  James,  376. 
Buckland,  Thomas,  371. 
Bugby,  Richard,  366. 
Bulckley,  Edmund,  370. 
Bulgar,  Richard,  366. 
Bulkeley,  Thoraa.s,  375. 
Bull,  Henry,  373. 
Bullard,  George,  379. 
Bullard,  John,  377. 
Bullard,  William,  377. 
Bullen,  Samuel,  379. 
Bumstod,  Edward,  377. 
Buncar,  George,  370. 
Burbanke,  John,  376. 
Burcham,  Edward,  375. 
Burden,  George.  373. 
Burdsall,  Henry,  374. 
Burr,  Jehu,  366. 
Busbey,  Nicholas,  374. 
Busse,  William,  375. 
Buswell,  Isaac,  378. 
Burslyn,  John,  Mr.,  366. 
Butlar,  Richard,  369. 
Butlar,  William,  370. 
Butler,  Nicholas,  375. 
Burton,  Boniface,  371. 
Butterworth,  Samuel,  377. 
Buttolph,  Thomas,  379. 
Button,  John,  369. 
Byrara,  Nicholas,  374. 
Byrditt,  George,  Mr.,  371. 
Cakebread,  Thomas,  368. 
Capen,  John,  369. 
Capon,  Bernard,  371. 
Carington,  Edward,  371. 
Cai-penter,  William,  377. 
Carter,  Joshua,  368. 
Carter,  Thomas,  373,  374. 
Casely,  William.  373. 
Caule,  Thomas,  376. 
Cayne,  Christopher,  375. 
Chadwioke,  Charles,  366. 
Chafe,  Matthew,  373. 
Chamberlin,  Hejiry,  375. 
Champnyes,  Richard,  372. 
Chanler,  William,  377. 
Chaplaine,  Clement,  Mr.,  371. 
Chapman.  John,  339. 


Chappell,  Nathaniel,  376. 
Chapun,  Samuel,  378. 
Chase,  William,  369. 
Chaundler,  John,  377. 
Cheesebrough,  William,  366. 
Cheeseholme,  Thomas,  371. 
Cheney,  John,  373. 
Chickering,  Francis,  377. 
Chickry,  Henry,  379. 
Childe,  Ephraim,  366. 
Clapp.  Edward,  372. 
Clapp,  Roger,  368. 
Clapp,  Thomas,  375. 
Clarke,  Arthur,  377. 
Clarke,  John,  376. 
Clarke,  Thomas,  375,  379. 
Clarke,  William,  376. 
Clearke,  William,  Mr.,  366. 
Clement,  Augustine,  372. 
Gierke,  John,  367,  370. 
Gierke,  Joseph,  370. 
Clipton,  Thomas,  379. 
Coalborne,  Nathaniel,  379. 
Cobbet,  Thomas,  374. 
Cobbitt,  Josias,  378. 
Cockerom,  William,  375. 
Coddington,  William,  JNIr.,  372. 
Coe,  Robert,  3G9. 
Cogeswell,  John,  371. 
Coggeshall,  John,  Mr.,  367. 
Coggin,  John,  Mr.,  368. 
Colbran,  William,  Mr.,  366. 
Colby,  Anthony,  369. 
Coldham,  Thomas,  369. 
Cole,  Isaac,  375. 
Coleman,  Thomas.  373. 
Cole.s,  Rise,  367. 
Collins,  Edward,  377. 
Collins,  Henry,  373. 
Collishawe,  William,  368. 
Collocott,  Richard,  367. 
Conaut,  Roger,  Mr.,  366. 
Converse,  Edward,  366. 
Cooke,  Aaron.  371. 
Cooke,  George,  Mr.,  371. 
Cooke,  Jo.seph,  Mr.,  371. 
Cooke,  Richard,  370. 
Cooke,  Robert,  378. 
Coole,  Samuel,  Mr.,  366. 
Coolidge,  .Tohn,  372. 
Cooper,  John,  372. 
Cooper,  Thomas,  375. 
Cop,  William,  379. 
Copie,  James,  377. 
Corning,  Samuel,  378. 


INDEX    OF    FKEEMEN. 


473 


Cotton,  John,  Mr.,  369. 
Cotty,  Robert,  371. 
Courser,  William,  372. 
Coytemore,  Thomas,  Mr.,  376. 
Crackborne,  Gilbert,  372. 
Cranwell,  John,  368. 
Crofte,  Griffin,  366. 
Crosby,  Simon,  371. 
Crosse,  John,  376. 
Crurawell,  Samuel,  369. 
Cumpton,  John,  369. 
Curtis,  George,  377. 
Curtis,  William,  367. 
Cutler.  Robert,  374. 
Cutter,  Richard,  378. 
Cutter,  William,  373. 
Dady,  William,  367. 
Dalton,  Timothy,  Mr.,  373. 
Danforth,  Nicholas,  Mr.,  371. 
Dannell,  Robert,  375. 
Dassette,  John,  377. 
Dauson,  Henry,  378. 
Davenish,  Thomas,  378. 
Davenport,  Richard,  369 
Davies,  Jenkin,  372. 
Davies,  Thomas,  378. 
Davis,  James,  370,  377. 
Davy,  John,  372. 
Day,  Robert,  370. 
Daye,  Robert,  379. 
Deane,  John,  379. 
Dennison,  Daniel,  Mr.,  368. 
Dennisop,  William,  Mr.,  367. 
Denselowe,  Nicholas,  367. 
Dent,  Francis,  369. 
Deryfall,  Bernaby,  372. 
Dewey,  Thomas,  369. 
Dibell,  Robert,  371. 
Dible,  Thomas,  373. 
Dickenson,  Philemon,  378. 
Dickerman,  Thomas,  375. 
Dillingham,  John,  Mr.,  366. 
Dimmocke,  Thoma.s,  372. 
Dineley,  William,  373. 
Dinny,  Edward,  373. 
Dinny,  William,  373. 
Dixe,  Anthony,  366. 
Dixe,  Edward,  370. 
Dixy,  William,  368. 
Dodge,  William,  373. 
Doggett,  John,  366. 
Dolton,  Philemon,  371. 
Dorman,  Thomas,  370. 
Douse,  Francis,  379. 
Dow,  Henry,  374. 

VOL.   I.  60 


Downeinij,  Emanuel.  Mr.,  375. 

Draper,  Ro;;er,  375. 

Drinker,  Philip,  373. 

Dryvor,  Robert,  371. 

Dudley,  Samuel,  Mr.,  378. 

Dudley,  Thomas,  Mr.,  372. 

Dummer,  Richard,  Mr.,  367. 

Dumraer,  Stephen,  375. 

Dummer,  Thomas,  376. 

Duncan,  Nathaniel,  370. 

Dunster,  Henry,  Mr.,  378. 

Dwighf,  Timothy,  379. 

Dwite,  John,  375. 

Dyar,  George,  366. 

Dyer,  William,  371. 

Eales,  John,  369. 

Eames,  Anthony,  372. 

East,  Franci.s,  373. 

Easton,  Joseph,  370. 

Easton,  Nicholas,  Mr.,  370. 

Eastowe,  William,  375. 

Eaton,  John,  372. 

Eaton,  Nathaniel,  Mr.,  374. 

Eborne,  Thomas,  368. 

Edmonds,  John,  366. 

Edmonds,  Waher,  375. 

Edmonds,  William,  371. 

Edy,  John,  369. 

Egglestone,  Biggott,  366. 

Eliot,  Francis,  378. 

Elis,  John,  379. 

Elkines,  Henry,  370. 

Elliot,  Philip,  371. 

EUsley,  John,  376. 

EUyott,  Jacob,  367. 

Ellyott,  John,  Mr.,  367. 

Elwell,  Robert,  377. 

Ely,  Nathaniel,  370. 

Emery,  John,  378. 

Ensigne,  James,  370. 

Evart,  John,  374. 

Everill,  James,  369. 

Ewer,  Thomas,  371. 

F ,  William,  379. 

Fairebancks,  Richard,  369. 
Fairefeild,  John,  377. 
Faireweather,  Thoma.s,  369. 
Farewell,  Henry,  375. 
Farnum,  John,  377. 
Farnworth,  Joseph,  375. 
Farr,  George,  371. 
Favene,  John,  Mr.,  371. 
Feakes,  Henry,  369. 
Feakes,  Robert,  Mr.,  366. 
Felpes,  'William,  366. 


Felton,  Benjamin.  376. 

Ferman,  Gyles,  Mr.,  368. 

Ferinan,  John,  366. 

Ferris,  Jeffcry,  370. 

Fessenden,  see  Fossenden. 

Filer,  Walter,  369. 

Fillipes,  Nicholas,  377. 

Fillip.s,  William,  376. 

Finch,  Abraham,  369. 

Finch,  Daniel,  366. 

Finch,  Samuel,  368. 

Firman,  Giles,  376. 

Firman,  Josia.s,  379. 

Firman,  Thomas,  376. 

Fisher,  Daniel,  377. 

Fisher,  Joshua,  377. 

Fisher,  Thomas,  370. 

Fiske,  David,  374. 

Fiske,  John,  Mr.,  373. 

Fitch,  Zachary,  374. 

Flack,  Gotten,  377. 

Flackman,  Thomas,  377. 

Fletcher,  Edward,  378. 

Flint,  Thomas,  Mr.,  374. 

Flinte,  Henry,  Mr.,  372. 

Fogg,  Ralph,  369. 

Foote,  Nathaniel,  369. 

Ford,  Thomas,  366. 

Formais,  Mark,  377. 
Fosditch,  Stephen,  374. 
Fossenden,  John,  378. 
Foster,  Christopher,  373. 
Fostere,  Hopestill,  375. 
Foule,  George,  375. 
Fowkes,  Henry,  371. 
Fowler,  Philip,  369. 
Foxe,  Thomas,  374. 
Foxewell,  Richard,  366. 
France.s,  Richard,  377. 
Frayrye,  John,  374. 
Freeborne,  William,  369. 
Freeman,  Samuel,  Mr.,  375. 
French,  Stephen,  369. 
French,  Thomas,  367. 
French,  William,  371. 
Frost,  Edmund,  371. 
Frothingham,  William,  367. 
Fuller,  Robert,  378. 
Fuller,  William,  379. 
Gage,  John,  368. 
Gaildthaite,  Thomas,  368. 
Gallerd,  William,  366. 
Gallop,  John,  368.  ' 
Gamlyn,  Robert,  Sen.,  368. 
Gamlyne,  Robert.  369. 


474 


INDEX    OF    FREEMEN. 


Gardner,  Edmund,  378. 
Gardner,  Thomas,  373,  378. 
Garfeild,  Edward,  371. 
Gartbard,  Jarvas,  376. 
Garret,  James,  376. 
Gay,  John,  370. 
Gaynes,  Henry,  375. 
Geares,  William,  378. 
Geeree,  Arthur,  375. 
Gedney,  John,  374. 
Gennison,  William,  Mr.,  366. 
Gibbons.  Edward,  366. 
Gibbs,  Gyles,  367. 
Gibson,  John,  373. 
Giddings,  George,  374. 
Gill,  Arthur,  379. 
Gillett,  Nathaniel,  369. 
Gillom,  Benjamin,  370. 
Oilman,  Edward,  375. 
Ginner,  Thomas,  Mr.,  376. 
Glover,  Charles,  378. 
Goble,  Thomas,  369. 
Godfree,  William,  377. 
GofTe,  Edward,  372. 
Goffe,  John,  375. 
Goodhewe,  William,  372. 
Goodman,  Richard,  369. 
Goodnor,  Edmund,  377. 
Goodnow,  John,  378. 
Goodwin,  William,  367. 
Gore,  John,  373. 
Gosse,  John,  366. 
Gott,  Charles,  Mr.,  366. 
Gould,  John,  374. 
Gould,  Thomas,  378. 
Grafton,  Joseph,  373. 
Grant,  Matthew,  366. 
Graues,  Thomas,  Mr.,  366. 
Graves,  John,  373. 
Graves,  Thomas,  Mr.,  376. 
Greene,  Bartholomew,  369. 
Greene,  Henry,  377. 
Greene,  Passevil,  371. 
(ireene,  Samuel,  370. 
Greene,  Sergeant,  367. 
GreenehiU.  Samuel,  370. 
Greenlifle,  Edmund.  375. 
Gridley,  Richard,  368. 
Griffine,  Richard,  374. 
Grinnoway,  John,  366. 
Grubb,  Thomas,  368. 
Gunn,  Jasper,  371. 
Gunn,  Thomas,  371. 
Gunnison,  Hugh,  372. 
Guye,  Nicholas,  375. 


Gyles,  Edward,  368. 
Hackburne,  Samuel,  374. 
Hadden,  Jerad,  369. 
Hale,  Robert,  368. 
Hale,  Thoma.s,  368,  374. 
Hall,  Edward,  374. 
Hall,  John,  369,  370,  377. 
Halsteed,  Nathaniel,  379. 
Hamond,  Thomas,  372. 
Hamond,  William,  371. 
Hanchet,  John,  373. 
Harbert,  John,  378. 
Harding,  John,  377. 
Hardinge,  Robert,  366. 
Hardy,  John,  369. 
Harker,  Anthony,  372. 
Harlakendine,  Roger,  Esq.,  371. 
Harris,  Walter,  378. 
Harrison,  John,  378,  )nx. 
Harsye,  William,  374. 
Hart,  Stephen,  369. 
Harte,  Edmund,  369. 
Harvard,  John,  Mr.,  373. 
Harwood,  Henry,  367. 
Haseldene,  John,  376. 
Haseldine,  Robert,  376. 
Hassell,-John,  372. 
Hassord,  Thomas,  372. 
Hastings,  Thomas,  370. 
Hatch,  Thomas,  369. 
Hathorne,  William,  369. 
Haward,  Joliu,  369. 
Hawes,  Richard,  374. 
Hawkes,  John,  369. 
Hawkius,  Robert,  371. 
Hawkins,  Thomas,  Mr.,  375. 
Haydon,  John,  369. 
Hayne,  Walter,  377. 
Hayne.s,  James,  374. 
Haynes,  John,  Esq.,  368. 
Haywood,  George,  374. 
Heald,  John,.  379. 
Hearde,  Luke,  376. 
Heaten,  Nathaniel,  372. 
Heath,  William.  367. 
Heathe,  Isaac,  371. 
Hedges.  William,  369. 
Hepburne,  George,  372. 
Herricke,  Henry,  366. 
Hewes,  Joshua,  368. 
Heyden,  Jame.s,  373. 
Hibbens,  William,  Mr.,  377. 
Higgenson,  John,  372. 
Hill,  Abraham,  376. 
Hill,  Valentine,  377. 


Hill,  William,  JNL-.,  368. 
Hill,  William,  368. 
Hillyard,  Hugh,  369. 
Hindsdall,  Robert,  375. 
Hiningway,  Ralph,  369. 
Hitchin,  Edward,  370. 
Hobart,  see  Hubbard  &  Hubbard. 
Hochens,  George,  374. 
Hodges,  Andrew,  379. 
Hogg,  Richard,  377. 
Holbroke,  John,  377. 
Holcombe,  Thomas,  369. 
Holgrave,  John,  368. 
Holland,  John,  372. 
Hollard,  Angel,  371. 
Hollidge,  Richard,  376. 
HoUiock,  Edward,  Mr.,  375. 
Holmes,  George,  376. 
Holmes,  Robert,  378. 
Holt,  Nicholas,  373. 
Holyoke,  see  HoUiock. 
Hooke,  William,  Mr.,  378. 
Hooker,  Thomas,  Mr.,  369. 
Hopkins,  John,  370. 
Hopkinson,  Michael,  376. 
Home,  John,  366. 
Horseford,  William,  368. 
Hosier,  Samuel,  366. 
Hoskins,  John,  366,  369. 
Hoskins,  Thomas,  370. 
Hosmer,  see  Osmer. 
Hosmer,  Thomas,  370. 
Hough,  Atherton,  jNIr.,  368. 
Houlton,  Robert,  368. 
Howard,  William,  377. 
Howchenes,  Jeremy,  377. 
Howe,  Abraham,  374. 
Howe,  Daniel,  369. 
Howe,  Edward,  369,  372. 
Howe,  Jame.s,  373. 
Howe,  John,  377. 
Howell,  Edward,  Mr.,  375. 
Howlett,  Thomas,  368. 
Hoytt,  Simon,  366. 
Hubbard,  Henjamin,  369. 
Hubbard,  Edmund,  369. 
Hubbard,  Joshua,  370. 
Hubbard,  Thomas,  369. 
Hubberd,  William,  Mr.,  374. 
Hubbert,  Edmund,  368. 
Hubbert,  Peter,  371. 
Hubbert,  Samuel,  370. 
Hudson,  Nicholas,  372. 
Hudson,  Ralph,  372. 
Hudson,  William,  366,  378. 


INDEX   OF   FllEEMEN. 


10 


Hulbort,  Willicim,  367. 
Hull,  Geoigo,  3G7. 
Hull,  John,  367. 
Hull,  Joseph,  371. 
Hull,  Ricluud,  368. 
Hull,  Robert,  373. 

Hulling, ,  375. 

Humfrey,  John,  Mr.,  372, 
Humphreys,  Jonas,  377. 
Hunn,  Georj;e,  373. 
Hunt,  William,  379. 
Hunter,  Robert,  378. 
HuutiM;j,  John,  375. 
HurtI,  John,  377. 
Husspy,  Christopher,  369. 
Hutchingson,  Edward,  368,  369. 
Hutchingson,  FrancLs,  370. 
Hutchingson,  George,  368. 
Hutchingson,  Richard,  370. 
Hutchingson,  William,  Mr.,  370. 
Isaac,  Joseph,  372. 
Islin,  Thomas,  377. 
Ives,  Mathias,  372. 
Jacklinge,  Ednmnd,  370. 
Jackson,  Edmund,  372. 
Jackson,  John,  379. 
Jacob,  Nichola.s,  371. 
Jacob,  Richard,  371. 
James,  Thomas,  jNIr.,  337. 
Jarrat,  John,  376. 
JeflVy,  Thomas,  369. 
Jeffry,  William,  Mr.,  366. 
Jellett,  Jonathan,  370. 
Jenner,  Thomas,  Mr.,  372. 
Jennison,  see  Gennison. 
Jewel,  Joseph,  376. 
Jewet,  Maximilian,  376. 
Joanes,  Thomas,  375. 
Johnson,  Daw,  30G. 
Johnson,  Edward,  jNIr.,  366. 
Johnson,  Edward,  374. 
Johnson,  Francis,  365. 
Johnson,  Isaac,  370. 
Johnson,  James,  372. 
Johnson,  John,  366. 
Johnson,  Richard,  373. 
Johnson,  William,  370. 
Jones,  Edward,  Mr.,  366. 
Judd,  Thomas,  371. 

Kaine,  Robert,  Mr.,  372. 

Karder,  Richard,  372. 

Kathericke,  INIichael,  379. 

Keayne,  Benjamin,  Mr.,  376. 

Kee^ar,  George,  375. 

Kelly,  Abel,  378. 


Kelsey,  William.  370. 
Kemball,  Henry,  374. 
Kemball,  Richard,  370. 
Rempe,  Edward,  375. 
Kenerick,  John,  377. 
Kent,  Richard,  370. 
Kent,  Stephen,  375. 
Ketcham,  Edward,  372. 
Kettle,  Richard,  370. 
Kilborne,  George,  376. 
Kilham,  Austen,  379. 
Kinge,  Geor;,'e,  373. 
Kinge,  William,  372. 
Kingman,  Henry,  371. 
Kingsberry,  Joseph,  374. 
King.ibury,  John,  371. 
Kinseleye,  Stephen,  377. 
Kirman,  John,  367. 
Knight,  John,  371. 
Kniglit,  Richard,  371. 
Knight,  William,  374. 
Knolls,  Alexander,  372. 
Knoulton,  John,  379. 
Lake,  Thomas,  378. 
Lambe,  Thomas,  366. 
Lambert,  Francis,  376. 
Lampson,  William,  373. 
Lanckton,  Roger,  370. 
Langley,  William,  375. 
Larkin,  Eilward,  376. 
Laskin,  Hugh,  376. 
Laurence,  John,  373. 
Lawes,  Francis,  378. 
Layton,  Thonias,  375. 
Leach,  Laurence,  366. 
Leager,  Jacol),  379. 
Learned,  William,  369. 
Leawis,  William,  367. 
Log/,  John,  371. 
Lethermore,  John,  370. 
Leuson,  John,  374. 
Levens,  John,  3!)8.  ' 
Levoritt,  John,  377. 
Leveritt,  Thomas,  Mr.,  368. 
Levett,  John,  371. 
Lewis,  Edmund,  372. 
Lightfoote,  Francis,  372. 
Linkorne,  Thomas,  374. 
Lipincote,  Richard,  377. 
Lockewood,  Edmund,  366. 
Lockwood,  Robert,  372. 
Longe,  Robert,  371. 
Lord,  Richard,  370. 
Lord,  Robert.  371. 
Lord,  William.  376. 


Loreing,  Thomas,  371. 
Lovell,  Robert,  371. 
Loveiin,  John,  372. 
Lowell,  John,  378. 
Lowlhrop,  Thomas,  369. 
Ludkin,  George,  371. 
Ludkin,  William,  374. 
Lumberd,  Thomas.  366. 
Lumbert,  Bernard,  368. 
Lumkin,  Richard,  374. 
Lunt,  Henry,  374. 
Lussher,  Elcazar,  375. 
Lyman,  Ricliard,  3;i8. 
Lynd,  Thomas,  370. 
Maggott,  Joseph,  370. 
Mahewe,  Thomas,  Mr.,  369. 
Males,  John,  378. 
Maisters,  John,  Mr.,  366. 
Manning,  William,  377. 
Marryolt,  Thomas,  371, 
Marshall,  Edmund,  373. 
Marshall,  Thomas,  370,  6i.>,  379. 
Marsho,  George,  371. 
Marston,  John,  378. 
Blarston,  Thomas,  378. 
Marten,  Thomas,  375. 
Marten,  Robert,  377. 
Martiall,  Christoplier,  370. 
Martin,  John,  376. 
Masie,  Thomas,  376. 
Mason,  Hugh,  370. 
Mason,  John,  Captain,  370. 
Massy,  Jelfery,  369 
Matson,  Thomas,  368. 
Mattucke,  Jarae.9,  375. 
Maude,  Daniel,  Mr.,  372. 
Maudsley,  John,  375. 
Maueracke,  E!ia.s,  368. 
Maucracke,  John,  Jlr.,  366. 
Maueracke.  Moses,  369. 
Mauericke,  Samuel,  Mr.,  367. 
Mawry,  Roger,  366. 
Meade,  Gabriel,  374. 
Meakins,  Thomas,  373. 
Medcalfc,  Michael,  377. 
Mckyn,  Thomas,  Jun.,  372. 
Mellen,  Richard,  376. 
Mellowes,  Abraham,  368. 
Mellowes,  Edward,  3()8. 
Mellowes,  Oliver,  369. 
Merriam,  George,  379. 
Merriam,  Joseph,  375. 
Merriam,  Robert,  375. 
Merrill,  John,  377. 
Merry,  Walter,  368. 


476 


INDEX    OF    FREEMEN. 


Metcalfe,  Joseph,  370. 
Mighill,  Thomas,  376. 
Miles,  John,  375. 
Miller,  John,  376. 
Miller,  Alexander,  374. 
Millet,  Thomas,  373. 
Millett,  Richard,  368. 
Mingy,  Jellry,  377. 
Minor,  Thomas,  368. 
Minott,  George,  388. 
Mi.xer,  Isaac,  374. 
Moody,  John,  Mr.,  368. 
Moody,  William,  371. 
Moore,  John,  3!)6,  367. 
Moore,  Samuel,  367. 
Moore,  Thomas,  366. 
More,  Francis,  375. 
More,  Goulden,  378. 
More,  John,  372. 
Morrall,  Isaac,  367. 
Morris,  Sergeant,  366. 
Morse,  Daniel,  371. 
Morse,  Joseph,  371. 
Morse,  Samuel,  378. 
Mose,  John,  377. 
Mosse,  Anthony,  371. 
Mosse,  William,  371. 
Mott,  Adam,  371. 
Moulton,  James,  374. 
Moulton,  John,  375. 
Moulton,  Robert,  366. 
Mouhon,  Thomas,  375. 
Mousell,  John,  369. 
Moxam,  George,  Mr.,  373. 
Munday,  Henry,  376. 
Munnings,  George,  370. 
Mushell,  Ralph,  366. 
Mussellwhit,  John,  375. 
Mussey,  Robert,  369. 
Muste,  Edward,  369. 
Mylam,  John,  372. 
:Mylls,  John,  367. 
Nashe,  William,  369. 
Negos,  Jonathan,  369. 
Nelson,  Thomas,  Mr.,  376. 
Netheriand,  William,  370. 
Newbery,  Thomas,  Mr.,  369. 
Newegate,  John,  370. 
Newell,  Abraham.  370. 
Neweman.  Samuel,  375. 
Keweton,  John.  367. 
Nickerson,  William.  374, 
Nicolcs,  Walter,  372. 
Noddle,  William,  366. 
Noise,  James.  Mr.,  370. 


Noise,  Nicholas,  373, 
Norrice,  Edward,  Mi,,  377, 
North,  Richard,  378, 
Norton,  George,  368. 
Norton,  John,  373. 
Norton,  Walter,  Captain,  366. 
Norton,  William,  371. 
Norwick,  John,  377, 
Nowell,  Increase,  372. 
Noyse,  Peter,  377. 
Nutte,  Myles,  373. 
Odlyn,  John,  368. 
Oldeham,  John,  Mr,,  366, 
Oliver,  James,  378. 
Oliver,  John,  of  Newberry,  376, 
Oliver,  Peter,  377, 
Ollyver,  John,  368, 
GUyver,  Thomas,  Mr.,  367, 
Olmstead,  James,  367, 
Olney,  Thomas,  373. 
Osborne,  William,  376, 
Osgood,  Christopher,  371, 
Osgood,  John,  375, 
Osmer,  James,  373. 
Ottis,  John,  371. 
Page,  John,  366,  378. 
Paine,  Robert,  379, 
Paine,  Stephen,  376, 
Paine,  William,  Mr.,  376. 
Painter,  Thomas,  378. 
Palfrey,  Peter,  366. 
Palgraue,  Richard,  Mr.,  366. 
Palmer,  Abraham,  366. 
Palmer,  John,  375,' 378. 
Palmer,  Walter,  366. 
Palmer,  William,  375. 
Pantry,  William,  370. 
Parish,  Thomas,  373. 
Parkeman,  Elias,  371. 
Parker,  James,  369. 
Parker,  Nicholas,  Mr.,  368. 
Parker,  Richard,  378. 
Parker,  Robert,  370. 
Parker,  Thomas,  Mr,,  370. 
Parker,  Thomas,  373. 
Parker,  William,  378. 
Parks,  William.  366. 
Parmenter,  John,  377. 
Parr,  Abel,  379. 
Parrat,  Francis,  376, 
Parsons,  Robert,  373, 
Partridge,  William,  375, 
Pason,  Gyles,  373, 
Passon,  Edward,  377, 
Pattinsrsell,  Richard,  378. 


Pattricke,  Daniel,  Captain,  366 
Payne,  Moses,  378, 
Payne,  Thomas,  379, 
Peakes,  Christopher,  370. 
Pearce,  John,  374, 
Pease,  Henry,  369, 
Peck,  Joseph,  Mr,,  375. 
Peck,  Robert,  Mr,,  375. 
Pecocke,  Richard,  376. 
Peirce,  Anthony,  369. 
Peirce,  Daniel,  374. 
Peirce,  John,  366. 
Peirce,  Thomas,  370. 
Peirce,  William,  Mr,,  369. 
Pell,  Joseph,  375. 
Pell,  William,  370. 
Pemerton,  John,  368. 
Pendleton,  Bryan,  369. 
Pennyman,  James,  367. 
Penticus,  John,  376. 
Pepper,  Richard,  370. 
Perkins,  Abraham,  377. 
Perkins,  John,  366.  373. 
Perkhis,  William,  369. 
Perry,  Arthur,  377. 
Perry,  Isaac,  367. 
Perry,  John,  367. 
Peters,  Hugh,  Mr.,  371. 
Phelps,  George,  371. 
Phillips,  see  Fillips. 
Phillips,  George,  Mr.,  366. 
Phillips,  George,  366. 
Phillips,  Henry,  375. 
Phillips,  John,  367. 
Phippin,  David,  371. 
Pigg,  Thomas,  368. 
Pike,  Robert,  373. 
Pitcher,  Andrew,  378. 
Pitts,  Edmund,  377. 
Place,  Thomas,  377. 
Plummer,  Francis,  369. 
Plummer,  Samuel,  378. 
Pope,  John,  360. 
Pope,  Joseph,  373. 
Porter,  Edward,  373. 
Porter,  John,  368. 
Porter,  Jonathan,  378. 
Porter,  Nathaniel,  373, 
Porter.  Roger,  376. 
Poitmorte,  Philemon,  370. 
Potter,  Luke,  375, 
Potter,  Robert,  369, 
Potter,  William,  377, 
Powell,  Michael,  379, 
Prat,  !^Iatlhew,  377, 


INDEX    OF    FREEMEN. 


477 


Pratt,  John,  369. 
Prentice,  Valentine,  367. 
Price,  David,  372. 
Prince,  Jolin,  370. 
Proctor,  George,  373. 
Pumniery,  Eltweed,  367. 
Purchase,  Oliver,  372. 
Pyne,  Thomas,  370. 
Pynny,  Humphrey,  369. 
Quinsey,  Edmund,  368. 
Rainsloard.  Edward,  373. 
UandiU,  Philip,  369. 
Ravensdale,  John,  371. 
Rawling,  Jesper,  368. 
Rawlins,  Thomas.  366. 
Rawlinson,  Tliomas,  374. 
Rawlyns,  James,  369. 
Rawlyns,  Jasper,  369. 
Rawlyns,  Thomas,  371. 
Rawson,  Edward,  374. 
Raymond,  Richard,  369. 
Reade,  Esdras,  378. 
Reade,  John,  377. 
Reade,  Thomas,  368. 
Reade,  William,  371. 
Reddin,  Myles,  369. 
Reddings,  Joseph,  369. 
Rednape,  Joseph,  369. 
Reed,  William,  375. 
Reynolls,  John,  370. 
Reynolls,  Robert,  369. 
Rice,  Edmund,  377. 
Rice,  Richard,  379. 
Richards,  Edward,  379. 
Richards,  Nathaniel,  367. 
Richards,  Thomas,  377. 
Richardson,  Ezekiel,  366. 
Richardson,  Samuel,  371. 
Richardson,  Thomas,  374. 
Riggs,  Edward,  368. 
Rimminaton.  John,  375. 
Ring.  Robert,  378. 
Reaper,  John,  379. 
Robin.-^on,  John,  378. 
Robinson,  Richard,  378. 
Robert,  John.  376. 
RockewcU.  William,  366. 
Roli'e.  John,  376. 
Rogers.  E/.ekiel,  Mr.,  376. 
Rogers,  John,  373,  375. 
Rogers,  Nathaniel,  Mr.,  374,  376. 
Rogers,  Symon,  377. 
Rogers,  Thomas,  373. 
Roise,  Robert,  368. 
Roots.  Richard,  372. 


Rossiter,  Bray,  366. 
Rowes,  George,  377. 
Ruck,  Thomas,  Mr.,  377. 
Ruddyk,  John,  377. 
Ruggles,  George,  368. 
Ruggles,  John,  367,  373. 
Ruggles,  Tliomas,  375. 
Russell,  John,  371. 
Russell,  Richard,  Mr.,  378. 
Rust,  Henry,  374. 
Sadler,  Anthony,  376. 
Sadler,  Richard,  Mr.,  373. 
Sale,  Edward,  373. 
Salter,  William,  372. 
Saltonstall,  Richard,  Blr.,  366. 
Samfoard,  Thomas,  373. 
Sampeford,  John,  367. 
Sandford,  Richard,  378. 
Sands,  Henry,  378. 
Saunders,  John,  371,  376. 
Saunders,  Martin,  377. 
Saunders,  Robert,  376. 
Saunderson,  Robert,  376. 
Savage,  Thomas,  372. 
Say,  Thomas,  376. 
Scales,  William,  376. 
Scarbrow,  John,  377. 
Scott,  Thomas,  370. 
Scotte,  Robert,  372. 
Scotto,  Thomas,  375. 
Scruggs,  Thomas,  371. 
Seawall,  Henry,  Jun.,  373. 
Sebley,  John,  370. 
Sedgwick,  Robert,  373. 
Seely,  Robert,  366. 
Seir,  John,  378. 
Sension,  Matthia.s,  370. 
Sergent,  William,  Mr.,  375. 
Sever,  Robert,  373. 
Se.xton,  Gyles,  366. 
Seyle,  Francis,  377. 
Sharman,  John,  373. 
Sharpe,  Samuel,  Mr.,  367. 
Shawe,  Abraham,  372. 
Shawe,  Joseph,  375. 
Shawe,  Roger,  375. 
Shepheard,  Samuel,  Mr.,  371. 
Shepheard,  Thomas,  Mr.,  371. 
Sheratt,  Hugh,  370. 
Sherman,  Edmund,  372. 
Sherman,  Philip,  368. 
Sherman,  Samuel,  377. 
Shorte,  Henry,  369. 
Sibley,  John,  369. 
I  Sibley,  see  Sebley. 


Sill,  John,  374. 
Siluester,  Richard,  368. 
Singletery,  Richard,  374. 
Skelton,  Samuel,  Mr.,  366. 
Skerry,  Francis,  373. 
Skerry,  Henry,  374. 
Skot,  John,  376. 
Smyth,  Benjamin,  379. 
Smyth,  Francis,  366,  377. 
Smyth,  Henry,  366. 
Smyth,  John,  367. 
Smyth,  Samuel,  369. 
Smyth,  Thomas,  368. 
Smyth,  William,  371. 
Sraythe,  Francis,  373. 
Smythe,  Henry,  375,  377. 
Smythe,  John,  372,  373,  37G. 
Smythe,  Thomas,  373. 

Southcote, ,  Captain,  366. 

Southick,  Laurence,  376. 
Spolden,  Edward,  377. 
Spooer,  John,  376. 
Spoouer,  Thomas,  374. 
Sparhauke,  Nathaniel,  Mr.,  376. 
Spencer,  Gerret,  372. 
Spencer,  John,  Mr.,  369. 
Spencer,  Michael,  374. 
Spencer,  Thomas,  369. 
Spencer,  William,  3d7. 
Sprage,  Ralph,  366. 
Sprage,  Richard,  366. 
Squire,  Thomas,  368. 
Standige,  James,  376. 
Stanley,  Christopher,  378. 
Stanley,  Thomas,  370. 
Staidey,  Timothy,  370. 
Stebbins,  Edmund,  369. 
Steedman,  Robert,  375. 
Steele,  George,  369. 
Steele,  John,  369. 
Sterne,  Isaac,  366. 
Stevens,  John,  378. 
Stevens,  William,  Mr.,  377. 
Stickland,  Sergeant,  366. 
Stickney,  William.  378. 
Stidman,  Jolm,  377, 
Stilemaii,  Elias,  367. 
Stil.son.  William,  368. 
Stockin,  George,  370. 
Stodard,  Anthony,  377. 
Stone,  Gregory,  372. 
Stone,  Samuel,  Mr.,  369. 
Stone.  Symon,  372. 
Stoughton,  Israel.  Mr..  368. 
Stoughton,  Thomas.  366. 


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INDEX    OF    FREEMEN. 


Stowe,  John.  369. 
Slower,  Nicholas,  366. 
StowerS;  John,  372. 
Strange,  George,  370. 
Stronge,  John,  373. 
Sumner,  William,  373. 
Swan,  Henry,  376. 
Swan,  Richard,  376. 
Swayne,  Richard,  375. 
Swayne,  William,  371. 
Sweete,  John,  379. 
Swetman,  Thomas,  374. 
Swifte,  Thomas,  370. 
Swinnerton,  Job,  376. 
Switzer,  Seth,  375. 
Syckes,  Richard,  377. 
Symonds,  John,  374. 
Symonds,  jNIarke,  374. 
Symonds,  Samuel,  374. 
Syms,  Zachariah,  Mr.,  370. 
Syverens,  John,  373. 
Tabor,  Philip,  369. 
Talcott,  John,  367. 
Talraage,  Thomas,  3GS. 
Talmidge,  William,  339. 
Tapley,  Clement,  377. 
Tappin,  Abraham,  374. 
Tappin,  Richard,  368. 
Tatman,  John,  374. 
Taylor,  George,  374. 
Taylonr,  Gregory,  369. 
Taylour,  John,  366. 
Tedd,  Joshua,  376. 
Terre,  Stephen,  366. 
Tiff,  William,  378. 
Tinge,  Edward,  378. 
Thomas,  Evan,  379. 
Thorne,  William,  374, 
Thorneton,  Thomas,  370. 
Throckmorton,  George,  Blr.,  366. 
Thrumball.  John,  377. 
Toleman,  Thomas,  377. 
Tomkins,  Ralph,  374, 
Tonilyns,  Edu'ard,  jMr..  366. 
Tumlyns,  Timothy,  367, 
Tompson,  James,  369, 
Tompsoii,  John,  370. 
Tompson,  Symon,  379, 
Tompson,  William,  Mr.,  377, 
Tower,  John,  375, 
Towne,  William,  373, 
Townesend,  Thomas,  375. 
Townsend,  William,  372. 
Tredwell,  Thomas,  374. 
Trumbell,  John,  370, 


Trusedale,  Richard,  377, 
Tucke,  Robert,  376, 
Turner,  Nathaniel,  Mr,,  367, 
Turner,  Robert,  368, 
Turney,  Benjamin,  379. 
Tuttle,  Henry,  374. 
Tuttle,  John,  375. 
Tuttle,  Richard,  371. 
Twitchwell,  Joseph,  369. 
Tylestone,  Thomas,  373. 
Tylley,  John,  370, 
Tytus,  Robert,  377. 
Uflbtt,  see  Vllbtt. 
Underbill,  see  Vnderhill, 
Underwood,  see  Vntlerwood, 
Upham,  see  Vpliara. 
Upsher,  see  Vpher. 
Upshall,  see  Vpsall, 
Vane,  Henry,  Esq.,  371. 
Venner,  Thomas,  374. 
Vereing,  Philip,  371. 
Veren,  Philip,  378. 
Vffott,  Thomas,  367. 
Viall,  John,  379. 
Vnderhill,  John,  Captain,  366, 
Vnderwood,  Maityn.  369. 
Vnderwood,  Thomas,  372. 
Vpham,  John,  371. 
Vpher,  Hezekiah,  375. 
Vpsall,  Nicholas,  366, 
Wade,  Jonathan,  369. 
Wadsworth,  William,  367, 
Wakefield,  William,  375, 
Wakely,  Thoma.s,  371. 
Wakeraan,  Samuel,  367. 
Walker,  Augustine,  378. 
Walker,  John,  368. 
Walker,  Richard,  368. 
Walker,  Robert,  369. 
Wales,  Nathaniel,  373. 
Walton.  William,  371. 
Ward,  Andrew,  369. 
Ward,  Benjamin,  379, 
Ward,  Miles,  378. 
Wardall,  Thomas,  370. 
Warde,  Samuel,  372. 
Warham.  John,  Mr,,  366. 
Warner,  Andrew.  369. 
Warner,  Daniel,  379. 
Warren,  John,  366, 
Warrener,  William,  374. 
Wate,  Gamaliel,  370. 
Waters,  Richard,  375. 
Waterhouse.  Thomas,  377. 
Watson,  John,  368. 


Webb,  Richard,  367. 
Watson,  Thomas,  377. 
Webbe,  Henry,  375. 
Webbe,  John,  372. 
Webbe,  William,  371. 
Webster,  John,  370. 
Weekes,  George,  377. 
Weede,  Jonas,  366. 
Weight,  Thomas,  378. 
Weld,  Daniel,  378. 
Weld,  Thomas,  Mr.,  367. 
Wells,  Joseph,  371. 
Wells,  Richard,  375. 
Wells,  Thoraa.s,  373. 
West,  Matthew,  372. 
Weston,  Francis,  368. 
V/estwood.  William,  370. 
Wignall,  Alexander,  JNIr.,  366. 
Wilboare,  Samuel,  368. 
Wilcocks,  William,  372. 
Wilcockson,  William,  372. 
Wildar,  Thomas,  378. 
Wilkins,  Bray,  369. 
Willes,  Michael,  374. 
Williams,  George,  368. 
Williams,  Nathaniel,  377. 
Williams,  Robert,  374. 
Williams,  Roger,  366. 
Williams,  Thomas,  366. 
Willis,  George,  374. 
Willoughby,  Francis,  Mr,,  376, 
Wills,  Thoma,s,  JMr.,  375. 
Willust,  John,  Mr.,  367. 
WiUust,  Nicholas,  369. 
Wilson,  Henry,  379. 
Wilson,  Jacob,  378. 
Wilson,  Joseph,  374. 
Wilson,  John,  Mr.,  367. 
Wilson,  Theophilu.s,  375. 
Wilson,  Thomas,  368. 
Wilson,  William,  372. 
Wilton,  David,  368. 
Wincall,  Robert,  370. 
Winchester,  Alexander,  372. 
\Vincliestcr,  John,  372. 
WInshipp,  Edward,  370. 
Winsley,  Samuel,  Mr.,  375. 
Winthrop,  John,  Jun.,  Mr.,  367. 
Winthrope,  Adam.  Mr..  378.' 
Winlhrope,  John,  Sen.,  Mr.,  372. 
Winthrope.  Stephen,  372. 
Wisewall,  John.  375. 
Witchfeild,  John.  368. 
Withington,  Richard,  377. 
Wieeler.  Ephraim,  375. 


Wheeler,  George,  379. 
Wlieeler,  Joseph,  377. 
Wheeler,  Obadiah,  379. 
Wheeler,  Thomas.  33(i,  373. 
Wheeler,  Timothy,  377. 
Wheelocke,  Ralph,  Mr.,  374. 
Whipple,  John,  376. 
Whitamore,  Laurence,  373. 
White,  Edward,  372. 
White,  John,  367. 
White,  Tliomas,  371,  377. 
Whitohand,  George,  369. 
Whiteing,  Samuel,  372. 


INDEX    OF   FIIEEMEN. 

Whiteman,  John,  375. 
Whitney,  John,  371. 
Wood,  John,  377. 
Wood,  Michael,  377. 
Woodberry,  William,  378. 
Woodbury,  John,  366. 
Woode,  Edward,  376. 
Woode,  Nicholas,  378. 
Woodford,  Thomas,  370. 
Woodman,  Archelaus,  373. 
Woodman,  Edward,  371. 
Woods,  William,  366. 
Woodward,  Nathaniel,  373. 


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Woodward,  Ralph,  374. 
Woodward,  Richard,  371. 
Woolfe,  Peter,  369. 
Woolridge,  John,  Mr.,  368. 
Worcester,  William,  Mr.,  376. 
Wray,  Daniel,  368. 
Wright,  Henry,  370. 
Wright,  Richard.  369. 
Wulcott,  Henry,  368. 
Wulcott,  John,  370. 
Wynes,  Barnaby,  370. 


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